Supply & Demand Planning Supervisor

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Orchard Park, NY, US

2 days ago Requisition

Salary Range: $80,000.00 To $ Annually

McGard LLC

1 st Shift, Monday – Friday

Are you ready to take your skills to the next level? Look no further than McGard, a leading company in the automotive industry! We are seeking a highly talented and motivated
Supply & Demand Planning Supervisor to join our dynamic team and contribute to our ongoing success.

McGard has been a trusted name in the automotive industry for over 60 years. We specialize in manufacturing high-quality, precision-engineered automotive security products and components. Our commitment to excellence, innovation, and customer satisfaction has earned us a reputation as a global leader in our field.

• Comprehensive benefits package, including 10 company paid holidays, paid time off (PTO), and 401k plus match.
• Discretionary, annual profit sharing.
• Exciting and challenging projects in a collaborative work environment.
• On-site walking trail and convenience cafeteria.
• A supportive and inclusive company culture that values employee well-being and work-life balance.

The Supply & Demand Planning Supervisor oversees the overall policies and procedures for Supply & Demand Planning management and leads team with duties related to sales order fulfillment, forecasting, customer relationships, on time delivery metrics, safety stock calculations, etc.

• Works closely with Production Control Manager to define and implement supply chain industry best practices.
• Identifies and promotes department and company-wide policies to optimize the Production Planning and Demand effectiveness.
• Creates, maintains, and administers the Production Control departments supply and demand planning procedures.
• Actively reviews forecasts, market conditions and business trends to advise on optimum inventory levels.
• Coaches, mentors, and develops staff, including succession planning and performance reviews.
• Supervises personnel in the execution of their supply and demand planning responsibilities.
• Collaborates with Purchasing, Inventory Control, and Operations Supervisors to support production needs.
• Review and set our safety stock values on finished goods and components to best balance on time delivery with customers and inventory goals with on shelf inventory.
• Review and set forecasting levels at a customer and finished goods level.
• Use latest practices in demand planning techniques and supply chain analytics to calculate forecast and demand values for the company.
• Identify capacity planning constraints to facilitate discussions to close gaps in the supply chain that will impact the Sales and Operations Planning outlook.
• Ensure all customer sales orders are delivered on time and in full as best as possible.
• Calculate and recommend inventory levels needed to implement or revise.
• Lead discussions with operations and supply chain members to successfully stock inventory levels recommended.
• Alert different stakeholders of potential bottlenecks and concerns as inventory and capacity constraints develop.
• Applies knowledge of data analysis and forecasting tools and ability to develop actionable insights from data.
• Develop reports and track KPI metrics to analyze trends in forecast accuracy, processing lead times, on-time delivery, and operations related performance.
• Communicate delays in order delivery directly with customers and other stakeholders.
• Communicate changes in demand from our customers and internal safety stock/forecasts set that would significantly impact operations.
• Consisten…