Strategic Inventory Planner

Position Summary:

Primary point person to interact with Sales on a daily basis. Responsible for monitoring end unit inventory at Regional Distribution Centers and making production schedule recommendations to keep end unit inventory at a healthy level by SKU. Support assembly capacity visualization during budget seasons.

Job Responsibilities:

• Manage RDC replenishment system, monitoring daily in/out movements and projected end-unit inventory shortfalls.
• Report routinely on end unit inventory findings and share progress for keeping end units at a healthy, agreed-upon level.
• Hold routine meetings with management to propose changes to production based on inventory monitoring.
• Work with Production Planning, Long Lead Time Parts Planning and Domestic Parts Planning to make strategic changes to production sequence to improve RDC inventory availability.
• Establish and monitor common and unique strategic inventory level setting planning and maintenance supervision.
• Establish clear points of flexibility to change with cost association.
• Publish Key Performance Indicators month-end reports.
• Track individual model inventory compared to agreed-upon levels vs. Retail.
• Manage strategy inventory in PYMAC to provide model shift flexibility to sales.
• Work closely with Sales and Demand Chain teams and provide presentations as needed.
• Develop international part shortage reports
• Manage production plan requests by sales (Matome file generation)
• Communicate with sales on spec/model/color change availability during PSI negotiation process.
• BOM comparisons to understand differentiating parts for model shift offerings, as well as for model year change obsolete study.
• Available to Promise planning for availability by spec/color and set quantity to replenish.
• Place orders for strategy inventory to be routinely managed for each MRP.
• Delete and re-insert advanced orders for strategy inventory to routinely "push out" the need date for parts unused.
• Routinely check ECN for revisions of strategy inventory parts and make plans when revisions do occur.
• Calculate quantity and cost of strategy inventory at risk of obsolescence for new model year and share with management team.
• Make plan and communicate with manufacturing and sales management for what strategy inventory to hold or reduce for new model year start.
• Manage worksheets that include: quantitative forecasting, strategy inventory settings, end unit inventory planning and other reports.
• Work closely with Demand Chain Planner on inventory setting and support for ongoing improvement projects.
• Communicate routinely with Production Planning team on parts availability of model shifts communicated through Matome process.

Education / Experience:

• 2-3 years manufacturing or supply chain experience.
• High school or GED required, Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Other

Required Skills:

• Excellent personal computer skills and knowledge of mainframe MRP/CRP computer systems.
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel.
• Knowledge of PYMAC and SAP.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills within a team-based environment.
• Working knowledge of and experience in general plant operations.