Planner

We are seeking a Planner to join our team! As a Planner, you will be responsible for Demand Planning and/or Supply Planning Processes for the assigned business intersection. You will gather information from Sales, Category & Inventory Management, Purchasing, Operations and Finance to develop demand, improve statistical forecast models for customers/products and develop supply plans. You will work with these departments to balance cost, coordinate and optimize materials, create sourcing plans and leverage analytics to track key performance indicators to be shared with supply chain leaders. This role will be Hybrid and we are considering applicants within Glenview, IL, Charlotte, NC, and Pittsburgh, PA markets. Responsibilities: Manage Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) related initiatives, including scope definition, timeline creation, risk assessment, and stakeholder communication. Partner with sales, marketing, operations, and finance to align project life cycle and performance with business strategies and financial objectives. Act as the primary liaison for SIOP meetings, ensuring actionable outcomes and accountability across departments. Establish, track, and report on SIOP-related performance metrics, including forecast accuracy, inventory turns, service levels and days inventory outstanding (DIO). Engage with Sales, Category & Inventory Management, Purchasing, Operations and Finance teams to support world-class demand and/or supply planning processes. Maintain planning operating model integrity with quality inputs to Demand and/or Supply Planning decision support systems. Conduct reviews with cross-functional teams to reconcile variances between top down and bottom up forecasts to reach consensus (Demand), as well as to generate unconstrained and constrained forward looking projections (Supply) to ensure the right inventory based on the documented set of assumptions. Validate set of assumptions to support inventory investments related to project and programs from key accounts and/or suppliers. Partner with cross-functional teams to meet/exceed KPIs: forecast accuracy, inventory levels and availability, service level, and OTIF, among others. Enable an effective product lifecycle management, and SKU rationalization processes. Communicate exceptions to relevant process stakeholders, either demand and/or supply related. Maintain demand and/or supply data reporting: consensus and customer forecasts, inventory positions, inbound/outbound, shortage and excess lists. Be a change agent in adopting best-of-breed demand and supply planning tools to accelerate adoption and support the enterprise transformation goals. Qualifications: Bachelor’s Degree – Supply Chain, Finance, or related. Licenses/Certificates/Designations – Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Blue Yonder (JDA) or other leading Advanced Planning System (APS), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) preferred. 3 - 5 years of experience in Demand and/or Supply Planning or Inventory Management. 2 - 3 years of experience in analyzing complex data, identifying patterns and analysis techniques to develop conclusions and insights used for the decision-making processes. 1 - 3 years of experience with Supply Chain applications for Demand & Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization and/or Network Design (Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, o9, OMP, Oracle, SAP, or other leading Advanced Planning System). Strong knowledge of Supply Chain processes, such as SIOP -Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning, Forecasting, Demand and Supply Planning, and Materials Management. Excellent communication and support skills. Ability to explain complex concepts and analytics to non-technical audience. Translate user requirements into actionable data. Aptitude for blending quantitative and qualitative data to tell relevant story. Proficient multi-tasking skills, ability to prioritize and handle many projects at once with ever shifting priorities and deadlines with ability to track and manage progress. Proficient in MS Excel, Access, and/or PowerBI or other Business Intelligence (BI) Tools, e.g. Tableau, or Qlik. Ability to travel up to 25%.

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