Demand Planner III

Rheem•Lewisville, TX

13d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Demand Planner III is responsible for the development and maintenance of supply plan of assigned finished goods, considering shelf life expiration, while balancing network demands with supply capabilities to maintain target stock levels and support on time shipments to customers. The position works closely with scheduling, procurement, and distribution to align production plans with company goals connected to inventory management and maintaining low levels of obsolescence. This position supports our US Air Division , based in Lewisville, TX .

Requirements

B.S or B.A. preferably in Operations Management, Accounting or Finance
5+ years of experience in demand planning and sales forecasting
Good working knowledge of Microsoft Excel and a high degree of comfort learning and working with networked computer systems.
Excellent analytic skill
Strong systematic problem solving ability
Superior written and verbal communication

Nice To Haves

APICS certification a plus.

Responsibilities

Proactively identify supply constraints and propose solutions
Monitor inventory levels and coordinate inventory pre-builds with Manufacturing to compensate for periods of capacity limitations
Generate supply plan on a regular basis and communicate potential inventory or customer service gaps or risks to cross functional partners
Work with the Supply Chain to identify opportunities for improvement related to capacity planning, productivity and plan attainment metrics through Continuous Improvement efforts as well as planning system parameters
Leads cross-functional product, customer, and project calls to communicate, align, and optimize capacity and inventory plans with operations execution
Evaluates production history, working with operations to establish opportunities to increase production on installed equipment to address growth and new business wins
Leads the demand planning consensus process including taking into account inputs from statistical models, sales and marketing insights, and other analyses while collaborating with cross functional teams including commercial and supply chain. This position will also be responsible for managing relevant measures (KPIs) to help drive better forecast accuracy and lower error rate
Review, scrub and analyze the forecast through scrutiny of variances, historical sales trends including rolling averages, year over year data, research of demand drivers, and other customer and market related changes
Ensure that the agreed consensus forecast is passed accurately and at the appropriate level of detail to the production planning systems, on a timely basis
Escalate any supply chain related issues for awareness and action using the correct sense of urgency
Manage various ad-hoc reports from large, complex data sets using Excel
Review and revise production and fulfillment plans as required by changes in the sales forecast or manufacturing schedules
Leads and owns master data in support of efficiency and accuracy in plans
Improvement and automation of supporting processes
Product life cycle management
Other duties as required