Global Vendor Planner

Garrett Advancing Motion•Plymouth Charter Township, MI

About The Position

Garrett Advancing Motion is a global automotive powertrain technology company serving passenger cars, commercial vehicles, off-highway equipment, major automakers, and the global aftermarket. The Global Vendor Planner helps ensure seamless logistics and planning by serving as a point of contact for cross-functional teams and stakeholders. The role schedules and evaluates materials, supports accurate and timely deliveries, responds to customer demand and escalations, works toward performance metrics, improves processes, and supports inventory targets. The position owns weekly planning and delivery follow-up for an assigned supplier portfolio, supports planning and execution of components for plants, and maintains planning parameters in line with replenishment rules and inventory strategies. It also contributes to supplier development, supplier performance improvement, capacity review, product and supplier transitions, new product introduction activities, and continuous improvement. The employee must follow Garrett procedures and GEM standards and comply with applicable health, safety, and environmental instructions.

Requirements

University degree in engineering, economics, or a related field.
At least 5 years of work experience with MRP, SAP (MM), or ERP systems.
At least 3 years of supply chain experience in supply planning, production planning, or SIOP.
Strong verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to adapt to the audience and communicate precisely, accurately, and on time.
Ability to work as a team player in a matrixed environment.
Customer focus and strong decision-making skills.
Ability to deliver on commitments and meet targets and deadlines.
Organization and attention to detail.
Ability to cooperate with cross-functional teams.
Understanding of Sales, Inventory & Operations Plan reports and analysis.
Ability to work well under pressure.
Very good knowledge of Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, and PowerPoint), SAP, LMS, O9, and processes including demand and supplier planning, SIOP, MPS, BOM, and MRP.
Problem-solving skills and ability to provide solutions.
Results-driven approach, with focus on goals and ability to deliver needed outcomes creatively and on time.

Responsibilities

Manage the weekly planning process for assigned suppliers.
Follow up on supplier deliveries, including ASNs, short shipments, over-deliveries, and recovery plans.
Manage end-to-end supplier planning activities across the full planning horizon, covering CTB.
Support component planning and execution for all plants for the assigned supplier portfolio.
Create COPQ and work with the supply base to recover costs.
Maintain planning parameters in accordance with global replenishment rules, plant requirements, and inventory strategies.
Drive continuous improvements to planning processes to maintain inventory targets.
Coordinate monthly analysis of short- and mid-term RCCP and check whether supplier capacity aligns with actual shipments.
Support VE and RE initiatives, PIPO, transition, and last-time-buy projects with the Supply Base department.
Support NPI projects by checking schedules and pipelines for new parts weekly.
Support regional supplier logistics development and negotiations and signing of logistics protocols with suppliers.
Drive actions to improve supplier OTTR metrics, including OPD approvals and rejections.
Support supplier SIOP implementation and deployment.
Provide input for supplier scorecards and perform weekly updates and follow-up.
Perform work according to role instructions and in a manner that protects health and safety; promptly report safety threats, protection-system deficiencies, and workplace accidents to the manager.
Cooperate with the employer and assigned workers to support a safe, risk-free working environment within the employee’s area of activity.
Respect, follow, and support GEM standards, including 5S, Kaizen, RPS, Standard Work, TPM, 7 Waste, BIQ, and Visual Management.
Support and actively use digitization tools and automatic reporting.
Participate in continuous process improvement through Kaizen, KE, and TKE improvement ideas.
Follow relevant internal Garrett procedures and perform other job-related tasks according to company needs.