Manager Buyer Planning

Acuity Inc.•Oceanside, CA

33d•$83,300 - $105,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Acuity Inc. is a market-leading industrial technology company that uses technology to solve problems in spaces, light, and more. Through its two business segments, Acuity Brands Lighting (ABL) and Acuity Intelligent Spaces (AIS), the company designs, manufactures, and brings to market products and services that make a valuable difference in people’s lives. Acuity Inc. achieves growth through the development of innovative new products and services, including lighting, lighting controls, building management solutions, and an audio, video and control platform. The company focuses on customer outcomes and drives growth and productivity to increase market share and deliver superior returns. Acuity Inc. is based in Atlanta, Georgia, with operations across North America, Europe and Asia, and is powered by approximately 13,000 dedicated and talented associates.

Requirements

Product Component Knowledge
Knowledge of analytics reorder points, Min-Max, Kanban, build to order and forecasting methods.
Solid knowledge of Supply Chain procedures (Demand/Supply/Production Planning, product deployment and inventory control)
Experience in a manufacturing electronic environment
Ability to effectively interact with multi-functional areas (Customer Service, Sales, Manufacturing, Engineering, Purchasing, Finance, and Quality.)
Customer Focus
Excellent people skills and communication skills including written, verbal, listening, and presentation are needed and Detail-oriented individual with a strong ability to multi-task
Familiarity with an ERP and MRP systems and common software applications a must
Advanced Excel skills
Skills in project management, including the use of Microsoft Project or other common project management software.
Bachelor/associate degree preferred.
High School Diploma or Relevant experience and equivalent knowledge may be considered.
Experience with MRP/ERP systems and Microsoft Office.
Knowledge of integrated Supply Chain Systems (SAP, Oracle or Any MRP).
Minimum 10 years relevant work experience
5+ years Manufacturing/Materials/Logistics experience in a production environment.
Experience should include mixed production processes in a low volume, high product mix operation.
Background in Manufacturing production, Material flow, Kanban, and accounting principles preferred
Able to determine how to properly handle processing varying inventory transactions/corrections
Determine priorities for continuous improvement (adaptation to change)
Appropriate corrective action resolution with internal/external facility departments

Responsibilities

Responsible/accountable for the overall demand and supply management process for components as it relates to demand allocation.
Owns the allocation process driven by global material constraints and transportation challenges.
Works closely with Customer Service, Production, Planning, and Warehouse Implementation teams to ensure alignment to meeting customer requirements.
Monitors and supports component inventory to maintain daily/weekly/monthly reports: Positive and Negative Balance.
Works with internal facility customers (Planning, Production and Warehousing depts.) to ensure all components balance information is correct and handled/corrected in an accurate and efficient manner.
Works with external facility groups to drive resolution with system discrepancies.
Drives continuous improvement, Cost Reduction Projects and enhances the team spirit through the application of Root Cause Analysis Tools.
Experienced in New Product Introduction (NPI), collaborating closely with Engineering on new product and component development, sourcing and purchasing new parts, managing supplier relationships, and ensuring material readiness to support successful product launches and production schedules.
Requisition & PO Placement, Contract Reviews, Invoice Management, Customer & Internal Audits, Cost Savings Projects, Supplier Maintenance, (Reporting KPI’s, and Project Status).
Root Cause and Counter Measure (follow up).
Able to deliver efficient, effective, and flexible solutions to meet production and business requirements.
Creates KPI’s to manage component demand.
Able to connect activities, objectives, goals to the functional or business strategy.
Ability to build a business case/scenario to support supply chain proposals.
Understands how to create, read, and understand business reports and analyses.
Negotiates the best price of components to be used in manufacturing.
Monitors and supports all supply chain metrics performance, recommends corrective actions and strategies as needed (Demand and Supply Management).
Tracks and monitors changes to manufacturing and CTB (clear to build) dates for alignment in supplying reasonable delivery dates.
Communicates with key stakeholders on any meaningful change in delivery dates, cause for delay, and estimated recovery date.
Manages exceptions caused by significant, unexpected events in sales, operations, and procurement.
Finds and reports on any significant variances between Reorder Points and customer service demand and business plan.
Develops analysis and reports related to inventory level projections, recovery plans, performance metrics, etc. as needed.
Maintains alignment of inventory levels to achieve targeted service levels, and backorder.
Finds and pursues inventory reduction opportunities.
Directs the periodic review and disposition of slow moving and unproductive inventories (Excess & Obsolete, Unscheduled, Expired, and cancelled orders).
Evolves and supports documentation and standard operating procedures for demand supply allocation planning processes and systems.