Planner

Sub-Zero Group•Madison, WI

7d•Onsite

About The Position

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, is a longstanding, family-owned company in the Madison area. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in world’s most luxurious homes. We look for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability. This role is part of the demand planning and service parts and sales accessory production planning team within the larger supply chain department. This individual will be one of four planners within this subset of the larger group. Growth and development are important aspects of this position. Whether you aspire to be a leader or a technical expert, this position will set you up for success in the future.

Requirements

Associates degree in materials management, business, or operations management or related
Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
Ability to work as a team player with members from different functional departments
Understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning, and inventory management
Working knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) system as well as Make-to-stock, forecasting environment

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related
SAP experience
Experience with customer interfacing issues in terms of product promising and availability management
APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) desirable

Responsibilities

Manage and optimize production schedules to ensure timely and efficient manufacturing operations for service parts and sales accessories.
Coordinate with various departments, monitor resource availability, and adjust schedules based on demand and constraints while meeting departmental and corporate goals such as customer demand, inventory investment, and inventory turns.
Handle moderate-risk business decisions, suppliers, and customers (internal and external), with a moderate level of autonomy to make decisions, and include some project-related tasks.
Manage the available-to-promise process by reviewing Customer Orders against available production and modifying Promise dates if production schedules cannot meet demand.
Support the release of manufacturing orders to meet customer demand.
Facilitate accurate and timely communication between the Factory and Sub-Zero Group, Inc distributor partners regarding product availability.
Create and maintain production schedules for service parts and sales accessories considering material availability, forecast demand, machine capacity, and labor resources.
Analyze material requirements for long-term planning and create production orders to support short-term production schedule needs.
Collaborate with purchasing, production, engineering, and other teams to coordinate production activities and resolve issues.
Serve as member/resource on project teams for New Product Introductions, populate system with the plans derived as output of the NPD process and project team work to support meeting targeted availability dates.
Ensure that all data fields are populated to enable proper planning for new item set up, maintain planning parameters, and end of life.
Communicate SKU shortage to Customer Service and distribution network in the event of a stock out.
Perform other tasks as assigned.