Product Life Cycle & Master Data Management Leader

Garrett Advancing Motion • Plymouth, MI

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About The Position

Garrett Advancing Motion is a pioneer in automotive powertrain technologies with over 60 years of experience and is a global leader in technology solutions for passenger cars, commercial vehicles, and off-highway equipment. The company supplies technology to nearly all major automakers and the global aftermarket. As the Product Life Cycle & Master Data Management Leader, you will be responsible for product portfolio management, overseeing the New Product Introduction (NPI) and Product Introduction/Product Obsolescence (PIPO) processes with a focus on supply chain interventions, and managing the material master. You will drive operational excellence and provide robust statistical analysis for portfolio management to ensure timely decision-making, zero obsolescence during PIPO execution, and supply chain readiness for NPI projects. This includes ensuring adherence to master data management and Bill of Materials (BOM) management processes. You will coordinate cross-functional research, reconcile significant variances for reduction, and work on mitigation actions deployment and execution.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or related areas required
• Minimum 5~10 years of relevant experience in demand planning or customer service, sales and supply chain
• Proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts
• Strong analytical skills
• ERP tools viz o9, SAP skills required and other software related to demand planning preferred
• Experienced with MS Office (Excel advanced, PowerPoint, PowerBi etc.)
• Presentation and communication skills
• Customer focus – understand and follow customer specific requirements
• Analyze and challenge forecast data, investigate variations
• Spot risks of forecast deviations and communicate internally, share information, collaborate and validate findings
• Self-learning, seek for continuous improvement
• Well organized to manage multiple competing priorities in parallel
• Work accurate and follow the weekly MOS
• Team player

Nice To Haves

• Previous experience in the automotive industry preferred (OEM, Tier-I)
• Spanish, Portuguese proficiency added advantage
• Preferred - Six Sigma Green Belt Certification / equivalent certification

Responsibilities

• Demand Management: Responsible for demand forecasting & product life cycle management using specific tool (e.g. o9 - Demand Planning)
• Statistical Analyst & Reporting's through o9, PowerBi, PowerPoint presentations
• Analyze demand, ask questions, investigate, challenge demand forecast based on historical data, seasonality, market trends, external events, etc.
• Manage and prepare statistical forecasts: gather, analyze and validate data
• Apply error analysis techniques to improve forecasting
• Check weekly demand vs sold capacity, demand variation vs tolerance and escalate deviations in view of portfolio management
• Work with Sales Manager, Customer Desk Specialist, plant supply chain, inventory planner during NPI, PIPO process for E&O control, supply chain readiness
• Analyze gap and seek convergence of short term / long term forecast
• Propose statistical analysis based - demand arbitrated volumes and its validation with customer desk, sales team
• Proactively monitor the demand and raise the flag in case of risks (demand variations)
• Use MAPE and BIAS for demand analysis and take actions to improve forecast accuracy
• Demand Accuracy: Weekly check MAPE and BIAS at PN level; One Team: Discuss and align assumptions with CM at required & meaningful level.
• Continuous Improvements: Follow defined standards and guidelines. Propose and implement improvements. Check and address with improvement top offenders
• Internal Alignment and Collaboration: GEM deployment and its substance for business process excellence
• Drive annual SDP process and coordinate and lead key project through six sigma principles
• Collaborate with Supply Chain, Customer Desk Specials, Sales Team for product life cycle management
• Ensure adherence to standard demand planning, PIPO, NPI process for meet assigned functional KPIs viz. MAPE, BIAS, Inventory, E&O, Premium Freight
• Actively participates in weekly demand planning, SIOP meetings with ensuring successful completion of assigned deliverables
• Lead, support & report statistical analysis on demand forecast and related KPIs
• Follow-up and adjust arbitrated demand in case change of references (dash change; phase in/phase out) to avoid excess and obsolete.
• MDM Leader: Coordinate the virtual team of data stewards
• Participates to monthly internal meetings with MDM team to keep up to date with current processes / procedures, to communicate encountered issues and to identify improvements opportunities
• Ensure that data policies and standards turn into practice
• Help the MDM team to establish data quality metrics, reporting, to create data quality audits, controls, procedures, and policies
• Ensure and oversee BOM management activities

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior