Product Life Cycle & Master Data Management Leader

Garrett Advancing Motion • Plymouth Charter Township, MI

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About The Position

Garrett Advancing Motion is a global leader in automotive powertrain technology with over 60 years of experience. The Product Life Cycle & Master Data Management Leader 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 material master data. This role will drive operational excellence through robust statistical analysis for timely decision-making, ensuring zero obsolescence during PIPO and supply chain readiness for NPI projects. The leader will also coordinate cross-functional research, reconcile variances, and deploy mitigation actions, while ensuring adherence to master data management and Bill of Materials (BOM) management processes.

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

• 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
• Weekly check MAPE and BIAS at PN level
• Discuss and align assumptions with CM at required & meaningful level.
• Follow defined standards and guidelines. Propose and implement improvements.
• Check and address with improvement top offenders
• 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.
• 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