Supply Chain - Business Planning Manager

Samsung•Plano, TX

1d•Onsite

About The Position

This role provides operational support to the National Retail and Strategic Account Teams. It involves forecasting, supply planning, data management, channel inventory monitoring, and data analytics to identify areas for improvement, problem-solving, and reporting for National Retailers and carriers in the Strategic Accounts portfolio. The role requires interaction with internal Supply Chain Management (SCM), Sales, Marketing RPM (Regional Product Marketing), and GOC (Production Planning based in Korea) teams, as well as customers. Collaboration in weekly CPFR calls and periodic in-person meetings is essential for formulating forecasts and delivery plans. The position also involves preparing reports on SCM data analysis and Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for senior management and headquarters.

Requirements

A Bachelor's Degree with 6-10 years’ experience preferably in finance, business, or supply chain management.
Experience in the telecommunications and/or wireless industry requiring management of finance, logistics, distribution, program management, and/or business planning, or equivalent work experience in planning, finance, or operations.
Experience should include researching and resolving customer product development, launch, delivery, and logistics issues; driving process improvement to streamline business cadence.
Develop and maintain excellent working relationships with all assigned levels within and outside the company.
Plan, organize, and prioritize multiple assignments and projects.
Review detailed product development, marketing documents and media materials as needed.
Demonstrated competency in both oral and written communication modes for both internal and external personnel at various levels.
Work independently and in a team environment in order to achieve customer business objectives, personal and team goals and complete assignments within established time frames and specifications.
The ability to develop tasks and work assignments, based on sometime vaguely defined objectives.
Must have advanced MS Excel knowledge and skills.

Responsibilities

Support Collaborative Planning, Forecasting, and Replenishment (CPFR) supply chain process by interfacing with key customer contacts during weekly planning meetings.
Analyze weekly Purchase Sales Inventory (PSI) to identify sales target status, drive product manufacturing, and ensure timely fulfillment of delivery to achieve sales plans, product development, and strategic product launches.
Manage system-based tools such as GSCM, SAP and SMART that provide real-time information regarding sales, order forecast, and channel inventory; extract data to conduct channel inventory analysis and reconciliation.
Provide daily/weekly updates of product arrival schedules from factories and against customer delivery commitments.
Review and identify variances compared to outstanding sales orders and forecasts, in order to plan for future product availability and inventory.
Monitor performance on weekly/quarterly KPIs to identify exception cases and analyze those metrics for potential process improvements to drive operational efficiency.
Periodically communicate with headquarters (RPM and GOC Teams) and internal cross-functional teams and handle escalation on production allocation, delivery requirements, and inventory management.
Respond to ad-hoc reporting requests from internal and external customers in a time-sensitive environment.