Supply Chain Planner

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated•Plainville, CT

12d

About The Position

The Supply Chain Planner manages product supply from key suppliers through global distribution warehouses to ensure finished products are available worldwide. The role works with suppliers and internal teams to align material supply with customer demand, support revenue and customer delivery performance, and manage inventory and working capital. It also maintains planning and purchasing data, addresses supply and invoice issues, improves material planning and delivery processes, and follows applicable legislation and company policies.

Requirements

Business degree or equivalent experience.
HNC-equivalent qualification in inventory or supply chain.
Experience in supply chain and/or inventory planning.
Business understanding of inventory, logistics, finance, and manufacturing.
Positive attitude and good work ethic.
Must be a U.S. citizen, U.S. national, legal permanent resident, asylee, or refugee, or be eligible to apply for and obtain the appropriate export control license from the U.S. Departments of State or Commerce.

Nice To Haves

General knowledge of SAP.

Responsibilities

Manage relationships with key suppliers to support continuous material supply.
Place purchase orders on time, circulate detailed forecasts, and negotiate and agree on committed delivery schedules.
Develop plans and hold weekly supplier review meetings on material production requirements to maintain controlled product flow, meet customer demand, maximize revenue, and optimize working capital turns.
Expedite, reschedule, and cancel purchase order quantities to achieve inventory targets while maintaining customer delivery performance.
Monitor customer order backlogs, prioritize production recovery, support order services teams, maximize revenue, and provide material-availability updates.
Hold supplier component-supply reviews and monitor and circulate procurement issues for support and resolution.
Create and manage indirect purchase orders as needed to support production using Teledyne Smart Source (TSS – Ivalua).
Escalate supply chain and forecasting issues to prevent excess or insufficient inventory, and identify opportunities to reduce stock through rework or other means.
Control product retirement, plan last-time-buy quantities including service requirements, and manage depletion of current stock to minimize obsolescence costs.
Measure key suppliers to maintain or improve delivery performance.
Maintain the accuracy of SAP planning parameters and delivery schedule data in the MRP system.
Perform or manage supplier pricing updates and update open purchase orders and supplier information records.
Periodically review system parameters, including safety stock and transit times.
Resolve product-supply-related invoice queries to support timely supplier payment.
Identify and implement improvements to material planning and delivery processes.
Carry out the role in accordance with relevant legislation and Raymarine policies and processes, including those concerning ethics, compliance, cybersecurity, product development, labor and human rights, and the environment.
Complete mandatory training as requested.