Coordinate the right products to be in the right place, at the right time, and in the right quantity.
Work closely with cross functional teams to develop supply plans, close supply gaps, and communicate supply health, risks, and actions to support customer demand and achieve internal business objectives.
Generate, maintain, and communicate production plans in one or more supply areas to meet target customer service levels and financial goals.
Set achievable delivery expectations with internal partners for product launches, supply gap recovery, and other production/procurement targets.
Analyze, monitor, and flag capacity concerns with operations leadership and make recommendations.
Identify problems associated with established production plans and resolve them by collaborating with Planning and Purchasing.
Utilize analytical tools and methodologies (scenario models, simulation, programming, decision support systems) to identify delivery gaps, improve supply plans, reduce cost, and improve asset utilization.
Communicate complex supply plans and analyses concisely and accurately with internal partners and leaders to facilitate decisions.
Complete ad hoc supply reviews and inventory removal requests; prep and analyze data for cross-functional meetings.
Lead meetings to review backorders, supply health, production plans, and related topics.
Utilize ERP (QAD) and other systems/tools to drive MRP planned orders toward meeting business objectives (delivery, inventory, cost).
Support process improvement projects in respective supply focus area to enhance existing processes and systems.
Reports to Supply Planning Manager.
Requirements
Bachelor’s Degree from an accredited institution preferred; may consider relevant work experience in lieu of bachelor’s degree.
0+ years’ experience in Business Analysis, Supply Planning or Inventory Management within an ERP/MRP environment preferred.
Basic understanding or experience in production planning, Sales and Operation Planning, Capacity Management, and scheduling, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
Basic understanding of data management and analytics software (SAP, Power BI).
Intermediate working knowledge of MS Excel.
Basic working knowledge of Power BI (Building & Designing), Tableau, or similar business intelligence systems preferred.
Experience with or knowledge of relational databases and programming strongly preferred.
Must possess and demonstrate strong leadership, team building, and problem-solving abilities.
Excellent written and oral communication skills.
Self-starter, proactive, well organized and able to make sound decisions from proper data analysis.
Desire to build deep knowledge of medical device products and manufacturing processes.