Global Supply Planning Manager
Zeus
full-time
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Location Type: Hybrid
Location: Columbia • South Carolina • United States
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About the role
- Direct management of the supply planning function by maintaining and improving a disciplined supply planning process.
- Work with the Master Schedulers to develop, maintain, and communicate master production schedule at all locations.
- Ensure adequate training and work instructions to the Master Schedulers.
- Provide oversight and guidance to the Materials Management team.
- Ensure compliance with operating procedures as defined in position work instructions.
- Ensure customer fulfillment goals are achieved on a consistent basis.
- Ensure compliance with inventory investment objectives.
- Manage specific Supply Planning KPI’s necessary to clearly identify functional performance and opportunities for improvement.
- Manage the maintenance of all supply planning and inventory management parameters within the corporate supply chain applications.
- Lead the material expediting, transfer or substitution processes to ensure maximum service to the customer base.
- Perform capacity planning analysis for multiple time horizons as part of a supply planning function monthly and on an as needed basis.
- Communicates supply plan and inventory estimations to management.
- Review historical resource capability and prepare supply planning data to share at multiple levels of the organization.
- Performs scenario planning based on changing demand and contingency planning.
- Interact with demand management and sales to understand demand drivers, machine installation timelines, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Collaborate with the procurement team to ensure an adequate supply of raw materials exists within the defined stocking window.
- Collaborate with Demand Management group to align Supply and Demand plans.
- Aligning with Materials Managers to manage all Planner/Scheduling activities, corporate-wide assuring coverage and labor utilization is consistent with corporate goals.
- Reroute jobs where capacity constraints have been identified.
- Review product mix requirements and plant capabilities and advise when additions to capabilities may be necessary to maximize utilization.
- Create and maintain standard lead times to be shared with cross functional teams.
- Additional assigned duties as needed by the Director of Global Supply Planning.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in business administration or related field. MBA preferred.
- A minimum of 5 years’ experience in supply chain roles, preferably in a manufacturing environment.
- Excellent planning skills and computer skills.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Excellent interpersonal skills and the proven ability to work well with all levels of management and staff.
- Prior supervisory/team leadership experience preferred.
- Oracle experience preferred.
- Advanced Planning Software experience preferred (SAP, Oracle, Kinaxis, ketteQ)
- APICS-CPIM certification preferred.
- Familiarity with supply chain and inventory management systems.
- Knowledgeable of forecasting and budgeting.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office
Benefits
- Zeus offers competitive pay and a great benefits package.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard Skills & Tools
supply planningcapacity planninginventory managementforecastingbudgetingKPI managementscenario planningmaster production schedulingmaterials managementdemand management
Soft Skills
planning skillsverbal communicationwritten communicationinterpersonal skillsteam leadershipcollaborationoversightguidanceproblem-solvingcontinuous improvement
Certifications
APICS-CPIMBachelor’s degreeMBA