This position reports to:GPG Planning & fulfillment manager
Your role and responsibilitiesIn this role you will be responsible for forecasting product demand across four global manufacturing facilities, ensuring Supply chain optimization with Procurement team and production planning to meet customer requirements in the UPS industry. This role involves analyzing market trends, collaborating with sales teams and factory managers, and balancing supply chain efficiency across multiple regions to minimize costs while maintaining high service levels.
Work model: hybrid (#LI hybrid)
Preferred location: USA
You will be mainly accountable for:
- BL expert for supply & demand planning processes
- Supporting the implementation of planning and fulfillment strategies aligned with the business strategy in Critical Power factories
- Supporting the end-to-end process optimization to reduce overall end-to-end lead times, inventory, including Sales In Excess (SIE) of invoicing, and customer on-time delivery, improving fulfillment and value chain visibility.
- Training the local organizations on process(es) and systems and supports them in defining the specific local process(es).
- Maintaining and supporting inventory management, SIE of invoicing, processes, and guidelines in project units in line with business area/division instructions.
- Performing standard and ad hoc detailed analyses of planning and fulfillment metrics, including inventory, on-time delivery, lead time, forecast accuracy, and resource utilization.
- Establishing and shares best practices for operations planning, inventory management, and resource management.
- Supporting local operations planners, master schedule planners, and material planners in implementing new processes and/or tools for supply- & demand planning.
- Creating and maintaining rolling 18-24 months of unconstrained demand
forecasts for assigned product line - Acting as the global planning point of contact for the defined product line
Qualification for the role- BA degree in engineering (ideally industrial, electrical engineering) or Business Engineering
- Preferred background in supply planning or/and demand planning within a global environment
- At least 3 years of experience in similar role
- Strong expertise in inventory management, optimization and analytics
- Strong problem-solving skills and good stakeholders' relationship management skills
- Advanced data analytics capabilities with a focus on operational performance improvement
- Expert-level knowledge of SAP MM/PP modules
- Strong data visualization and analytical skills ( e.g. PBI)
- Fluency in English (both written and spoken)
