PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:The ideal candidate for the Senior Supply Chain Planner position needs to be a self-motivated and results driven professional with strong analytical and problem-solving skills who enjoys working in a fast paced, team-oriented environment.
The Senior Supply Chain Planner will ensure that the right product is available in the right quantity and time to support customer demand while meeting inventory targets.
The Senior Supply Chain Planner will report to the Supply Chain Manager and will be responsible for the following:
- Managing the supply plan to meet product demand and inventory targets for multiple product lines.
- Place purchase orders to suppliers to ensure supply is on time, as needed to achieve customer service target levels.
- Utilizing various management control techniques to successfully monitor and analyze ongoing activities, changes in actuals vs. forecasts data, revisions to safety stock strategies based on historical sales and seasonality curves.
- Lead the validation of master data in ERP and planning systems, including material masters, BOMs, lead times, safety stock, and planning parameters to ensure accurate planning, procurement, and production execution.
- Leads supply planning for effective execution on new product introductions, transitions and product discontinuance for respective product lines. Responsible for ensuring proper inventory levels (prebuilds, factories capacity constraints, or phase out strategy) to ensure overall working capital strategies are met.
- Monitoring and providing awareness to the Sales and Marketing teams regarding Excess / Aging inventory.
- Issuing production schedules and following up to ensure completion by the requested date.
- Participating in cross functional new item launch meetings to collaborate and review revised timelines regarding new product launches.
- Delivering early warning to Sales and Customer Service for items with potential issues. Conducting what if analysis and developing recommendations to prevent stock outs.
- Championing resolution for items out of stock or potential stock outs. Compiling all feedback and necessary data and then providing back in stock dates to Sales and Customer Service.
- Preparing and issuing monthly long-term forecasts to ZWILLING subsidiaries and quarterly forecasts to all external suppliers.
- Lead S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) meetings and drive alignment between demand and supply strategies.
- Developing and issuing monthly KPIs to the organization along with any respective suppliers regarding supplier performance. Recommending changes to sourcing strategies when needed.
- Working with Customer Service, Sales and Marketing for daily sales order support and inventory allocation.
- Mentor and support supply planners and cross-functional teams on best practices and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Proactively identifying and implementing ideas for continuous improvement opportunities.
QUALIFICATIONS:- Bachelor's degree, ideally in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Engineering or Finance or related field; Master's degree in related field a plus
- CPIM or CSCP by APICS, CPSM by ISM, or other equivalent certification preferred
- 4+ years of supply chain experience in planning, production, inventory control, and manufacturing in a high-volume consumer products company.
- Strong fundamentals and experience in Demand and Supply Planning is a requirement for this role. Experience using Advanced Planning Systems is preferred.
- Exposure to housewares preferred
- Project Management experience a plus
- Proficient in Microsoft Office products and AS400 systems or SAP Hana.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Expert level in MS Excel (Power Query & Power Pivot skills) required. SQL, Power BI & Python experience is preferred
- Detail oriented, attention to extreme accuracy and extensive spreadsheet analysis
- Sound organizational skills: planning, expediting, prioritizing and multi-tasking
- Excellent collaboration skills to liaise with stakeholders across different functions
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Good presentation skills
- S. citizens and those authorized to work in the U.S. are encouraged to apply. We are unable to sponsor at this time.
Base Compensation Range: $95,000.00 - $110,000.00 per year contingent upon experience. No phone calls or recruiting agencies please.#LI-Hybrid 
