Are you a strategic thinker with experience in driving change in end-to-end supply chain operations? Do you thrive in a fast-paced and innovative environment? Do you drive efficiency, improve quality, and value delivery and inspire others to come along with you?
We are a global leader in the marine navigation systems industry, providing integrated technical solutions for the commercial sector.
We have an exciting opportunity to join our dynamic team as a Demand Planner. In this pivotal role, you will be at the heart of our supply chain operations, ensuring that our products are always in the right place at the right time, supporting us to deliver our future growth plans.
Key Responsibilities:
- Demand Planning: Manage in partnership with updated demand signals through the business to translate and manage demand over an 18–24-month planning horizon.
- Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP): Responsible for the delivery and continuous improvement of the sales and operations planning process.
- Supply Planning: Manage the ERP system to translate the product business demand plan to a purchase plan at part level and safeguard the process and mechanism for purchase orders to be raised with our manufacturing partners.
- Inventory Management: Responsible for the level of inventory items across the Sperry Marine business by managing, maintaining and challenging system parameters, reviewing excess inventory and publishing reports alongside recommendations of inventory control policies.
- Life Cycle Management: Lead the transition management process: new product introduction, old product exit consistently on time and to budget.
- KPI Management & Data Analytics: Own, monitor and publish supply chain performance metrics & reports e.g., Business Unit dashboard and status reports and campaign performance. Includes development and maintaining of KPI’s.
- Process Improvement: Identify end to end opportunities, engage and align with stakeholders to drive change through supply chain.
- Relationships: Develop relationships with Sales, Bid Managers, Product Line Managers, Procurement and Quality teams to understand and support their initiatives ensuring communication flow is maintained, accurate and timely.