Supply Planner developing and executing supply planning strategies for ASC Engineered Solutions. Collaborating with teams to optimize inventory, ensuring customer service levels, and driving cost efficiencies.
Responsibilities
Establish and maintain optimal inventory levels for finished goods, balancing demand forecasts, lead times, storage constraints, and carrying costs. Coordinate pre-build strategies to address capacity constraints or extended supplier lead times.
Monitor and adjust safety stock levels to achieve inventory and service level targets, ensuring alignment with demand variability and supply reliability.
Lead excess inventory management efforts to enhance overall inventory health by improving turns, reducing days-on-hand, and minimizing excess stock. Identify and implement opportunities for improvement, partnering with demand planning, product management, purchasing, and operations to drive continuous improvement initiatives.
Lead the at-risk inventory process for assigned product categories, performing root cause analysis and collaborating with suppliers and operations to implement corrective actions.
Maintain and update master planning data attributes in the planning system (e.g., Blue Yonder) and ERP to ensure accurate and effective supply planning.
Collaborate with the supply chain team to determine and implement optimal supply planning methodologies (e.g., Reorder Point, Min-Max, Make-to-Stock, Make-to-Order).
Finalize and approve supply plans based on analysis and cross-functional input, ensuring seamless handover to purchasing teams for execution.
Drive improvements in key performance indicators (KPIs), including inventory days-on-hand, On-Time In-Full (OTIF), and master data accuracy, aligning with organizational objectives.
Partner with Customer Service to ensure order entry in line with fulfillment and network strategy. Develop and execute exception management processes to maintain a healthy backlog.
Support the SIOP process – with a focus on SIOP Supply— by working closely with internal stakeholders to align supply plans with demand forecasts, production and distribution capacity, and procurement strategies to minimize costs and maximize service levels.
Support new product development (NPD) and introduction (NPI) by guiding inventory and network strategies and ensuring accurate MRP item setup. Partner with teams to align supply plans with new customer onboarding timelines and support merger and acquisition (M&A) integrations by harmonizing acquired inventory and supply processes with existing operations.
Requirements
Minimum of 5 years of supply chain experience, preferably in manufacturing, distribution, or consumer goods industries, with a focus on supply planning or inventory management.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations, or a related field. Advanced degree (e.g., MBA) or relevant certifications (e.g., APICS CPIM, CSCP) preferred.
Proficiency in Material Requirements Planning (MRP) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) systems (e.g., SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder), with prior experience in Blue Yonder preferred.
Experience with Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning (SIOP) processes, including SIOP Supply Review focused on production and distribution capacity planning.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel for data analysis and management of large datasets; familiarity with Power BI or other data visualization tools preferred.
Strong problem-solving and analytical capabilities, with the ability to translate data insights into actionable supply chain strategies.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills to effectively collaborate with diverse teams and stakeholders at all organizational levels.
Proven ability to thrive in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with shifting priorities and tight deadlines.
Strong team player with a collaborative mindset and a commitment to fostering cross-functional partnerships.
Self-motivated with the ability to independently manage multiple priorities and drive results under pressure.
Benefits
CompensationThe base salary range for this position is $100,000.00 - $120,000.00 USD annually*.
The salary range for this position reflects a reasonable estimate of the range of compensation for this role. ASC Engineered Solutions’ philosophy on compensation is based on careful consideration of additional factors such as (but not limited to) an individual’s education, training, work experience, job-related skill set, location, and industry knowledge, as well as the scope and responsibilities of the position and market considerations.
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