Siop Demand Planner H/F Saint Gobain

WHY DO WE NEED YOU?

The goal of a Planner at SG Wayne is to strategize, drive accuracy between customer forecast and inventory levels. The primary focus of this role is to maximize cash flow by predicting accurate sales and services levels through an effective implementation of SIOP Process (sales/inventory/operations planning).

This position maintains a constant relationship with the sales, customer service, finance, purchasing and manufacturing teams to understand the demand forecasting drivers. You will challenge the forecasts from the sales teams and the usual runs with relevant data analysis. Improve the forecasts accuracy with transversal coordination actions and updates of the Supply Chain Planning tool. Be responsible for running, analyzing and reviewing reports pertaining to forecast accuracy and adjust POs accordingly and communicate changes and analyze and track freight spend at the site and optimize shipments to maintain correct inventory levels and manage freight spend.

IS THIS JOB FOR YOU?

Bachelors degree in Manufacturing, Supply Chain or other related field required.
5+ years of experience in a manufacturing environment in a planning, master scheduling and production scheduling capacity. Understanding of JIT, Time Based Manufacturing, BOM's, routings and planning parameters is essential. Understanding how SIOP works and able to implement such is required.
Excellent computer skills with emphasis on Excel and familiarity with MRP/ERP software systems is necessary as well as excellent analytical skills, combined with good oral and written communication skills.
Having excellent organization, planning, and follow up skills will lead to success at this position.

TO MAKE SURE NOTHING IS FORGOTTEN

Essential functions will include:

Upstream management:

Being a key member of the New Job Report process by maintaining a constant relationship with the sales, marketing, finance, sourcing and manufacturing teams to understand the demand forecasting drivers.
Effectively Challenging the forecasts from the sales teams and the usual runs (historical data, seasonality, market trends, special offers, budgets...) with relevant data analysis.
Improve the forecasts accuracy (statistical models, software...) with transversal coordination actions and updates of the Supply Chain Planning tool.

Analysis:

Analyze quantity and financial forecasts.
Report of forecasts and inventory KPIs.
SIOP Meeting with the team on a Quarterly basis and effective usage of SIOP tool for Wayne
Follow inventory level and implement and improvement plans. Work with Category Manager to provide accurate information for global consolidation of raw material.
Analyze freight spend and implement appropriate consolidations for optimizing costs.

In process Management

Maintain item master, BOM, routing and other system data, particular with respect to planning and purchasing.

Downstream management:

Coordinate the customer projects with Supply Planning.
Manage Inventory levels.
Communicate the product inventory strategies (high runners, new products, substitutions, end life...) to the Supply Planning team.
Tune the forecasts and inventory rules according to the demand and market trends.
Generate, review and analyze actual demand vs. forecast demand. Assess data, trends and update forecast as needed.

A LITTLE MORE ABOUT US

Saint-Gobain's innovations touch almost every major industry around the world, moving us forward, making meaningful connections, and inspiring us to go beyond the impossible. Within Mobility, our teams design and engineer critical, high-performance materials and proven solutions - most in challenging conditions and core systems that play an important part of our daily lives - as we drive to work or with family, fly on an airplane to explore the world, process samples for medical research, build a better rocket to go as far as we can in outer space; and dive deep under