Planning Manager (Stoughton, WI)
Essential Functions:
Lead a team of supply and/or demand planners that manage the flow of materials coming into the organization from suppliers, working closely with the buying team.
Ensure that job orders and supporting transfer orders are generated on a timely basis to support manufacturing and material control for timely delivery of component needs at Stoughton site locations.
Develop seamless working relationships with manufacturing leadership and material control at site locations.
Develop internal relationships for continuous improvement of delivery, quality, and cost by actively meeting with and communicating to stakeholders the needs of the organization.
Solve material shortage issues by directing team to expedite late orders or work with Engineering for alternate material and Sourcing for alternate suppliers.
Provide leadership to the team of planners in the management of the item database and planning factors that will lead to value for the organization.
Participate in the new order and material selection process to support new product development, improve current products, lower costs, and improve manufacturing processes without sacrificing quality or safety.
Organize and maintain department metrics of; Lead Time, On Time Delivery, Action Messages, PO Acknowledgements, Inventory Turns, and Purchase Price Variance.
Participate in the Engineering Change Request (ECR) process by leading the planners through any changes defined in the ECR processAdditional
Responsibilities:
Analyze sales orders and bills of materials for future jobs to ensure material available and on current jobs to manage excess material.
Participate in Supply Chain Strategic Deployment initiatives by leading team on projects assigned such as, implementing Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Supplier Manual creation, Reducing non-returnable packaging, etc.
Develop and maintain a career development plan for each of the team members that will provide succession planning and cross training to ensure continued support of the organization by the team.
Other duties as assigned.
Knowledge and Skill:
Education:
Requires a bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management and at least 5 years of experience in the planning field or in a related area.
CPM, CPSM, CSM, or Equivalent Preferred Experiences in a variety of materials and procurement concepts, practices, and procedures.
Project management skills that are cross functional.
Solid communication skills external and internal to the organization Experience with global sourcing a plus.
Willingness to travel between site locations as needed, up to 10%.
Must be able to perform each essential function and responsibility of the job satisfactorily in accordance with Company productivity and quality requirements.
Communication Skill:
Daily contact with suppliers; negotiation, expediting, persuading and discussing Daily contact with team of Buyers and Sourcing Managers; leading, coaching, listening, explaining and exchanging information.
Daily contact with Supply Chain leadership; exchange of information, discussion, negotiating, and persuading.
Daily contact with Engineering, Sales, Manufacturing, Quality, Environmental Health & Safety:
exchange of information, discussion, negotiating, and persuading.
Physical Requirements:
Standing 0 - 3% of the time.
Walking 6 -13% of the time.
Sitting 84 - 94% of the time.
Reaching, pushing, pulling 6 - 13% of the time.
Arm, wrist, hand, finger movement 50 - 63% of the time.
Hearing requirements include the ability to hear all verbal communication.
Ability to verbally communicate.
Requires light physical effort, such as lifting and/or moving 5 pounds or less, and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.
Specific vision abilities include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Vision requirement 20/40 distance (with or without correction) visual acuity distance using Snellen Method Guidelines and Purdue Job Standards.
Mental Requirements:
Analyzing Knowing Deciding InterpretingJudging Differentiating Identifying Problem solvingReasoning Recalling UnderstandingTools and Equipment Used:
Computer Calculator Conversion Tables Basic office equipmentImpact on Organization Success:
Improve competitiveness in the marketplace through cost containment.
Materials costs are a high percentage of the cost of the products.
Improve on-time delivery and raw material inventory levels so as not to restrict cash flow and add cost to the trailer.
Improve new product development process by getting suppliers involved early in the process.
Additional Information:
Travel requirement 10%
Disclaimer:
The above information on this description has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification.
It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job.
Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with DisabilitiesThe contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant.
However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractors legal duty to furnish information.
41 CFR 60-1.
35(c) Recommended Skills Audio Equipments Business Process Improvement Certified Professional In Supply Management (Standards Organizations) Communication Databases Electronic Data Interchange (Edi) Estimated Salary: $20 to $28 per hour based on qualifications.
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