Job Ref: # 1503095
Date Posted: 11/18/2025
City, State: Solon, OH
Description
Responsible for procuring finished goods, semi-finished
goods and raw materials, and managing supplier relationships to ensure timely
and cost-effective fulfillment of the annual sales plan, while maintaining
accurate inventory and MRD.
goods and raw materials, and managing supplier relationships to ensure timely
and cost-effective fulfillment of the annual sales plan, while maintaining
accurate inventory and MRD.
- Managing Sales and Operational Planning (S&OP) by
creating and adjusting forecasts based on customer and market input,
coordinating closely with sales, marketing, and supply chain to support the
market rate of demand and promotional events. Exhibits functional leadership
expertise in supply chain demand planning processes, tools, and techniques. - Responsible for Demand Planning: Generate Statistical Demand
Plan for each product line, compared to previous period assumptions, and
incorporate sales and customer inputs to understand requirement of the business
and assure an OTIF above 98%. - Responsible for Supply Planning: Generate supply plan (make
vs buy), generate material requirements and production plans for each
manufacturing site, and generate rough-cut capacity plan. - Lead and execute a Pre S&OP Meeting: Generate S&OP
Reports and Metrics (MOH, OTIF, OSMI, etc), document supply chain gaps and
resolutions, and document recommendations and agenda for executive meetings. - Lead and Execute Executive meeting for the S&OP Process:
Review recommendations and make decisions, resolve remaining issues, review
KPIs and make adjustment and approve plan. - Contributes to the development of supply chain strategies.
- Purchase finished goods from outside suppliers in accordance
with the Market Rate of Demand (MRD) requirements and customer orders required
dates. - Champion and become expert in proprietary MRD, In-lining and
80/20 methodologies as it applies to best-in-class operations and supply
performance. - Confirm supplier delivery dates for purchasing material and
expedite orders when necessary. - Generate and issue reports to other groups to advise of
deviations in delivery dates and other changes to plan. - Inform involved departments of changes in delivery status,
market conditions, quality problems and cost fluctuations. - Lead and update MRD system considering Run Rates, Lead Time
and Batch Sizes. - Lead Inventory Management Meeting.
- Tracks sales promos and POG additions to ensure 100% support
of event. - Track POS data to compare with sales.
- Recommends and implement data changes regarding lead times,
minimum balances, lot sizes, and order policy coding relative to scheduling
area. - Leads continual optimization of Supply Planning process,
involving, for example, a reduction in complexity, optimization of distribution
planning and inventory management, customer collaborations and the consistent
standardization of operative processes - Provide KPI's and master data management for the planning
and inventory functions - Lead operational review in key metric areas (MOH, OSMI,
OTIF, Lead Time, MOQ, Safety Stock, Throughput, OEE, etc.) - Effectively leads and develops talent by role modeling and
reinforcing enterprise talent management philosophy emphasizing development and
differentiated rewards.
Must-Have
Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Engineering,
Business Administration, or a related field required - 5+ years' replenishment planning experience ideally for
consumer products business or manufacturing production planning and raw
material planning - Solid understanding of Supply Chain and Forecasting/Planning
processes and tools - Strong leadership and change management skills
- Excellent organizational, communication, collaborative and
interpersonal skills - Strong analytical skills
- Ability to lead effective meetings
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