United States onlyThis position is responsible for the management of the SIOP (Sales, Inventory, and Operations Planning) process for our dispensing plants. This involves the responsibility for demand planning and compilation/maintenance of the key SIOP files; including forecast KPI’s, machine capacity utilization, and other analysis deemed necessary. A critical function will be the management of our network capacity to ensure we maintain best in class OTIF amongst our customer base by developing timely indicators to allow cost effective inter-plant support when needed.
Duties and Responsibilities:
Primary person to report out on key customer demand planning trends by customer and by plant, as well as, on machine utilization by plant and by line.
SIOP Process
- Responsible for sites demand and capacity planning process.
- Responsible for high level raw material (RM) forecasting for each site.
- Support Director of Supply Chain to execute monthly process
- Support sales, operations, and finance group
Demand Planning
- Maintain monthly cadence to review customer demand trends
- Interact with both the commercial team, customer, and operations team to gather valuable input to assist in developing the monthly demand forecast.
- Develop the monthly demand forecast based on inputs such as open purchase orders, customer forecast, historic trends, and market trends.
- Provide individual demand data for key customers to be used in customer reviews as needed.
- Facilitate the transfer of the demand data to other systems as needed to generate RM demand and other schedules.
- Maintain all demand planning KPI’s by plant and by customer.
Raw Material Planning
- Provide raw material estimates to both the individual facilities and the procurement team based on the data calculated from the SIOP process.
- Create / implement KPI’s to measure our actual material usage vs forecasted usage.
- Provide support data for the procurement team as requested.
Monthly SIOP Process
- Compile and upload all demand planning information into our planning system.
- Compile and analyze all BI reports regarding demand planning and plant/machine utilization.
- Review network utilization and provide risk analysis on supply. Provide risk mitigation recommendations to the team as needed, such as support of production from another facility or increased shifts in current plant.
- Work with the Director of Supply Chain to complete the monthly SIOP presentation.
- 25% travel is required
Skills for Success
- Bachelor’s degree in related field of study
- 3 years of equivalent experience preferred
- Ability to lead, motivate, select, train and instruct personnel. Good interpersonal, organizational and communication skills.
- Microsoft office suite and Power BI
- Strong communication skills (written, verbal)
- Exceptional organizational and time management skills
- Sharp analytical and problem-solving skills
- Detail oriented and able to set priorities
- Strive for continuous process improvement and optimal service to customers
TekniPlex Rewards
At Tekni-Plex, we value all of our people across the globe. We strive to provide a work environment that leads to your professional fulfillment. Since fulfillment means something different to everyone, the rewards that TekniPlex provides globally are appropriately diverse and suited to help you perform your best inside and outside the company. Our rewards programs include:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision
- Life and Disability
- 401(k) and Match
- Wellness Program including EAP
- Pay for Performance philosophy
