Job description
Senior Supply Chain Planner required for Global Pharmaceutical Firm
- Senior Supply Chain Planner
- Greater New York City Area
One of the world's premier Consumer Packaged Goods (CPG) organizations is looking for a Senior Supply Chain Planner to join their rapidly expanding team!
The Senior Supply Chain Planner will play a pivotal part in the company's Supply Chain activities in order to meet the Sales and Customer Service metrics for the company's forecast of demand operations. The individual will be expected to provide the company with detailed planning input in order to sustain the entire Sales and Operations Planning process. Through a strategic approach, each month the Demand Planner will ensure there is agreement between Marketing, Sales, Finance, and the Supply Chain.
The Senior Supply Chain Planner will have the following responsibilities:
- Generate long-term forecast; including, but not limited to providing input for the gained and lost distribution, risk and opportunities, and YOY media impact
- Work closely with other stakeholders from different functional areas to ensure alignment within plans/forecasts
- Prepare forecast data distributions by reviewing historical sales trends and demand drivers
- Minimize forecast error by monitoring key forecast influencing factors
- Collaborate and work closely with Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, and Customer service in order to recognize noteworthy variances and then adjust the forecast accordingly
- Maintain and utilize the demand operations forecast
- Regularly update production planners with accurate item-level changes in the forecast
- Communicate updated Long-Range Plan (LRP) assumptions to the Finance Department
The ideal candidate will have the following skill set:
- Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, or technology-related field from an accredited college or university is required; MBA preferred
- 4+ years Supply Chain Planning experience
- Must be detail-oriented, demonstrate exemplar analytical abilities, along with strong team-building skills and act as a leader cross-functional
- Strong Mathematical and Analytical abilities, as well as proficiency of Microsoft Office and spreadsheet analysis are required
- Knowledge of JD Edwards, SAP, or other ERP system a plus
- Minimal travel required