Job Description Summary

Job Description

Global Planning Executive - Integrated Supply Chain AVS

The AVS ISC Global Planning Leader is responsible for developing and leading a planning team to drive global forecast accuracy, optimize inventory management, coordinate material flow, and implement strategic data analytics to enhance the AVS business's supply chain efficiency and responsiveness.

Planning S&OP    
•    Strategic role responsible for developing a vision and leading a planning team to drive global forecast accuracy for the AVS business
•    Participates in and executes Integrated Business Planning (IBP) processes enabling implementation of business strategies.
•    Coordinates plans with the modality product management and commercial leaders to achieve the agreed-upon demand plan.
Inventory    
•    Leads and optimizes inventory management processes and systems
•    Develops and executes inventory vision and implementation plans to improve inventory management and materials velocity across all manufacturing and region flows.
Fulfillment S&OE    
•    Coordinates flow of materials (from supplier through region) for the AVS franchise.
•    Works cross functionally to align tactical execution and problem solving with business objectives.
Materials    
•    Develops and executes global materials management standard work.
•    Leads global materials and master scheduling organization to optimize AVSs global supply chain network.
Essential Responsibilities & Skills
Planning S&OP    
•    Leads global demand planning for AVS modalities, provides detailed monthly forecasts to manufacturing and material teams
•    Leads global supply planning for AVS modalities, provides deetailed mothly forecasts for shipment plans into the region
•    Supports global finished goods inventory planning for a particular group of products across plants and regional warehouses
•    Leads inventory management for a particular group of products; responsible for phase-in / phase-out of products/materials to minimize the obsolescence risk
•    Leads inventory management for a particular group of products
•    Coordinate cross-functional team to establish and execute a monthly IBP review incorporating revenue & inventory financials, demand planning, constrained supply planning, and long term capacity planning. Facilitate proactive product planning dialog: last time buys, product obsolescence, license expirations, supply capacity, etc.
•    Influences and communicates well with all levels of the organization including senior leadership, acting as primary supply chain owner for the product portfolio
•    Responsible for accurate product forecast and flow down from regional OTR teams to manufacturing teams
•    Partner with sourcing and make leadership teams to establish long-range capacity and supply plans; Work with plant, regions, and Planning COE to continue to drive improvements in IBP process, forecast accuracy, budget planning, etc.
Inventory    
•    Inventory process owner for the AVS segment, ensuring operational alignment with production plan and KPIs
•    Coordinates all activities between engineering, sourcing, manufacturing, and region to support on-tim-delivery.
•    Integrates inventory strategies and plans for NPIs to drive phase-in/phase out to minimize obsolescence.
•    Supports safety stock polices for different nodes
•    Simulates impact of inventory policy changes.
Fulfillment S&OE    
•    Aligns material processes and systems, prepares and updates production schedules and purchasing needs to meet customer commitments.
•    Ensures operational alignment with production plans and KPIs. 
•    Develops remediation actions to expedited customer requests within complex manufacturing processes with technical variety and/or interdepended production cycles.
•    Global Materials and Scheduling    Drives standardization and optimization of master scheduling for all AVS manufacturing sites
•    Leads finite scheduling of manufacturing locations.
•    Drives standardization in the management of raw materials planning processes.
•    Develops vision and action plans to achieve overall business objectives (SQDC)
Strategic Data & Analytical Leadership
•    Strategic Data Integration: The ability to develop and implement a long-term vision for data utilization across the organization is crucial. This includes fostering a culture that values data as a strategic asset and integrating data analytics into all decision-making processes to enhance operational efficiency and competitive advantage.
•    Demand Forecasting Proficiency: A strong understanding of predictive analytics tools and methodologi