Sr. Supply Planner

JELD-WEN is currently seeking a Sr. Supply Planner to join our growing team. 

 

Position Title: 

Senior Supply Planner

 

Summary: 

 

The Senior Supply Planner will report directly to the Sr. Supply Chain Manager for a specific line of business within the overall NA JELD-WEN organization. This role is responsible to orchestrate an optimal supply plan to service the demand stream within the line of business and to engage with key process stakeholders as necessary to mitigate disruptions to the plan. The selected candidate will also work to continuously improve the objective functions of cost, performance, and revenue growth. This role is responsible to coordinate cross-functionally with peers in Supply Chain, Sourcing, and Manufacturing to ensure flawless execution of the supply strategy. Additionally, the Sr. Supply Planner will interface regularly with colleagues in Finance, Product Line Management, and Sales to drive alignment between the desired commercial objectives and the operational plan to succeed. The qualified individual will be responsible for providing the plant with a rolling 12-36 month production plan consistent with the plant capacity and sales forecast. The planner is responsible for determining the desired inventory levels for finished goods and the optimal production strategy. The sales forecasts, new business opportunities, customer expectations, and internal supply constraints will be used to develop production plans, by month, for a 12 – 36 month period. The candidate selected will have a strong networking capability and be capable of leading projects with significant complexity.

 

 

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create a rolling Supply Plan for designated products. Utilize the production capacity, taking into consideration the sales forecast, historical sales, plant capabilities, supply chain characteristics, and new business opportunities. Analyze and identify risks associated with the options built into the plan, including manufacturing lead times
• Develop inventory targets and manage production to achieve targeted inventory levels on both a cost and unit basis.
• Maintain finished goods inventory at target levels to ensure high service levels, i.e. product availability.
• Project finished goods inventory levels on a quarterly basis. Achieve desired corporate inventory turn targets.
• Ensure coordination with plant schedulers to execute production activities on a weekly and monthly basis per the Production Control Playbook.
• Review sales forecast with factory leaders monthly and suggest modifications consistent with knowledge of current or historical demand.
• Daily/weekly/monthly reporting on key metrics
• Support the S&OP process meetings to review service levels, performance against schedule, inventory strategy, supply plan to meet demand, and resource implications. Update Master Production Plan as necessary
• Communicate to Buyer/Planners raw material requirements for new product launches
• Monitor adherence to Master Production Schedule. Identify gaps and drive solutions, including metrics for production performance to the requested production schedule.
• Optimize use of MRP system for increased efficiency across multiple levels of organization
• Lead weekly production pulse review meetings with assigned factories.
• Lead projects with significant complexity that require extensive collaboration with internal stakeholders to drive continuous improvement in terms of cost, performance, and revenue growth.

 

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s Degree in a related field and three (3) to five (5) years’ experience in a manufacturing environment, preferably in the window and door industry; or an equivalent combination of education and experience in the door and window industry as determined by management.
• Extensive experience with manufacturing scheduling in APO using PPDS or S4 HANA using embedded PPDS a plus. Ability to research, analyze, and troubleshoot within the system.
• Some basic knowledge and experience in production and manufacturing processes and techniques, preferably at JELD-WEN or within the door and window industry, including Inside Sales, Production Control, Order Entry, Scheduling, and Materials Management in general.
• A basic understanding of manufacturing process improvement techniques including Continuous Improvement (JEM), SQDCI, TPS, OTD, and JIT.
• Strong knowledge of the plant and product produced, and how the manufacturing and production of this product relates to JELD-WEN’s Mission Statement and Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s). 
• Demonstrated leadership, interpersonal, technical aptitude, analytical and problem-solving skills.  
• Strong team skills, including the ability to coach and develop work teams