Planner - Demand Planner

We are looking for a Demand Planner for a contract position in Duluth, GA.

The Demand Planner position is responsible for both short and long term inventory planning that optimizes inventory levels, plant efficiency, costs, and service levels. This includes ownership of a collaborative, cross-functional, S maintaining statistical models; measuring and developing actionable improvement plans for key performance metrics. This position drives supply chain excellence in the form of increased service rates; reduced inventory levels; and efficient management of working capital.
This position works both independently and with the Business Unit team to improve the forecasting strategy and coordinate new product demand and customer and seasonal changes into inventory needs.
The ideal candidate must be a self-starter, a quick learner and must have very strong analytical thinking skills and be willing to take on a task and develop the process while implementing. This individual is comfortable working with sometimes competing objectives (customer service levels, working capital targets)

Job Qualifications

BS/BA Degree
Three to five years in planning/inventory management in manufacturing with a broad range of products and customers
In-depth knowledge of Excel, Access, and forecasting tools
An integrated perspective of company operations and their relationship to the total supply chain required.
Multi-site inventory management is a plus.
Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
Must have a working knowledge of modelling techniques, inventory planning, and project management.
Must possess superior communication skills and experience working in a formal planning system.
Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
Some travel required

Core Competencies
Drives Innovative Business Improvements - develops new insights into solutions that result in organizational improvements
Balances Immediate and Long-term priorities
Delivers results: Focuses on the critical few objectives that add the most value and channels own and others' energy to consistently deliver results that meet or exceed expectations.
Develops and inspires others: Builds and maintains relationships that motivate, guide, and/or reinforce the performance of others toward goal accomplishments.

Responsibilities include:

Establish inventory planning parameters to support target fill rate and inventory objectives in a way to balance fill rates, efficient production scheduling and optimal transportation. (eg safety stock, lead-times, cycle stock).
Utilize the related planning systems to support inventory planning and positioning.
Using inventory reduction theory and analysis, improve inventory investment performance.
Coordinate promotional SKU planning, and assist plants with forecasting strategy and new products.
Identify and communicate any inventory and service risks relating to forecast changes, promotional timing, or demand variability.
Facilitate improved forecast accuracy by analysing the quality of market intelligence and continuous improvement of forecasting tools/methods.
Perform sensitivity analysis of changes to plant product mix (gain/loss of customers, items, machines, ect).
Responsible for identifying, communicating and if possible, resolving problems associated with inventory that is slow moving and discontinued to maximize our return in a timely manner.
Maintain and review and update inputs monthly used to calculate safety stocks and inventory targets.
Provide direction to production planning and business leaders in order to optimize roll stock for fulfillment of converting requirements.
Analyze and support the development of solutions for out of stock conditions in the box plants.
Track and reconcile weekly/monthly metrics versus established targets.
Support annual planning process.
Selected candidate will play a pivotal role in:
Development of standard operating procedures
Establishing strong, cross-functional relationships
Review and removal of excess & obsolete inventory
Creating metrics scorecards and reporting solutions
Facilitate the management of the plant's optimal roll-stock Matrix
Develop and lead the monthly S&OP meetings with the plant lead team

Interested candidates please email your Resume.