Demand and Supply Planning Manager
Company: Picarro
Location: Santa Clara
Posted on: March 18, 2023
Job Description:
Demand and Supply Planning Manager
Job Location: Santa Clara, CA
Job Term: Full-Time
The Opportunity:
Reporting to the Vice President of Operations based in Santa Clara,
this position will manage and drive improvements in both the
S&OP process and master production scheduling process to ensure
that factory output matches customer demand in the short-term and
long-term while carrying minimum effective inventory. The Master
Scheduler will work closely with Sales and Marketing to determine
customer demand and supply chain, production planning and
manufacturing to produce a plan consistent with total factory
capacity and the sales forecast. The qualified individual must be
able to facilitate complex scheduling for all aspects of production
and possess substantial product, plant, process and market
knowledge as their actions have a significant impact on customers,
service and material and capacity planning.
Responsibilities:
S&OP:
- Serves as a primary point of contact for and liaison with
sales, logistics, and manufacturing departments to lead the
S&OP process and create the master production
schedule.
- Review sales forecast with the business managers on a monthly
basis and suggest modifications consistent with knowledge of
current and/or historical demand.
- Periodically compares current and anticipated orders with
available inventory of raw materials; uses judgment to anticipate
demand for and to acquire additional materials as needed.
- Participates in periodic forecasting meetings with sales,
marketing, and other related departments; leads additional planning
meetings with sales, production, shipping, purchasing, and customer
service staff.
- Perform supply-demand analysis each quarter, highlighting areas
of concern for the next 12 months.
- Develop inventory targets and manage production to achieve
targeted inventory levels on both a cost and unit basis.
Master Production Schedule:
- Integrates sales orders with master schedule; coordinates
availability of raw materials, supplies, equipment, and staff as
needed to meet delivery dates.
- Maintains master production schedule for the factory; revises
as needed and alerts appropriate staff of schedule changes or
delays.
- Creates a rolling 3-month Master Production Plan for designated
products. Utilize the production capacity, taking into
consideration the sales forecast, historical sales, and new
business opportunities. Analyze and identify risks associated with
the options built into the Master Production Schedule, including
manufacturing lead times.
- Make delivery commitments for all products, which involve
checking uncommitted material and availability of
capacity.
- Maintain finished goods inventory at target levels to ensure
high service levels, i.e., product availability as
appropriate.
- Monitor actual output versus the Master Production
Schedule.
- Regenerate and maintain a monthly Master Production Schedule to
meet customer requirements to ensure inventory levels and
production efficiencies
MRP:
- Accountable for running MRP in NetSuite.
- Ensure coordination with planners to execute the Production
Plan on a weekly and monthly basis.
- Analyze, organize, record and publish weekly and/or monthly
graphs for planning and purchasing key performance metric
indicators.
- Timely reporting of key metrics.
Qualifications:
- Thorough understanding of the business and supply
chain.
- Forecasting and production planning skills. Extremely
proficient with production planning systems.
- Experience using MRP / ERP systems
- Sound knowledge of supply chain processes and procedures
including manufacturing planning, demand, and replenishment
processes.
- Strong planning background in the materials, manufacturing and
engineering environment.
- A demonstrated background in low volume and high mix
manufacturing.
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, business
administration or a related field required.
- At least five years of related experience required.
- Professional certification by the American Production and
Inventory Control Society (APICS) preferred.
- Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills.
Ability to clearly express oneself verbally and in writing in the
English language. Communicate effectively with employees and other
business contacts in a courteous and professional manner.
- Excellent organizational skills and attention to
detail.
- Ability to manage complexity and resolve conflicts that arise
from balancing multiple priorities.
- Able to positively manage situations of a dynamic nature; to be
able to modify plans, actions, and decisions considering changing
situations and circumstances while still meeting, or proposing
modified, deadlines.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to be accurate, detail-oriented, and to remain calm in
stressful situations.
- Excellent customer focus with a high sense of urgency.
- Proficient in MS office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint,
Outlook)
Salary & Benefits:
The base salary range for this full-time position is $97,000 -
$130,000. Your base salary and title will be determined based on
the location, experience, qualification, skills, knowledge, level,
and pay of employees in similar positions.
We offer a comprehensive benefits package including:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) and Health Savings Account
(HSA) plans
- Life, Short-Term Disability, and Long-Term Disability
insurance
- Paid Time Off and Paid Holidays
- Employee Referral program
- 401K
- Social events (summer picnic, holiday party, team lunches,
etc.)
- On-site Health & Wellness programs (fitness challenges, outdoor
bootcamp, flu-shots, etc.)
About Picarro:
Picarro is pioneering a unique confluence of hardware, software and
cloud-based computing unlike anything being done today. By
manufacturing the precision instruments at the core of this
technology as well as developing the algorithms that enable cogent
information to be derived from the data, we are transforming how
world-class scientific, industrial and regulatory compliance
measurements are made, and more importantly, who makes them.
Infrared optical spectroscopy is a proven technology for delivering
precise, real-time measurement of the constituents in a gas stream
with high sensitivity and selectivity. Recent developments in laser
technology allow for a very significant increase in the number of
species that can be measured simultaneously, leading to an
unprecedented increase in the amount of information that can be
collected and to corresponding challenges in extracting information
from the results.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment
without regard to race, sex, color, religion, national origin,
protected veteran status, gender identity, social orientation, nor
on the basis of disability.
Posted positions are not open to third party recruiters/agencies
and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free
referrals.
If you are an individual with a disability and require a reasonable
accommodation to complete any part of the application process or
are limited in the ability or unable to access or use this online
application process and need an alternative method for applying,
you may contact Picarro, Inc. at disabilityassistance@picarro.com
for assistance.
Posted positions are not open to third party recruiters/agencies
and unsolicited resume submissions will be considered free
referrals.
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