Supply Planner
Location: Hybrid (3 days in-office), Irvine, CA
Schedule: M-F, 8 AM - 5 PM
Duration: 1-year contract
Pay: Up to $51 an hour or about $105,000
Role Overview
The Supply Planner owns the replenishment and deployment plan for a specific product line portfolio. This includes executing STR-STO conversions, planning load-building in the Transportation Management System (TMS), and ensuring the timely supply of materials across the global distribution network. The role involves coordinating daily with distribution centers (DCs) to manage inventory and prevent product shortages.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage the replenishment and deployment plan for finished goods in SAP, ensuring alignment with the global distribution network.
- Execute STR-STO conversion and TMS load-building plans to supply materials across regions.
- Review daily exception reports from TMS/SAP, working closely with distribution centers to ensure on-time shipments.
- Collaborate with supply planning teams to address inventory gaps and improve replenishment strategies.
- Ensure the accuracy and integrity of relevant master data in SAP to support replenishment planning.
- Monitor weekly/monthly production plans to maintain continuous product supply, preventing customer service interruptions.
- Partner with regional supply planners to balance local supply plans, ensuring alignment with customer service and inventory targets.
- Support the Sales & Operation Execution (S&OE) process and On-Time-In-Full (OTIF) key metrics.
- Allocate products between sales orders and STOs to avoid inventory shortages.
- Communicate product availability and inventory risks to the supply chain and customer service teams.
- Analyze PBI and SAP reports to identify inventory shortages, working with cross-functional teams to resolve potential service disruptions.
- Perform data validation for SAP/TMS/Kinaxis releases and system enhancements.
How You'll Make an Impact
- Own the finished goods replenishment and deployment plan in SAP, driving accuracy and efficiency.
- Build and monitor load-building plans within the TMS in SAP, ensuring timely product movement.
- Communicate Estimated Times of Arrival (ETAs) and track products in transit using TMS.
- Contribute to the Sales & Operation Execution (S&OE) process to improve alignment between production and sales.
- Ensure On-Time In Full (OTIF) delivery as a key performance metric, maintaining customer satisfaction.
What You Bring
- Education: Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Management, or a related field.
- Experience: 5+ years in Supply Chain Planning, including Demand, Supply, Deployment, Logistics, Manufacturing, or Materials Management.
- Skills:
- Proficiency in SAP and Kinaxis (or similar ERP software); experience with ECC, APO, PAM, and TMS modules preferred.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills (pivot tables, VLOOKUP) required.
- Excellent analytical, numerical, and problem-solving abilities.
- Experience with Power BI (PBI) preferred.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills, capable of influencing teams within a matrix organization.
- Ability to work independently and collaboratively.
- Effective time management and multitasking skills to meet deadlines.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
Additional Comments from Hiring Manager
The Manager prefers candidates with quantifiable achievements. When reviewing resumes, the manager looks for SMART (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, and Time-bound) results. Below are examples of strong and weak resume bullets:
- Weak example: “Created a dashboard to update automated master pricing, storage, and data retrieval.”
- Feedback: This doesn’t convey the impact of the action—did it save money, improve performance, etc.?
- Strong example: “Led four (4) lean DC projects within six months, reducing inventory by $27.3M (a 5% reduction) while maintaining a 96% OTIF rate to customers.”
- Feedback: This highlights measurable success within a specific time frame and demonstrates a clear business impact (cost savings and customer satisfaction).
