Strategic Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning - Huntsville, United States - ForeOptics

Description

Strategic Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning (SIOP) Analyst

The Strategic SIOP Analyst is a consultant role responsible for developing and implementing an effective SIOP process for ForeOptics' clients in the Aerospace sector. It requires an experienced S&OP professional able to facilitate and drive results in a fast paced and demanding environment, leveraging their strong interpersonal and leadership skills. This objective is to implement SIOP to improve delivery, customer satisfaction, and working capital. This is an on-site, customer-facing consultant role based in Huntsville, AL.

The ideal candidate will have deep experience with hands-on planning and analysis in a complex aerospace manufacturing environment, SIOP/IBP design and implementation, ERP/MRP systems and supply chain network planning, training teams and organizational development, and overall business process transformation.

Essential Functions

• This role focuses on designing and implementing a comprehensive SIOP program for the assigned client and client scope including all phases of a standard SIOP process
• Execute all facets of the SIOP process to provide an optimum customer service level and working capital performance as defined by the organization's business operating plans and strategic objectives.
• Partner with Business Units, Sales, Finance and Operations to ensure a consensus planning process delivers an agreed-upon volume forecast and achievable plan-of-record; ensure gaps and overlaps are addressed, scenarios are completed, and issues appropriately escalated to meet business objectives.
• Collaborate with Business Management, Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations and Finance to ensure that the appropriate information is available and accurate to be reviewed through the SIOP process meetings and establish the SIOP plan-of-record.
• Lead/Co-lead the SIOP management reviews, prepare all data and metrics for review, identify gaps and scenarios that must be presented, guide final decision making on open items and trade-offs, and prepare escalations for executive review where appropriate.
• Recommend optimal inventory levels at various locations across the supply chain and support the proactive management of those levels in order to achieve targeted customer satisfaction as well as mitigate inventory exposure.
• Analyze supply and demand issues and facilitate resolution throughout the supply chain.
• Assist in quantifying and defining scope for capacity, resource, logistics, and supply chain planning.
• Evaluate supplier delivery performance and capability, building into the SIOP process risk mitigating approaches to manage suppler performance variation.
• Maintain forecasts and manage links between systems for forecasting, master production scheduling, inventory management and production planning/management.
• Share and model "best practice" methods, processes and ideas across the business to drive continuous improvements in all aspects of SIOP.
• Work to reduce the cost of sales and operations planning, recommending improvements to procedures, contracts and agreements.
• Recommend and design KPIs, dashboards, and other management operating system elements depicting Supply Chain and Operations process health/risk areas to foster efficient communication, escalations, and root-cause corrective actions
• Support training through material development, delivery, and retention assessment as well as coaching client team members
• Work dynamically to support the immediate short-term needs of the client with interim solutions while concurrently working to establish the long-term solution

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Strong experience and expertise in successfully installing a successful SIOP process in a complex manufacturing environments including requirements gathering, process design, training, implementation, and process maturity.
• Leadership - strong managerial skills to work across all functions and levels of an organization; ability to lead change; effectively establishes high performing teams and role models high performance standards.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills- crisp verbal skills, effective listening skills; effective facilitation skills; demonstrates high energy and models behaviors to motivate the team.
• Ability to make sound business judgments related to strategic supply philosophies and initiatives..
• Persistent drive for results utilizing sound project management, organizational and problem solving skills.
• Expert in analyzing data and identifying areas for improvement while providing coaching and support to others in assigned areas.
• Leads process excellence and continuous improvement efforts with no supervision.
• Effectively negotiates and communicates cross-functionally across the organization, coordinating with various functions to exceed objectives.
• Demonstrates excellent ability to react and resolve disruptions and keep customer-focused perspective.
• Completes work with no supervision.
• Follows established procedures and best practices.
• Excellent verbal/written/presentation communication skills; possesses excellent analytical and problem-solving skills; anticipates potential issues and resolves them.
• Expert in interacting with team members and peers to anticipate and resolve day-to-day issues and competing project priorities.
• Highly efficient in working with related project team members, stakeholder functions and colleagues to develop and implement continuous improvement solutions.
• Manage clients with extreme professionalism and demonstrate the ability to go above and beyond top build strong client relationships
• US Citizen to comply with ITAR guidelines

Supervisory responsibilities - None

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• General office environment
• Manufacturing floor environment requiring PPE

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be able to remain in a stationary position for long periods of time
• Minimal lifting and carrying up to 25 pounds

Travel Required – 10-30%

Required Education, Experience, Licenses

· Bachelor's degree in Business, Operations, Supply Chain or Engineering preferred

· Five (5) years' experience in a manufacturing Planning, Supply Chain or Operations role required

· Three (3) years' experience being directly involved in successful SIOP programs

· Experience in Aerospace & Defense strongly preferred

· Two (2) years' experience in a consulting role preferred

· Greenbelt, Blackbelt or Lean certification

· Expert ability in use of Microsoft Office, especially MS Excel in support of analysis

· Experience with ERP/MRP planning software packages

· Experience with SIOP software packages highly desirable

· Experience developing software, task automation, data analysis, and data visualization preferred

Certification/License:

· Preferred: APICS Certification or related Supply Chain certifications highly desired

ForeOptics provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation, and training.

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.