S&OP Network Planner - Pella, IA, United States - BuildSubmarines

Description

As the #1 most preferred national window and door brand by homeowners across the country

• Pella leads the industry in innovation and design.

  Founded in 1925, Pella Corporation is comprised of the Pella Family of Brands and remains a privately owned company with a robust product offering and national distribution.

With 19 manufacturing locations, 11,000 + team members and more than 250 showrooms in the U.We have also received numerous accolades for innovation and design, including Fast Company's Most Innovative Manufacturers for 2022 and 2023.

Together, with talent just like you, we are building the future of windows and doors. Responsible for implementing effective product/production planning and forecasting processes. You will impact business results through forecast analysis, , transportation coordination, KPI management, and critical business work processes. You will also use advanced planning tools to visualize results, generate reports and balance key variables. This position requires excellent analytical skills along with interpersonal, written, presentation, and verbal communication skills.

Accountable for developing and maintaining mid and long term end-to-end demand/supply network plan for assigned manufacturing sites/brands/channels

• Own the collection of forecast inputs, validate inputs, and aggregate the demand signal to generate a consensus forecast
• Own the finished goods inventory and production plan (DRP, MRP, MPS, Constraints, Inventory Policy, IO)
• Accountable for developing what-if supply scenarios and supply plans to continuously improve performance relating to both service levels and total costs through continuous evaluation of supply, outsourcing strategies, product strategies and the positioning of inventory across the global supply chain.
• Provide input to the S&OP process to incorporate major demand and supply issues to the network plan and any major deviations to the budget and/or previous plan.
• Communicate decisions and supply impacts to management and S&OE planning, escalation and prioritization of supply responses around all issues, and opportunities impacting customer service
• Actively participate and support NPI / EOL to ensure that supply network plans are optimally created and that supply plans are executed in support of the established timelines and global strategy who
• Cross-functional teamwork between groups inside and outside the organization including Sales Management, Consumer Insights, Field Sales, Marketing, S&OE team, Business Analysts team, Finance, and Quality
• Maintain SKU/FU portfolio knowledge base and planning specific data
• Identify, implement, and document improvements to current processes when appropriate.

Ability to work with one or more Planning Systems like Anaplan, O9, Onestream, Oracle, Kinaxis, and others

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Bachelor's degree (B.

and 4-5 years related experience or equivalent combination of education and experience, preferably in sales, supply chain, consulting supply chain, or operations.

LANGUAGE SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.

Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

COMPUTER SKILLS

Word, Advanced Excel, Power Point, Outlook, Oracle, Alation, Anaplan, Power BI / Tableau. A solid understanding of ERP data and transaction flows; ideally Oracle ERP.

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

MBA or APICS Certification preferred but not required.

Pella Corporation is committed to workforce diversity.

Pella Corporation treats all persons equally, regardless of race, color, sex, religion, national origin, age or disability, as each is protected under federal law.

Therefore, Pella also treats all persons equally, regardless of political affiliation and belief, pregnancy, national origin, age, creed, marital status, military status, sexual orientation, mental disorder, veteran status, ancestry or handicap as each category is protected under a municipal ordinance or state law.