Product Lifecycle Specialist - Tampa, United States - Incubation Systems Private Limited

Description

• Develop the work plan to bring in new product, product re-formulations, product re-launch or production deletion process after alignment has been obtained to execute.
• Early assessment and modelling of feasibility of product innovations based on brand marketing insights, external industry trends and business values
• Facilitate and document the discussions and communications of all product introduction, product deletion to all relevant stakeholders
• Evaluate forecast quality using trend analysis of like products, past product introductions learnings, commercial input, etc.
• Proactively manage and evaluate the effectiveness of new product introductions with recommendations on measures of success by applying business logic and executional priorities.
• Lead the SKU optimization process with recommendation of product deletions after taking into consideration all customer, commercial inputs using a standard modeling methodology.
• Facilitate the flow of product to ensure that we have the needed product for launch or reduction of inventory with exiting products.
• Proactively and timely evaluation of risks in product lifecycle, this would include finished products, raw material as part of ongoing routine to senior planning leaders.
• Manage the lifecycle process within JDA process with the appropriate forecast, migration of product demand needs. This would also include the forecast submission to all planning systems i.e. Anaplan.
• Collaborate with other planners (bottler to bottler, deployment, production, transportation) as needed to enable an integrated planning activities and processes.
• Provide communication and direction to master data including authorized material list for all incoming and outgoing products.
• Provide innovation and long-range forecast needs for promotional packaging to support demand planning, production and procurement activities/communication
• Provide feedback and recommendations for ongoing continuous improvement needed to make our Commercial Lifecycle process more effective
• Support all related lifecycle demand forecast requirements and or other assigned projects
• Clearly present information to large groups of associates on a regular basis
• Foster collaboration with the Customer Management, Field Sales and Marketing Leadership Teams to gain alignment on forecast recommendations
• The ability to influence others through teamwork & positivity
• Very detailed & strong communication skills
• Demonstrates cultural norms on a daily basis

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Supply Chain Management, Finance, Operations Management or Engineering disciplines; or applicable supply chain experience.
• APICS certification is a plus
• Five (5) plus years' experience in area of Supply Chain, Marketing, Finance, Procurement, or Operations required.
• Product lifecycle experience highly preferred
• Shown progressive role progression and scope of responsibilities
• Specific experience with JDA, statistical modeling and demand planning experience is highly preferred
• The ability to learn/use Company reporting sources to provide reliable data to make fact based decisions and after action reviews (Salient Margin Minder & Dashboards
• End to end business understanding
• Business process oriented
• Demonstrates business acumen
• Ability to provide business insights based on various data points
• Proven cross functional team collaboration at all levels of business

• 5 years

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Monday to Friday

• Tampa, FL 33617: Relocate before starting work (Required)