Materials Planning Manager - New Brunswick, United States - Aequor Inc

Description

Position: Material Planning/Scheduling Coordinator, Forecasting & Planning

Location: New Brunswick NJ 08903

Duration: 9 months (possibility of extension for the right candidate depending on performance)

Pay rate: $85.88/ hour on W2

Hybrid- Minimum 60% onsite(Manager is onsite Mon, Tues, Thur and the worker needs to be onsite these days)

Activities include:

Work with supply chain planners, strategic product leads, and other key stakeholders, to execute the process for periodically refreshing and implementing safety stocks.

Facilitate meetings to collect inputs impacting the safety stock calculations including lead times, risks, current and future network structure, available sourcing options, planning parameters, and shelf-life constraints.

Execute various inventory sizing models including the BCM inventory model, RapidResponse inventory model, and service level agreement model.

Analyze model outputs to identify drivers of model recommendations and year-over-year changes.

Facilitate meetings to review safety stock recommendations and gain consensus.

Develop a presentation for leadership review and approval.

Upon approval, lead meetings to implement new safety stock targets.

Respond to inquiries and ad hoc requests from inventory management team members, supply planning teams, and other key supply chain stakeholders for assistance in executing inventory analyses.

Essential Qualifications:

Required: Undergraduate B.S. Degree or equivalent, preferably in Engineering.

Demonstrated advanced Excel skills along with the ability to effectively use MS Word and MS PowerPoint.

Required: Experience with MEIO, SEIP, or using models to set safety stocks.

Required: 8-10 years of supply chain planning experience

Biotechnology or Consumer company experience utilizing world-class planning and execution processes and systems.

Demonstrated experience where problem-solving skills were critical to success.

A proven initiative-taker able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, cross-functional team-based environment.

An ability to cultivate and maintain professional and collaborative relationships with both team members and colleagues across the corporate enterprise.

Strong presentation and communication skills, both oral and written.

Prior evidence of working in a matrixed organization.

Experience utilizing SAP BI, SAP ECC PP, PP-PI, and MM and advanced planning applications such as Kinaxis Rapid Response preferred.

Lean Six Sigma certification (Black or Green belt)