Senior Demand Planner

·         Generate proper demand for manufactured and purchased parts.

·         Align capacity requirements with production, including the setup and maintenance of work orders.

·         Review production and demand performance against available inventory and determines Production and QC priorities.

·         Prepare and transact work orders, and ensure availability of materials

·         Ensure communication regarding the status of work orders, inventory levels, and projects.

·         Coordinate planning activities with cross functional departments to ensure project milestones are achieved on-time.

·         Monitor aged WIP, open balances on purchase orders and receive/inspect receipts.

·         Work with the Production to plan production resources, level loading, and WIP Inventories.

·         Support the material review board and quarantine process. (SCA)

·         Replan production schedules (as needed) to meet marketing and/or manufacturing requirements.

·         Maintain item master data to support planner code and production order policy data.

·         Responsible for planning and procurement master data, including the Procurement Info record and Source List for materials.

·         Plan raw material and closely coordinate production plans with purchasing

·         Manages raw materials for new products once assigned on a Bill of Material.

·         Investigates and recommends implementation of appropriate advanced materials strategies such as Point of Use, Kanban, VMI, etc.

·         Create mathematical models based on supply chain data of including both supply & demand trends.

·         Reduce the amount of excess & obsolete inventory by performing data analysis, utilizing vendor return programs and stock balancing.

·         Maintain ERP system parameters to ensure optimum performance

Partner directly with R&D, Lab teams, and Product Development Operations (PDO) to validate technical BOMs, introduce NPI raw materials, and drive accurate demand forecasting.