Demand Planning Manager
Filtration Group
- Orlando, FL
- Permanent
- Full-time
- Create and manage both long and short term demand plans for all produced and purchased finished goods.
- Report forecast performance monthly to all Senior managers and Executive leaders.
- Build relationship with purchased finished goods vendors and communicate material needs based on best practices.
- Continuously review material for excess or insufficient quantities
- Manage the slow moving and obsolete items report. Additionally work with production to determine alternate uses for slow and obsolete materials.
- Attend GEMBA meetings with the production leaders – each shift, looking at late, current, and future demand and creating a material plan to meet customer demand while reducing cost
- Manage the Customer -- act as an interface between the production floor and customer, communicate problems and appropriately deal with customer demand to ensure zero late
- Continuous improvement -- participate in continuous improvement activities that drive the KPI's
- 2+ years of related forecasting experience
- Knowledge of forecast measurements such as error, MAPE etc.
- Ability to work collaboratively with all cross-functional partners..
- Proficient in MS Office
- Ability to problem solve and the ability to multi-task are required.
- Must be able to work independently with minimal supervision.