Operations/Project Management - Business Analyst I - Join a Market Leader

Job Description:
Job Title: Supply Planner
Location - Chicago, IL - 60606 - Onsite from Day1

In this role, you handle material SKU planning activities that include global inventory management and replenishment, production levels to plan for materials, look at the chain from upstream to downstream with both short and long-term planning strategies in mind. The role involves capacity planning, production scheduling, and collaboration with demand, deployment, customer service, and transportations teams to build an efficient supply network.
You will work with manufacturing teams to develop a strategy production plan, develop it with the service line, then present it for internal approval and customer acceptance.
Your role will function as an analyst of existing technical and domain specialists and bring value through well-adapted planning practices and solution driving problem-solving.
Be encouraged to establish inventory strategies to deliver service goals while ensuring the capacity plans are developed to support the client forecast. You will be accountable for understanding the supply chain and demand planning business drivers, the key interpersonal structure of the operations team, and drive performance improvement as you handle capacity planning and various logistics projects.

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for maintaining production schedules and capacity plan to ensure on-time delivery, cost objective and avoid material shortage
• Maintain well-defined working relationships and communications with manufacturing and key suppliers to confirm scheduling and capacity analysis
• Responsible for inventory management, inventory location replenishment, SKU planning, and risk assessment, and mitigation planning
• Initiate and lead supply planning discussion during capacity-constrained periods.
• Interact with demand planning and operations teams to balance the supply network
• Build planning processes for project improvements
• Support new product introduction in conjunction with sales
• Responsible for critical metric objectives – waste management, inventory weeks of supply, and case fill rate
• Lead inventory variances (Quarterly and yearly)
• Complete special projects and assignments as requested

Qualifications we seek in you!
Minimum qualifications:
• Demonstrate an understanding of supply chain cycle, Manufacturing, organization structures, and performance measures
• Demonstrates problem-solving skills and working under timelines; multi-tasking abilities; exception-based management capability
• Bachelor Degree in related fields (Supply Chain Management, Operations, Business, Engineering, or related subject area)
• Ability to balance priorities across multiple internal and external partners
• Ability to interact and build relations with senior management and key partners
• Superb analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment

Preferred qualifications:
• APICS affiliation and/or certification
• SAP, OMP or other ERP/Client software experience
• Effective interpersonal and verbal/oral skills
• Self-starter with independent work ethic and react quickly to priorities.