Sr Supply Planning Analyst

Company: Wells Enterprises (a Ferrero Company)

Functional Area: Supply Chain & Logistics

The Role

The Sr. Supply Planning role will be responsible for coordinating and leading cross-functional reviews when customer fulfillment prioritizations are required.   Able to consume and analyze large, complex data and process to actionable insights for key stakeholders.

What You’ll Do

• Ability to analyze large complex information and able to create dashboards and reporting to provide actionable insights for stakeholders. 
• Responsible for review of customer orders daily and prioritize the available inventory according to service priorities and communicate decisions and supply constraints to Customer Service, Sales, and key stakeholders.
• Support S&OP processes by providing priority updates and inventory risk assessments. Analyze order fulfillment performance, backorders, fill rates, and inventory utilization to identify trends and recommend improvements. 
• Prepare and present analysis at various IBP meetings; explaining financial variances to forecast, plan, budget, as well as other ad-hoc scenario analysis as requested.
• Support and pricing by partnering with Finance and evaluating the financial impact of changes in costs, labor, and overhead. 
• Be curious with strong problem-solving skills. Ability to work independently and with ambiguity. 
• Responsible for understanding and utilizing both internal and external data sources to ensure an accurate forecast (i.e. Arkieva, Llamasoft, Nielsen, and IRI). 

What You’ll Bring

• Bachelor's degree preferred in business, math/statistics, finance/accounting.

• 5-7 years of experience in a demand planning role preferably in a CPG environment. 1-3 years of experience with S&OP. Background with demand planning software. Prefer experience with partnering with large retail accounts in collaborative demand planning or CPFR. 

• Knowledge Solid knowledge of overall business planning processes to ensure decisions are based on being able to see the big picture of supporting company goals & objectives. 
• Skills – Solid analytical and problem-solving skills, strong communication skills both verbal & written, able to effectively use Excel using data from various sources, strong listening skills & comfortable interfacing with customers & sales teams Possesses function and technical skills to do the job at a high level of accomplishment, possesses excellent communication skills.
• Abilities – The ability to show patience in high tension situations, able to deal with concepts and complexity comfortably and the ability to focus on delta. 

• Supervisory Scope – Reports to Director of Demand Planning; direct reports – NA; Indirect Reports – N/A.

Wells Enterprises is an EEO/AA employer M/F/Vet/Dis

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