Strategic Inventory Planner

Job Title

Primary point person to interact with Sales on a daily basis. Responsible for monitoring end unit inventory at Regional Distribution Centers and making production schedule recommendations to keep end unit inventory at a healthy level by SKU. Support assembly capacity visualization during budget seasons.

Responsibilities

Manage RDC replenishment system, monitoring daily in/out movements and projected end-unit inventory shortfalls.

Report routinely on end unit inventory findings and share progress for keeping end units at a healthy, agreed-upon level.

Hold routine meetings with management to propose changes to production based on inventory monitoring.

Work with Production Planning, Long Lead Time Parts Planning and Domestic Parts Planning to make strategic changes to production sequence to improve RDC inventory availability.

Establish and monitor common and unique strategic inventory level setting planning and maintenance supervision.

Establish clear points of flexibility to change with cost association.

Publish Key Performance Indicators month-end reports.

Track individual model inventory compared to agreed-upon levels vs. Retail.

Manage strategy inventory in PYMAC to provide model shift flexibility to sales.

Work closely with Sales and Demand Chain teams and provide presentations as needed.

Develop international part shortage reports

Manage production plan requests by sales (Matome file generation)

Communicate with sales on spec/model/color change availability during PSI negotiation process.

BOM comparisons to understand differentiating parts for model shift offerings, as well as for model year change obsolete study.

Available to Promise planning for availability by spec/color and set quantity to replenish.

Place orders for strategy inventory to be routinely managed for each MRP.

Delete and re-insert advanced orders for strategy inventory to routinely "push out" the need date for parts unused.

Routinely check ECN for revisions of strategy inventory parts and make plans when revisions do occur.

Calculate quantity and cost of strategy inventory at risk of obsolescence for new model year and share with management team.

Make plan and communicate with manufacturing and sales management for what strategy inventory to hold or reduce for new model year start.

Manage worksheets that include: quantitative forecasting, strategy inventory settings, end unit inventory planning and other reports.

Work closely with Demand Chain Planner on inventory setting and support for ongoing improvement projects.

Communicate routinely with Production Planning team on parts availability of model shifts communicated through Matome process.

Qualifications

2-3 years manufacturing or supply chain experience.

High school or GED required, Bachelor's Degree preferred.

Excellent personal computer skills and knowledge of mainframe MRP/CRP computer systems.

Proficient in Microsoft Excel.

Knowledge of PYMAC and SAP.

Excellent communication and leadership skills within a team-based environment.

Working knowledge of and experience in general plant operations.