S&OP / Supply Planning Manager

Division Information
The Home & Garden business unit of Spectrum Brands is based in St. Louis, Missouri with distribution, manufacturing and sales offices throughout the US and globe. We are a leading supplier of consumer products nationally for the home, lawn and garden, insect and weed control markets. We deliver groundbreaking products of exceptional value and top-notch quality to consumers with our well-recognized brands including Spectracide®, Hot Shot®, Cutter®, Repel®, Black Flag®, Garden Safe®, EcoLogic® and Liquid Fence®.

Job Summary
Manage, lead, and develop an inventory and supply planning team while developing and executing production and/or purchase plans to ensure that supply plans meet inventory investment and customer service objectives.

Primary Duties & Responsibilities

• Demonstrate the ability to lead a team, focus on continuous improvement, and develop talent.
• Must understand and demonstrate safe work practices at all times to ensure a safe work environment.
• Analyze multiple sources of data to develop feasible, master production plans for finished goods based on capacity requirements.
• Strategically plan capacity utilization.
• Work closely with manufacturing facilities to ensure production plans are executed in accordance with established plans.
• Evaluate real-time forecast consumption and consumer level POS information; take corrective action to optimize inventory in accordance with those trends.
• Utilize and maintain advanced planning systems and optimization (APO/PPDS) to achieve working capital management, manufacturing stability and customer service level targets; includes creation and maintenance of critical master data.
• Provide Supply side analysis to Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) processes.
• Interact frequently with customer service, demand planning, sales, purchasing, and manufacturing personnel to balance supply and demand.
• Manage SMOG (Slow Moving, Obsolete Goods) inventory. Direct salvage of damaged or unusable material.
• Identify and implement inventory management plans to achieve customer service and cost improvement objectives.
• Facilitate excellent vendor management practices. Manage the tactical relationship with our 60+ component suppliers supporting internal manufacturing.
• Contribute as a key team member at meetings and reviews, with key accountabilities for providing metrics, resolving issues, proposing alternate methods, identifying corrective actions, and presenting information.
• Recommend and implement strategies to improve supply planning processes as well as manage risks and opportunities for assigned projects.
• Analyze department performance metrics to resolve issues and identify process improvement opportunities.
• Manage and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure timely completion in a fluid environment.
• Comply with all company policies and procedures.
• Other duties as assigned.

Education and Experience Profile

• Bachelor's degree preferably in Supply Chain Management
• Minimum of five years related work experience in production and inventory management, supply chain management, or an equivalent combination of education and/or experience.
• APICS certification is a plus.

Required Skills

• Ability to work independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to work in a team environment, sometimes as the facilitator of the team.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to prioritize work and follow through to completion.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret various information.
• Strong mathematical ability.
• Excellent presentation skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively with all levels within the organization
• Must be familiar with using MRP system (SAP or similar)
• PC skills (spreadsheet, word processing, presentations)

Work Environment
95% office environment and 5% manufacturing environment. This is a hybrid role, based mainly in our Earth City office Tuesday- Thursday. Monday and Friday are work from home.


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required of employees assigned to this job.
Spectrum Brands is an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action employer.