Global Supply Planner

## Global Supply PlannerApplylocations: Aliso Viejo, CAtime type: Full timeposted on: Posted 2 Days Agojob requisition id: JR100659Cervélo exists to Make Riders Faster. You will see our bikes on the road, on the trail, and under some of the most elite athletes in the world. We are a small group of passionate riders, dedicated to delivering the best bikes in the world. It is not all CAD and wind tunnel time, though; we are headquartered in Aliso Viejo, California, a sweet corner of Orange County where you can ride on and off road year-round. Cervélo bikes have won all three Grand Tours (the first bike in history to do so), our ambitions have never been higher, and we are looking for talented, driven people to join our team.**ABOUT YOU:**The Global Supply Planner will be responsible for the planning of global supply and placing the purchase orders with our various assembly partners in a timeframe dictated by our delivery schedules. You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, including external manufacturing & assembly partners, and internal commercial teams from our various global markets to balance supply and demand while optimizing operational efficiency.**WHAT DOES YOUR DAY JOB LOOK LIKE:****Supply Planning and Inventory Management:*** Develop and maintain supply plans aligned with global demand forecasts, ensuring product availability while minimizing excess inventory.* Verifies details of Purchase Orders for finished bicycles, framesets, and small parts for all markets.* Communicate changes and cancellations of Purchase Orders with the respective Category Buyer.**Demand Coordination:*** Through the direction of the Global Supply Chain Manager, this role will collaborate with the Global Demand Manager to understand demand fluctuations, promotional activities, and seasonal trends.* Assist in identifying gaps between supply and demand and proposing solutions to mitigate risks.**Operational Execution:*** Act as a liaison between regional distribution centers, manufacturing facilities, and headquarters to ensure alignment on supply chain priorities.* Support the resolution of supply chain issues, such as production delays or transportation disruptions.**Stakeholder Communication:*** Understand the causality of delivery issues and communicate delivery schedule changes as necessary to stakeholders in the company.* Work as with Marketing, Engineering and Product Management to manage ordering and delivery of project inventory.* Ensure a flexible schedule to respond to messages, and potentially join meetings with European and Asia Pacific partners.* Ability to travel 10-15% to Europe or Asia, roughly once a quarter.**Data Management & Administrative Requirements:*** Create and update critical data in the system of record, confirm and upload the details to Bill of Materials and review periodically for accuracy.**WHAT YOU BRING TO THE TABLE****:*** **Experience:** 2+ years of relevant buyer or purchasing experience at a medium to large distribution and/or manufacturing business, and 4+ years of relevant supply planning experience at a medium to large distribution and/or manufacturing business.* **Education:** Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Operations, or equivalent through experience.* **Communication:** Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working across multicultural teams.* **Technology:** Proficiency in supply chain management software SAP (S4-Hana), and the Google suite applications. High-level Excel knowledge (Pivot Tables and Advanced Formulas).* **Analytical Skills:** Strong data analysis and problem-solving skills, with the ability to make informed decisions based on key performance indicators (KPIs) and other metrics.* **Proactive & Solution-Oriented:** You are self-motivated, always seeking ways to improve processes, overcome obstacles, and find innovative solutions.* **Customer-Centric:** You have a passion for delivering excellent customer service and ensuring the best experience for our partners and end-users.* **Collaborative & Flexible:** You work well in a team environment, across time zones and cultures, and are flexible enough to manage global communication challenges.* **Results-Driven:** You take ownership of your work and drive measurable outcomes that contribute to the company’s growth.**Language Skills:**Ability to read and comprehend and explain documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, and procedure manuals in English. Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, in English.**Salary Range:** This compensation package will be dependent on experience, qualifications, industry experience and the interview with a potential range of $80,000-$92,000.**Physical Demands:** The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the overall duties and responsibilities of this job.Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable otherwise qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the overall duties and responsibilities. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, use of hands and fingers, handle, or feel, reach above head with hands and arms, lift, push, climb, stoop, kneel, crouch, and/or crawl, pull, talk and hear. The employee must lift and/or move up to 30 pounds. Vision may be corrected within normal range. The noise level in the work environment is moderate. #J-18808-Ljbffr