Supply Chain Planner (Temporary Position)

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Job scope/summary:

The scope of printing team is to source and deploy Pan EMEA the right printing commercial parts to our customers: Break-Fix (Onsite/Channel/MPS) / Part resales (PL91) / MPS supplies. This represents 3M part shipped per year representing an overall budget above 100M$ with an inventory of above 30M$.

The Repair Ops Lead will manage a given portfolio associated to a Repair line / vendor; he/she will plan inventories for EMEA Network for the products assigned to drive high level of availability (TCE) within the inventory limitations, minimizing SC planning related costs.

*Please, note, this is a temporary position.

Job specifics/responsibilities:

Planning activity for a specific portfolio:

• DMD Forecasting: Maintain part availability to support customer needs: Calculate the needs for spare parts (or Whole Unit Exchange), place appropriate supplier Purchase Orders and monitor the planned deliveries from suppliers.
• Supply Planning: Maintain part availability to support customer needs: Calculate the needs for spare parts (or Whole Unit Exchange), place appropriate supplier Purchase Orders and monitor the planned deliveries from suppliers. Maximize Repair vs New Buy supply flow.
• Inventory Management: Manage inventory in EMEA Network (Central warehouse, VHUBs, CHUBs) by defining inventory target for all EMEA locations.
• Lifecycle Management: Work on problems of diverse complexity and scope (New Product Intro, Life-Time Buys, Rolls, Upgrades, others)
• Customer Delivery Performance: Report planning performance of the products assigned; timely spot deviations and launch effective mitigation plan
• Perform monthly, weekly & daily planning activities for the products assigned to drive the key deliverables.
• Actively participate on meetings with other members of the team.

Repair  Operations Management :

• Repair Operations Management:
  • provide regular and accurate monthly forecasts, including long-term (end-of-life) volume projections
  • communicate on production priorities based on projected backlog; manage planning metrics and ensure corrective actions in case of deviation.

• Defective Management:
  • provide monthly defective projections to Repair Vendor
  • optimize and prioritize defective flow sourcing to enable more efficient defective inventory cost
  • switch on/off defective collection decision
  • monitor Defective return rate % – spot deviations and elevate contributors
  • ensure monthly MPTV adjustments to limit impact on P&L

• Cost Management:
  • Validate “Repair flag” with Finance
  • Manage Inventory Scrap costs (Excess & Obsolescence) – for Good and Defective inventory
  • Support for material liability minimization trough timely providing an accurate Repair forecast (short-term and EOL)
  • Minimize Planning-driven costs (Inbound, exception, airfreight, rebalancing, rebalance)

Repair Planning – KPI management:

• Maximize Repair Planning KPIs – Repair Ratio %, Forecast Accuracy, BO (Back Order) and LOA (level of Availability), Inventory – Good Inventory vs Business target and Defective Inventory – vs Baseline.
• Analyze accuracy deviations on Repair metrics and elevate contributors – Defective return rate %, Repair Efficiency %, Production Scrap Rate %

Education (degree) and professional experience required:

• Bachelor/Master degree
• 3 to 5 years of professional experience in Planning or Supply Chain similar functions

Other requirements:

• Fluent in English language
• Partner management experience is a plus

Personal skills and qualities:

• Managing Complexity (Ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and work to tight deadlines)
• Big Data and Real Time Analytics
• Analytical problem solving
• Customer Focus / Intimacy (strong communication skills; positive can-do attitude; customer centric approach)
• Ability to work with maximum autonomy (remote management/team)
• Assertiveness to drive actions and achieve operational performance targets
• Innovative thinker able to use creative solutions in problem solving

Technical skills (procedures and documents the employee has to be acquainted with):

• MS Office
• Planning ERP

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