One World Technologies, Inc dba TTI Power Equipment, has an opening in its Anderson, SC office for a Demand Planner within the Supply Chain department. We offer competitive wages and a comprehensive benefits package — tuition assistance, 401(k), medical/dental/vision coverage, vacation, and holidays.
Scope
Demand Planners work closely with multiple departments across the business including…
- Sales managers, product development teams, and customers to capture the best collaborative forecast.
- Supply Planning team to ensure production needs are clearly defined and that goods ship on time.
- Customers to align retail sales expectations, assist with the containerization of direct flow goods, and address opportunities.
- Operations team to make sure orders are shipping in a timely manner and event expectations are communicated.
- Warehouse partners to prioritize container unloading and resource planning to meet inventory targets.
- Senior Management to ensure forecasts align with company initiatives/goals.
Primary Responsibilities
Demand Planners maintain a PSI (Production, Sales, and Inventory Plan), improve processes, help achieve corporate targets, and define opportunities to reduce costs. This position is responsible for creating and maintaining multiple customer forecasts for a portfolio of power tool models. In addition, this position would define inventory targets and purchasing needs to support company sales while exceeding desired service levels.
- Define inventory needs to support variations in demand.
- Obtain, analyze, and interpret supply chain relevant data from multiple sources.
- Plan purchase order forecast to ensure an adequate supply of finished product from our suppliers.
- Track customer orders in relation to MTD shipment forecast expectations.
- Coordinate receiving priorities and order exceptions with our distribution partners.
- Maintain reports critical to business function. This includes financial forecast, inventory projections, service performance, and forecast accuracy.
- Schedule regular meetings and report out all potential supply chain failures and opportunities.
- Capture failures, root cause, corrective action, and document accountability.
- Address customer emergencies and manage through to resolve.
- Assist with Customer Compliancy Disputes.
- Build relationships throughout supply chain to recognize and address process improvement opportunities.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Operations, Engineering, or related field are preferred. OR equivalent experience.
- Minimum 2 years TTI or industry related experience with retail sales, marketing, transportation, distribution, purchasing, or manufacturing.
- Well versed in Microsoft Office Suite applications with intermediate Excel skills (V-lookups, Pivot tables)
- Demonstrate statistical, analytical, and mathematical aptitude.
- Ability to develop and manage metrics that drive performance.
- Strong interpersonal skills to work on a fast-paced cross functional team.
- Ability to work in a process driven environment where priorities change rapidly with firm deadlines.
- SAP Experience a plus.
- Demand Planning software experience a plus. Specifically, Logility.
- Power BI experience a plus
