Shimano North America Bicycle, Inc. is a global company offering the world’s sporting community with top labels and brands including Shimano, Pearl Izumi, G. Loomis, Power Pro and Innovative Textiles, Inc. (ITI). We are seeking a Senior Supply Chain Planner – Bicycle Components to join our Irvine, CA team!
We are proud of our staff; diverse in talent, interests and backgrounds. Job seekers can find unique, one of a kind job opportunities in our fishing and cycling divisions, including national and regional sales, marketing, retail services and distribution. We offer an exceptional array of employee benefits and we are proud of a workforce that takes advantage of the health and wellness benefits we offer. Those that seek opportunities with employers that focus on reducing negative impacts on the environment need look no further than SHIMANO NORTH AMERICA. Our company is an ISO14001 certified business where environmental compliance and continual improvements are part of our business philosophy and operations. If you feel you can bring talent, innovation and enthusiasm to our workforce then please consider the opportunities we have available.
Job Summary:
This position will be responsible for leading a team of colleagues in developing a consensus market driven demand and inventory plan based on input from sales, product, and marketing teams in support of the company’s financial objectives.
Leading and executing the sales and operations planning process to review and update tactical and long-range demand forecasts to ensure product availability, serviceability, and meeting inventory health targets. The position reports to the division senior supply chain manager with the responsibility of leading the planning team to manage inventory for specific product ranges across multiple distribution centers/warehouses, and presenting results/action plans to higher levels of management.
Essential Duties/Responsibilities:
- Utilize historical and market based demand data to develop demand plans for review with Sales, Product and Marketing teams as part of S&OP process.
- Creation and management of KPIs based on product and sales strategy that drive the demand plan.
- Assist with leading, preparing, and executing monthly Sales and Operations Planning process across all products and customer channels.
- Ongoing measurement and reporting of forecast accuracy, market inventory availability, and health.
- Creation and reporting of 18-month rolling production forecast.
- Lead the Vendor Managed Inventory process by managing process, providing updated forecasts, and inventory analysis to the sales team.
- Drive continuous improvement of S&OP and demand planning process to improve efficiency and performance of the cross functional teams involved.
- Manage the product lifecycle management process as it pertains to customer catalogs for use in demand planning process.
- Develop of high-level understanding of purchasing process from our worldwide manufacturing locations.
- Develop knowledge of inventory management plan based on safety stock strategies to meet inventory serviceability and health targets.
- Visit with external sales force and retail customer based as required.
Job Qualifications:
- 4-7 years’ experience in demand planning in retail/consumer packaged goods in sporting goods or similar industry.
- Good working knowledge of retail distribution.
- Strong analytic and communication skills.
- Ability to work independently within cross-functional teams.
- Proficient in MS office suite (Excel, Access, Word). Demonstrated ability to analyze large data sets; Strong system aptitude required.
Education:
Bachelor’s degree in Business, Statistics, Mathematics, Supply Chain, Finance or related field preferred. Equivalent work experience can be considered in lieu of education.
NOTE: This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, responsibilities, or qualifications associated with the job. Shimano North America reserves the right to modify and change responsibilities and duties herein without notice.
Shimano North America is an equal opportunity employer and will not discriminate against any employee or applicant on the basis of age, color, disability, gender, national origin, race, religion, sexual orientation, veteran status or any classification protected by federal, state, or local law.
