Supply Planner

divh2Supply Planner/h2pNewell Brands is a leading consumer products company with a portfolio of iconic brands like Graco, Coleman, Oster, Rubbermaid, Sharpie and Yankee Candle - and 24,000 talented teammates around the world. Our culture is built on values in action: Integrity, Teamwork, Passion for Winning, Ownership, and Leadership. We work together to win, grow, and make a real impactsupported by a high-performing, inclusive, and collaborative environment where you can be your best, every day./ppThe Supply Planner plays a key role in developing a time phased supply plan for both manufacturing plants purchase vendors (Make Buy). Planning horizons and points of contact will differ based on Make vs Buy sourcing. The planners for Make items (Mfg) will generate and manage supply plans in the 0 to 3 month horizon while respecting a frozen horizon (i.e. 0-3 weeks) owned by detailed schedulers in Operations. Their plan will drive requirements for material planning, scheduling (Operations) and will be used for Deployment Planning. A strong understanding of operations, production capabilities and constraints are needed to build a feasible plan for execution. Planners for Buy items (Vendors) will generate and manage supply plans for a horizon of 0 to lead-time plus 1-2 months. A strong understanding of vendor constraints, lead-times and minimum order quantities are needed to build a feasible plan. All Supply Planners will work in collaboration with Demand Planning, Long Range Supply Planners and Inventory Planners to generate a supply plan that fulfills inventory and service level objectives, while considering space limitations managed through the Newell Service Network team./ppSpecific Responsibilities/pulliMaintain master data in SAP APO ECC for Supply Planning. Master data includes lot sizing, MOQ, rounding values, Planned Delivery Time, etc./liliEvaluate system generated supply recommendations (Planned Orders) from the MRP heuristic in APO, and review alerts and exception based tools to identify potential service risks. (Tools include Inventory Building Blocks, PSI, Customer Risk Report, ect)/liliSupplement APO recommendations with inputs from Long Range Supply Planner to account for pre-build and capacity constraints./liliBuy Planners to create Purchase Orders in ECC to support supply plan in APO, confirm POs with the vendors, update POs with DHL input./liliMake Planners to generate a Production Plan in weekly buckets extending a minimum of 3 months, or until the longest material lead-time, while respecting a frozen schedule time period maintained by detailed schedulers in Operations for sequencing./liliParticipate in SOE process with regard to management of supply plans in the 0 to 90 day horizon. Activities include expedite, de-expedite and cancellation of planned supply/liliCoordinate with Demand Planning NPD teams to ensure key promotions, new product launches are properly reflected in the supply plan./liliCollaborate with Newell Service Network to ensure supply plans can be supported in the service centers from a space management perspective. Leverage the DC Space Utilization tool./liliContribute and facilitate cross-functional meetings with manufacturing planning, vendors, sales account management, product category management and inventory planning teams to develop supply plans aligning with other functional needs./liliMonitor schedule adherence metric and manage manufacturing and sourcing planning exceptions to mitigate impact on customer service levels./li/ulpRequired Competencies/ppExperience:/pulli2+ years of Supply Chain experience (Supply Planning, Materials Planning, Production Planning, Demand Planning and Fulfillment)/lili2+ years of balancing supply chain resources with supply chain requirements experience/lili2+ years of capacity constrained supply planning and advanced planning systems/lili2+ years of Distribution Requirements Planning, Master Scheduling and MPS Methodologies and Techniques/lili2+ years of procurement planning and manufacturing industry experience/li/ulpEducation Training:/pulliBachelors degree of Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business Administration or equivalent undergraduate degree, with related work experience/liliInventory management and optimization/liliDistribution Requirements Planning and ATP logic/calculation/liliTraining (or equivalent prior experience) with supply planning tools like SAP APO-SNP, SAP IBP, Oracle ASCP or equivalent constrained based supply planning tools/liliSupply Chain Performance Management/Metrics/liliProficiency in Microsoft Office Suite with strong MS-Excel skills/li/ulpAptitudes:/pulliAbility to understand the dynamics of the business both commercially and operationally/liliUnderstands the why and the business impact of commercial forecast drivers/liliAbility to work with large datasets and develop diagnostic, predictive, and prescriptive analytics models/liliAbility to influence decisions and translate business impact to stakeholders across different organizational functions well beyond the supply chain/liliDemonstrated ability to problem-solve and a passion for improving processes./liliAbility to collaborate effectively with and manage execution across multiple teams/liliAbility to thrive in a fast-paced environment and manage multiple priorities at once/li/ulpNewell Brands (NASDAQ: NWL) is a leading global consumer goods company with a strong portfolio of well-known brands, including Rubbermaid, Sharpie, Graco, Coleman, Rubbermaid Commercial Products, Yankee Candle, Paper Mate, FoodSaver, Dymo, EXPO, Elmers, Oster, NUK, Spontex and Campingaz. We are focused on delighting consumers by lighting up everyday moments. Newell Brands and its subsidiaries are Equal Opportunity Employers and comply with applicable employment laws. EOE/M/F/Vet/Disabled are encouraged to apply./p/div