Sales & Operations Planning

This position is responsible for Forecasting, Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, and S&OP monthly cycle.

• Lead the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) processes, in partnership with the Sales and Operations teams, report on the same and share S&OP best practices with all relevant parties.
• Prepare data and material for monthly S&OP meetings that will facilitate decisions over the S&OP planning horizon.
• Facilitate the monthly Forecasting collaboration meetings with Sales and Product Development to ensure effective sales, demand, & inventory plans, including new product launch and PIPO.
• Integrate key processes including customer forecasts, statistical forecast models, targeted service levels, demand and supply variability & plans, product life cycle, operational capacities & capabilities.
• Collaborate with key Customer accounts for alignment with demand and supply of products for continued improvement of on time delivery and enhanced planning visibility through optimization of Customer Supplier Portals and other means.
• Identify gaps in supply and demand and lead the process for teams to recommend mitigation strategies.
• Develop and maintain excellent relationships with Sales, Operations and Customer Service to create open and honest communication of issues, resulting in mutually agreeable solutions and successes.

• Assist in the documentation of assumptions incorporated in the demand and supply plan and validate past assumptions.
• Track performance metrics and analysis to identify both opportunities and potential issues within S&OP processes and recommendations to help improve results.
• Work closely with Procurement, Manufacturing, and Logistics/Distribution to evaluate the demand/production plan against inventory, capacity, and external factors and to create mitigation actions if needed.
• Responsible for assisting sales with business planning, as well as communicating with local and corporate management on new opportunities,