Planner (Procurement - Energy Storage) - Greater Toronto Area, Canada - Canadian Solar

Canadian Solar
Canadian Solar
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Greater Toronto Area, Canada

1 month ago

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Position Summary


The Planner will coordinate and drive day-to-day procurement, project forecast, planning, and information management activities by partnering with Sourcing & Production to ensure project deliverables are being met.


_Procurement Demand Forecasting_

  • Work closely with global executive management, divisional managers, procurement specialist, production planners, project managers and business development leads to assure accurate forecasting of procurement demand and project execution milestones.
  • Collect, maintain & analyze sales demand forecasts to ensure up to date procurement forecasts.
  • Hold weekly calls with BD and Procurement to manage and maintain procurement forecasting data.
  • Hold weekly calls with Production Planning and Procurement to present updates demand forecasting.
  • Produce a biweekly procurement demand forecast for major equipment, including but not limited to battery energy storage products and inverter products

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  • Prepare detailed project Gantt charts and consolidated master project Gantt charts for tracking project progress on an ongoing basis.
  • Coordinate with global manufacturing, project management, purchasing, and logistics groups to ensure accurate project execution forecasting.

_ General Duties_

  • Work closely with the business development team to maintain sales planning pipeline, Key Projects List and milestone schedules, and provide preliminary schedules for project opportunities
  • Develop & implement processes & process improvements related to forecasting & planning to adapt to rapid growth & development of the company.
  • Collaborate with global team to develop & maintain analytical tools for procurement forecasting, supplier performance and project operations data.
  • Draft and maintain project milestone schedule exhibits to aid contracting activities.
  • Assist with contract management and planning as needed.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

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Requirements:


  • Bachelor's Degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Logistics Management, Inventory Management, or relatable degree
  • Desired
  • 24 years procurement, forecasting, and planning experience within the renewable energy industry or automotive manufacturing space with a focus on equipment.
  • MS Office Word, Excel (formulas, pivot tables, macros, charts & graphs, etc.), PowerPoint, and Outlook.
  • Salesforce, MS Power BI, Project Management Software, ERP systems.
  • Experience managing and analyzing data & information to support overall procurement, forecasting, and planning.
  • Proven experience functioning in a fastpaced deadline sensitive environment with competing deliverables.
  • Experience working in a crosscollaborative crosscultural
  • Excellent problemsolving skills, ability to communicate business needs in a clear and concise manner, ability to take ownership of deliverables, and able to work crosscollaborative & crosscultural environment.

Compensation & Benefits

  • Canadian Solar offers a competitive salary plus fully comprehensive benefits and performance bonus package based on an annual objective achievement. Our generous benefits package includes a 401(k) Retirement Plan, medical/dental/life/disability program, _
  • PTO_
- and sick days._

  • Canadian Solar Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer (EOE). Qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, disability, or veteran status._
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