Demand Planner - North Vancouver, Canada - Tundra Launchpad

Tundra Launchpad

Verified Company

North Vancouver, Canada

3 weeks ago

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Sophia Lee

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Description

Summary
As a Demand Planner, you will directly support Supply Chain delivery and cost performance at our client.

Demand Planners are responsible for gathering data to create a forecast to support budget management, validate demand from different sources, create requisition plans and manage inventory levels including surplus and obsolete materials.

As a demand planner, your goal as part of the supply chain procurement team is to have required material available for the shipyard above 95% in line with agreed fulfillment, purchasing and storage strategies.

Reporting to the Demand Planning Lead, this role with collaborate with engineering, planning, procurement, production, and operations.

Key Responsibilities

Support in the development of demand planning processes and continuous process improvement
Define scope, consolidate, and validate demand utilizing design, manufacturing, and inventory data to build full shipset forecasts for all current and future builds for your assigned category/subcategories.
Develop requisition plans and request requisition creation based on agreed on parameters for material availability and adjust demand based on supply chain constraints (MOQ, MPQ etc.)
Maintain a master procurement catalogue of parts and demand plan for all vessels for your category and subcategories including information provided by other departments and pillars of procurement.
Capture forecast changes generated by Engineering revisions in adherence to the demand planning validation process in place.
Manage inventory to ensure material availability above 95% for all current builds, utilizing surplus material to transfer to other projects, diverting material between projects and identifying obsolete material and inventory applicability to other projects to minimize wastage/writeoffs.
Identify disconnects to supply and demand and collaborate with other working partners to align validated data through change processes in place.
Perform analysis work on parts under your scope in addition to reporting and/or other duties as assigned and/or requested to support current and future projects.

What you'll bring

Minimum of 5 years' proven experience in demand planning/forecasting/supply chain/inventory management or related field
Bachelor's Degree in a related field, such as Supply Chain Management, Business, Mathematics or Economics
Manufacturing or production line experience in multiple industries and commodities.
Advanced skills in excel for complex analyses, experience in Power BI highly regarded.
Strong analytical skills and proficiency with MRP software and tools.
Effective communication and interpersonal skills for crossfunctional teamwork.
Datadriven decisionmaking and problemsolving abilities.
Detail oriented, quality and precision focused, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
Demonstrated diligence and ability to follow through on all commitments.
Demonstrated ability to take the initiative to gather feedback to identify needs and challenges.
Ability to work well with all levels of the organization.
Experience with six sigma methodologies, concepts and tools would be an asset.