REQUIREMENTS:

• Experience/Education required: 2 years supply chain planning experience; bachelor’s degree; familiarity with ERP systems environment (preferably O9, APO, SNP, and SAP)
• Experience/Education preferred: Beverage industry; Continuous Improvement Tools
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, and decision-making skills.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to facilitate collaboration between teams.
• Proficient in Microsoft software applications including Excel and PowerPoint. Knowledge of Pivot Tables, Power BI, Business Explorer and Thinkcell preferred.
• Proactiveness and desire to drive change
• Attention to detail and the ability to work well under pressure.
• Ability to work with a diverse workforce and customer base
• Ability to work effectively with Finance, Sales, and Operations
• Ability to be flexible while able to drive for results, even when all of the requirements have not been defined.
• Critical thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to regularly travel business; work a flexible schedule as needed.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Work with Supply Planning team to resolve supply and capacity issues. Collaborate with plant and capacity planning teams to propose inventory transfers, line/plant capacity balancing, and other solutions to ensure Supply Chain objectives are met.
• Support SAP and O9 System & Reporting development to flex to company needs and lead training sessions with Plant and Supply Chain critical contacts on system updates.
• Conduct weekly Supply Review meetings with regional personnel (Territory Directors, Production Planners, and Transportation/Logistic Managers).
• Partner with Demand Planning on regional ad activity and innovation/limited time offer SKUs
• Resolve conflict/provide solutions by exercising high levels of influencing, negotiation and communication skills. Be proactive and address issues when they show.
• Daily proactive data reviews to monitor inventory and out of stocks, and address service risks with Operations
• Review weekly branch forecast performance to ensure weekly ad activity and demand are trending accurately.
• Collaborate with Plant managers/production planning teams on their inventory production cycling, min/max compliance, and plant operating/staffing schedules.
• Develop and assist with demand settings in SAP and O9 to reinforce out of stock and DOS performance.
• Manage master data changes and distribution for new/seasonal products and/or innovation items (includes run out and deletion).
• Lead root cause & resolution of inventory related issues and be available as the Supply subject matter expert for the region (including plant)
• Responsible to publish daily, regional dashboard and coordinate corrective action to drive KPI improvement.
• Conduct scenario planning and develop contingency plans to address potential disruptions or supply chain issues.
• Responsible for managing inventory settings seasonal updates, strategic inventory builds (kanbans), and regional sourcing changes.
• Handle special projects as needed.
• Travel 10%

Success in this role will be measured through a balance of qualitative and quantitative performance measures that are aligned to the appropriate balanced scorecard. These will form part of your annual objectives and will include:

• >98.5% case fill rate
• Achieve KDP working capital targets
• Projects determined to fit within scop