Eaton’s IS VEH VGNA division is currently seeking a NA and SA Valves Network Planner.
**What you’ll do**:
**Job Summary**
The Supply Chain orchestration from customer to supplier requires E2E visibility to make informed decisions and optimize a network holistically. As owner of a Network, the NA & SA Network Planner has the responsibility for that network’s performance across core business objectives such as inventory, cost, and customer satisfaction. The Network Planner’s focus lies on setting the mid
- and longterm strategic directive for that network.
Responsible for product sales of ~$111M annually.
NA and SA Valves Network Planner will be responsible for all SKUs / product lines, capacities and roles for the Valves Network focusing on a SIOP horizon of 0-18+ months. Incumbent will be responsible for trade-Off decisions, for making decisions to optimize network KPIs holistically (e.g. accept higher RM inventories to increase OTIF when facing supply issues)
**Responsibilities**:
- Manages a team of Network Schedulers
- Manage capacity vs demand (0-18+ months horizon), flagging any exceptions, driving solutions and decision making to close the gap.
- Partners with operations, warehousing and operational procurement if capacity gaps require escalation.
- Manages replenishment strategy across value stream in line with the inventory policy. Conducts regular parameters audits.
- Creates the consensus supply plan, balancing FG inventory and capacity with the objective to meet demand on-time and in full.
- Ensures production schedule adherence and attainment.
- Works with SIOP and business teams to update FG inventory targets and inventory policies.
- Reviews supply and inventory performance metrics, inventory outlook projection, identify gaps vs targets & improvement opportunities and liaise with relevant stakeholders to execute improvement action plans.
- Accountable for value stream improvements in cash, cost and customer service results.
- Initiates scenario planning to optimize the plan on service, cash and costs.
- Prioritizes order allocation in case of supply constraint (affecting more than one market/ customer) in collaboration with the Execution Scheduler.
- Provides relevant information to the divisional SIOP meetings regarding supply vs. demand (capacity) and FG inventory performance
**Qualifications**:
**Education level required**
Preferably MBA or Masters in Supply Chain / Operations or Engineering
**Years and area of experience required**
- 5-9 years of supply chain management and planning experience for a global or multi-plant industrial company
- Working across supply chain / operations with a proven track record of influencing & delivering results across the end-to-end product and supply chain management processes.
- Experience as a leader of people
- Ability to manage complex material flows across multi-tier manufacturing & distribution networks
- Prior experience of Advanced Planning Systems a plus - although not mandatory"
**Technical knowledge**
- Broad foundational technical expertise across areas such as planning, execution, procurement & plant operations.
- Experiencing building strong partnerships and influencing cross functional stakeholders in sales, finance, product line leaders and HR
- Deep understanding of how supply chain impacts P&L; and working capital
- Ability to analyze, interpret and draw conclusions on large volumes of data
- CPIM certified a plus
**Skills**:
- Holistic perspective, ability to adapt to different cultures and to get results in a complex environment
- Influential, visible internal and external leader able to challenge the status quo, motivate and inspire teams to work together to solve complex challenges
- Must be able to build strong relationships at all levels
- Storytelling ability using data to generate scenarios, including communicating outcomes to a non-technical audience
We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for job applicants and employees. Our recruitment processes use balanced selection criteria and avoid unlawful discrimination against applicants on the basis of their age, colour, disability, marital status, national origin, gender, gender identity, genetic information, race or racial origin, religion, sexual orientation or any other status protected or required by law.
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