Senior Materials Planner
Company: JEA
Location: Jacksonville
Posted on: May 26, 2023
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Job Description:
Under limited supervision, the Materials Planning Specialist is
responsible for supply planning efforts at the program level, to
ensure JEA maintains an adequate supply of inventory and materials
to fulfill business demand, by collaborating with stakeholders on
demand plans, leading the creation of materials forecasts,
monitoring material levels, and proactively
communicating/mitigating potential inventory risks. This position
is responsible for leading the end-to-end management of
forecasting, demand planning and allocation optimization, including
in-stock and service levels.The job requires working knowledge of
the methods, practices, and procedures of procurement and/or supply
chain management and business law and regulations governing public
procurement. Guidelines are available but are not completely
applicable to the work or have gaps in specificity requiring
judgment in interpreting, analyzing and adapting methods,
techniques and procedures to specific cases or problems. Solves
complex problems within established parameters and identifies and
recommends responses to new and unusual circumstances. Completed
work is evaluated for technical soundness, appropriateness and
conformity with policies and requirements. Regular contact with
people in other work groups and frequently with individuals in
internal leadership roles is required to plan, coordinate or advise
on work efforts or to resolve operating problems.
* Leads the analysis of historical usage, demand, market, and
seasonality trends, planned projects, and other factors
influencingmaterial forecast. * Collaborates with business units
and Warehouse to set and maintain dynamic and demand driven
Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) parameters (e.g., min/max, reorder
points). * Reviews updated demand to analytics teams for use in
Supply Chain models and estimated quantities for use in
solicitations. * Develops responses to internal customer inquiries,
problems, and complaints to ensure appropriate and timely
resolution. * Collaborates with teams to build standardized
reporting and dashboards for internal and external use. * Develops
and maintains oral and written presentations or reports. * Leads
the creation of accurate and realistic demand plans, including
proactively identifying demand patterns, trend changes, demand
drivers, risks, and opportunities, escalating and communicating as
appropriate * Leads and reviews continuous improvements to
forecasting models, demand forecasting techniques, and methods by
performing root-cause analysis. * Builds advanced demand analysis
of categories/items and identifies potential risks and
opportunities. * Oversees inventory levels to optimize inventory
assets and meet availability targets. * Liaises between the
business and purchasing functions to ensure preparedness. * Keeps
current with market conditions and factors that impact the assigned
commodities/services. * Provides and maintains service level
agreements to meet or exceed customer needs. * Participates in
process improvements by gathering data for process maps and quality
measurements. * Develops, maintains effective and efficient
workflow, ensures effective coordination and communication within
process family and with other process owners regarding, but not
limited to, ongoing operations, process modifications, etc. *
Assists in maintaining master data accuracy and updating systems as
appropriate. * Performs other job-related work as assigned.
*_Education:_*Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering,
Business, or a related field. MBA or related advanced degree
preferred.
*AND*
*_Experience: _*Five (5) years business experience with
demonstrated results in materials planning, inventory management,
demand planning/forecasting, or related fields.
*_Or_*Nine (9) year combination of education, training and
experience which must include five (5) years business experience
with demonstrated results in materials planning, inventory
management or demand planning/forecasting.
LICENSING/CERTIFICATION/REGISTRATION: * Professional Certification,
such as CPIM (Certified in Planning and Inventory Management), is
desirable. * A valid driver's license is required prior to
employment and must be maintained during employment in this
classification.
**Job:** **Procurement*
**Title:** *Senior Materials Planner*
**Location:** *FL-Jacksonville*
**Requisition ID:** *12481*
Keywords: JEA, Jacksonville , Senior Materials Planner, Other , Jacksonville, Florida
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