NA and SA Valves Network Planner

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)

Job 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.