What Supply Chain Planning contributes to Cardinal Health
Supply Chain Planning is responsible for ensuring the right quantity of products arrive in the right place, at the right time and cost. This job family is accountable for the design and execution of demand planning, supply planning, deployment planning, inventory planning, collaborative planning, expediting, purchasing and the design and implementation of the supply chain network. Supply Chain Planning utilized supplier contracts and manufacturing parameters to exceed customer service level commitments while optimizing supply chain costs and inventory. Supply Chain Planning leverages technology to achieve best in class processes to position supply chain as a competitive advantage.
Job Summary:
This role is within the Supply Chain Key Account Inventory Planning team plays an important role for our organization in driving service level improvements to our key account customers through collaborative planning, forecasting and replenishment. The CPFR planner will support key account distributors within key supply channels. This customer facing role is transformational and responsible for capturing valuable insights and feeding them back into our supply chain. Utilizing data analytics and established KPIs to drive key customers supply chain performance and enable sales growth. Will work with internal customers to improve processes and evaluate performance that ultimately improves the supply chain.
* CPFR is Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment (CPFR) and is a set of actions taken by supply chain partners to plan and communicate tasks to meet customer demand while reducing cost. It includes business planning, sales forecasting, and replenishment of raw materials and finished goods.
Responsibilities
Develops and implements collaborative planning, forecast and replenishment processes to drive forecast accuracy and alignment.Understands and meets goals for service level, days of inventory on hand, purchase order expediting, and others established KPI’s.Develops long term relationships and strong rapport with customer, sales, and internal counterparts to continually improve customer experience.Continuously seeks opportunities for process improvement to drive maturity and results.Runs and analyzes data from multiple data sources to understand the root cause of a problem or low metric, drive corrective action and escalate concerns.Utilizes influencing, communication, and collaborative skills to partner with all internal customers (i.e. Sourcing, Finance, Operations, Sales, etc.) and external Supplier Partners to ensure timely delivery of products to assigned distribution centers and the efficiency of our Supply Chain.
Responsible for ensuring product is available and we meet customers service commitments.
Provide support with data analytics, root cause analysis, and problem resolution of inventory concerns or issues.Conduct weekly and monthly calls with customer to review performance, inventory levels, and future demand/supply.Perform trend analysis to report inconsistencies with forecasts and actual sales.Support Customer Account Team to identify opportunities and/or risks.Responsible for identifying and mitigating future service level disruptions.Placing purchase orders and analyzing inventory on hand vs. customer demand/forecast to see what products we need to order.Works with suppliers to receive product status updates and resolve issues.Communicate information clearly and effectively.Understands big picture and customer impact.Liaison to Sales and Service teams.Ad-hoc analytics related to key inventory MBO’s.Root cause analysis & corrective action.Works collaboratively with internal/external groups.Proactively engage critical resources.Travel 10% domestically.Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree, equivalent related experience, and/or APICS certification preferred.5+ years in corporate demand planning/forecasting experience preferred.Understands statistical demand modeling, forecast ability index, and Forecast value add highly preferred.
Experience with SAP ECC, reporting tools (Tableau, Business Objects, and MS Access/Excel) highly preferred.
Experience in S&OP (Sales & Operations Planning) preferred.
Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.What is expected of you and others at this level
Applies comprehensive knowledge and a thorough understanding of concepts, principles, and technical capabilities to perform varied tasks and projects.May contribute to the development of policies and procedures.Works on complex projects of large scope.Develops technical solutions to a wide range of difficult problems. Solutions are innovative and consistent with organization objectives.Completes work independently receives general guidance on new projects.Work reviewed for purpose of meeting objectives.May act as a mentor to less experienced colleagues.Position Location: Remote
Anticipated salary range: $65,500 - $93,500
Bonus eligible: No
Benefits: Cardinal Health offers a wide variety of benefits and programs to support health and well-being.
Medical, dental and vision coveragePaid time off planHealth savings account (HSA)401k savings planAccess to wages before pay day with myFlexPayFlexible spending accounts (FSAs)Short- and long-term disability coverageWork-Life resourcesPaid parental leaveHealthy lifestyle programsApplication window anticipated to close: 03/23/2024 *if interested in opportunity, please submit application as soon as possible.
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