Supply Chain Planner - Seattle, WA

Key responsibilities

• Review raw material requirements on a daily/weekly basis, identifying and resolving shortages and/or risks.
• Submit purchase orders to support the production schedule.
• Work with vendors to ensure timely delivery of raw materials and appropriate maintenance of vendor-managed inventory.
• Generate raw material forecasts for vendors on a monthly basis.
• Maintain and audit system data, such as safety stock, item master, recipes, and bills of materials.
• Lead material call off activities in new production launches.
• Provide guidance and support for the materials team in the area of supply chain best practices and optimization strategies.
• Continuously work to reduce working capital investment through proactive stock-at-risk management.
• Lead weekly raw material stock-at-risk meetings, troubleshoot and conduct internal escalations as needed.
• Work with management to continuously improve supply chain processes. Qualifications and skills EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:
• Bachelor’s Degree from a four year college or university in Business Administration or related field preferred.
• SAP experience preferred.
• Minimum intermediate level competency in Microsoft Excel required.
• Understanding of inventory transactions.
• Strong mathematical and analytical skills – Effective communication and documentation.
• Familiarity with APICS body of knowledge. CPIM preferred. LANGUAGE SKILLS:
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret common scientific and technical journals, and legal documents.
• Ability to communicate in English, both written and oral fashion effectively and professionally within the plant, including to top management and other departments. MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
• This position requires proficiency with numbers and ability to apply basic mathematical concepts. REASONING ABILITIES:
• Must use logical thought processes and deductive reasoning.
• Must be able to evaluate test data for the purpose of determining process control adherence and determine proper responses to “out-of-specification” product.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Ability to interpret an extensive variety of technical instructions in mathematical or diagram form and deal with several abstract and concrete variables. PHYSICAL DEMANDS: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee is occasionally required to climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.