Job Requirements
Responsibilities
Establishes SIOP planning processes and continually review them to ensure it continues to be up to date with current best practice and suitable for business needs
Generate a statistical demand forecast, Collaborate with relevant parties from the Sales and Product Development teams to adjust it as necessary to reflect market realities. Whenever necessary, assists in demand review sessions.
Facilitate the aggregation of monthly demand forecasts at Business level
Analyse and upload timely forecasts for spans of 18 months every month
Record final adjusted demand forecast, along with underlying assumptions and forecast revisions
Determine dependent and independent demand at the level of the manufacturing plant using regional demand forecasts
Make analytical tools to compare rough cut capacity with demand facilitate decision making. Whenever necessary, assists in Supply review meetings
Create maintain and maintain tools to track key performance indicators for sales and operational planning process. Publish them monthly
Create analytical tools to support initiatives that would lead to supply chain process improvements
Analyse end to end process to identify automation/improvement opportunities and provide relevant solutions
Skills
Good knowledge of Sales and Operation Planning Process.
Must have experience in conducting Demand Reviews and Supply Reviews
Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities, with the capacity to compile, examine, and understand large amounts of complex data.
A keen eye for detail and the ability to spot trends, patterns, and outliers when analysing data.
Strong verbal and writing communication skills are necessary to successfully deliver results and suggestions to stakeholders at various organizational levels.
Detailed knowledge of supply chain management concepts, such as demand forecasting, capacity management, material requirement planning and inventory management.
strong project management abilities, including the capacity to set priorities, adhere to deadlines, and oversee many projects at once.
proficiency with software and tools for data analysis, such as Excel, SharePoint, and Tableau
Required Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree
8+ years of experience in Supply Chain (Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and Inventory Planning in manufacturing environment and experience in execution of S&OP related processes
IBF or APICS certification would be good to have
Top Skills
What We Do
Alkegen is a specialty materials leader serving mission-critical systems that the world is focused on for the future, including: battery technologies, electric vehicles, filtration media, and specialty insulation materials that enable customers to reduce fossil fuel consumption, save energy, and live greener.
We help people breathe easier, live greener, and go further than ever before.
Our experience speaks for itself. Bringing together two of the world’s leaders in specialty materials, Unifrax and Lydall, Alkegen is a leader in innovation. We are a vertically integrated manufacturer with the global reach and talent to solve your most demanding applications.
With 60 manufacturing facilities and 9,000+ highly skilled employees located around the world, we can solve any challenge.
Dedicated to sustainability and human health, we are uniquely positioned to help customers impact the environment in meaningful ways.
We are Alkegen.
