Supply Planner

F5; Canada; Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 121,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Supply Planner to enhance their manufacturing operations. This role focuses on developing inventory plans, optimizing supply chains, and collaborating with cross-functional teams to ensure on-time performance. With a strong emphasis on customer satisfaction and process improvement, you will play a vital role in driving efficiency and effectiveness in supply chain operations. The position offers flexibility with a hybrid or remote work option, making it an exciting opportunity for those looking to impact a dynamic environment positively.

Qualifications

• 3-5+ years in production scheduling and inventory management.
• Bachelor’s degree in operations or related field required.
• Experience with supply chain software preferred.

Responsibilities

• Drive tactical execution of the supply plan with CM partners.
• Develop inventory plans and analyze changes in demand.
• Create and maintain reporting that summarizes inventory levels.

Skills

Oracle

S&OP software

Salesforce

Agile

Tableau

Excellent communication skills

Interpersonal skills

Team player

Customer centricity

Flexibility

Education

Bachelor’s degree in operations

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management

Bachelor’s degree in business

Tools

Oracle

Salesforce

Tableau

Job description

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

At F5, we strive to bring a better digital world to life. Our teams empower organizations across the globe to create, secure, and run applications that enhance how we experience our evolving digital world. We are passionate about cybersecurity, from protecting consumers from fraud to enabling companies to focus on innovation.

Everything we do centers around people. That means we obsess over how to make the lives of our customers, and their customers, better. And it means we prioritize a diverse F5 community where each individual can thrive.

The Supply Planner will drive the tactical execution of the supply plan with our CM partners on a regular basis. You will play a key part in optimizing our manufacturing operations and participating in our fulfillment activities with our CMs, ensuring on-time performance, cost efficiency, and delivering a trusted experience to our customers and partners worldwide.

Main areas of responsibility :

Develop inventory plans by utilizing current demand inputs and collaborating with Sales Ops, Finance, CMs, and other relevant stakeholders to ensure inventory is managed according to constraints and meets internal targets aligned with the business strategy.

Analyze changes in demand and initiate changes to supply chain master data elements impacting the supply plan.

Build and maintain 2 years of supply plan, identifying gaps in capabilities vs demand, and prepare supply constraints and recommend resolution scenarios for discussion in the cross-functional S&OP processes.

Identifies ways to improve supply planning processes and tools for assigned areas.

Create and maintain reporting that summarizes inventory levels, upcoming availability, CM performance and all related issues that support these key performance indicators.

Work with Supply Chain group and CMs to resolve scheduling constraints and raw material availability to support current manufacturing plans.

Participate and drive short term projects related to supply planning.

Perform NPI to production supply transition planning as well as creating buffer strategy in early stage and collaborating with CMs for production ramp.

Cross-trained in F5 customer fulfillment process and outbound logistics.

Knowledge, skills and abilities

Experience in Oracle / S&OP software / Salesforce / Agile / Tableau highly preferred.

Excellent communication skills (verbal and written).

Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with cross-functional teams.

Strong team player; motivated and extremely customer centric

Flexibility required for meeting multiple and changing priorities.

International / domestic travel required (1 trip quarterly on avg)

How do you qualify?

Bachelor’s degree in operations / supply chain management / business or related field

3-5+ years of experience in areas such as production scheduling, inventory management, purchasing, manufacturing, and / or supply / operations planning is preferred

Physical demands and work environment :

Most duties are performed in an office environment while sitting at a desk or computer table.

Some infrequent instances may require the ability to lift up to 50lbs.

You will utilize a computer keyboard, communicate over the telephone and read printed material.

TRAVEL IS REQUIRED via automobile and / or airplane and may require being on call periodically and working outside normal working hours (evenings and weekends).

Position is Hybrid or Remote

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The Job Description is intended to be a general representation of the responsibilities and requirements of the job. However, the description may not be all-inclusive, and responsibilities and requirements are subject to change.

The annual U.S. base pay range for this position is : $80,082.00 - $120,122.00

F5 maintains broad salary ranges for its roles in order to account for variations in knowledge, skills, experience, geographic locations, and market conditions, as well as to reflect F5’s differing products, industries, and lines of business. The pay range referenced is as of the time of the job posting and is subject to change.