Supply Planner

Springs Window Fashions and Affiliated Companies; Town of Middleton; Hybrid; CAD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Supply Planner to optimize service performance while minimizing costs and inventory. This role involves strategic planning and collaboration with various teams to ensure material availability and efficient production scheduling. The ideal candidate will possess strong Excel skills and a background in operations, with a focus on continuous improvement. Join a dynamic environment where your contributions will directly impact the company's growth and customer satisfaction. This is a fantastic opportunity to be part of a company committed to innovation and excellence in the window treatment industry.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of experience in Supply Chain or Operations preferred.
• Strong knowledge of Excel required for data analysis and reporting.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate material availability and production scheduling.
• Monitor inventory levels and implement corrective actions.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives within the team.

Skills

Excel (pivot tables, v-lookups)

Production/Operations knowledge

Critical Thinking

Customer Focus

Accountability

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management

Graduate degree

Tools

SAP

Anaplan

Friedman Corporation (Frontier software)

Job description

Description

Springs Window Fashions is hiring a Supply Planner to be based in our Middleton, WI Corporate Headquarters & Plant facility. The Supply Planner will coordinate and manage the planning of material availability and detailed production scheduling at the Middleton, WI facility which helps to support our other plants in Mexico and the U.S.. This role will work closely with vendors, project-management teams, operations, and other plant leadership.

The ideal candidate has strong Excel skills including pivot tables and v-lookups along with a background in production/operations, a true sense of urgency and a continuous improvement mindset.

This role is primarily on-site with some hybrid opportunity.

Company Overview

Springs Window Fashions has been part of the window treatments industry since 1939. Headquartered in Middleton WI, we have over 8,000 associates and 18 locations worldwide. Our custom window treatments are available in nearly every major retailer, in thousands of designer showrooms and showcased in large commercial buildings.

Our company is privately owned with products marketed across a broad portfolio of brands including Bali, Graber, SunSetter and Mecho. Our tagline is “the Best Experience Company.” And it’s more than just a set of words—it represents the essence of who we are. As North America’s premier window covering company, we’re committed to creating the Best Experience for our associates and team members, our consumers and end users, and our channel and business partners.

We are bringing new innovations to the market and have a lot to offer consumers who want to improve their home décor. Despite COVID, our company is experiencing high growth as consumers spend more time at home and want to redecorate.

Job Summary

To maximize our service performance while minimizing our costs and inventory investment on select product lines. This will be achieved through high level or strategic planning and a high degree of collaboration.

Job Responsibilities

Service (40%)

1. Ensure materials are available to support customer requirements while minimizing the freight costs
2. Monitor material shortages, identify and implement corrective actions
3. Keep material availability dates updated and accurate
4. Monitor capacity requirements both short and long term
5. Work with Forecasting, Sales & Marketing to develop accurate forecasts
6. Continuously look for service opportunities
7. Overall product line responsibility for service levels
8. Manage the backlog by facility to ensure our service objectives are achieved

Inventory (30%)

1. Work with Purchasing on reducing lead times, minimums and price break quantities
2. Provide forecasts to major suppliers
3. Follow-up on rejects to ensure they are expeditiously dispositioned
4. New products releases are coordinate and managed to project plans / milestones
5. Continuously look for inventory opportunities
6. Monitor "aged" inventories to identify opportunities to reduce and prevent
7. Overall product line responsibility for inventory levels
8. Get all obsolete inventory dispositioned and ultimately consumed, sold or scrapped

People, Process, Culture (20%)

1. Review procedures and practices to identify continuous improvement opportunities
2. Provide guidance, direction and help mentor all fellow associates
3. Provide a "Best Experience" to all contacts by consistently following our "Guiding Principles"
4. Lead a diverse group of associates to the optimal decision
5. Special projects as assigned

Maintenance (10%)

1. Responsible for maintaining the most effective/efficient system settings
2. Create work orders and purchase orders in accordance with our service and inventory objectives
3. Review all PCR (Product Change Requests) and take appropriate action
4. Monitor and ensure all lead times are accurate
5. Maintain integrity and accuracy of plan bills
6. Work with Product Management to most efficiently and effectively introduce

Requirements

Education and Experience

1. Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Operations Management, Engineering and/or graduate degree
2. 1+ years of experience in Supply Chain or Operations preferred
3. Prior experience working in custom ATO of highly configured products
4. Preferred candidate will have prior experience with SAP, Anaplan, and/or Friedman Corporation(Frontier software/FRN)

Behavioral Competencies

1. Ensures Accountability – Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments
2. Drive Engagement – Creating a climate where people are motivated to do their best to help the organization achieve its objectives
3. Instill Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
4. Drive Results – Consistently achieving results, even under tough circumstances
5. Consumer/Customer Focus – Building strong customer relationships and delivering on customer-centric solutions
6. Critical Thinking – Making Sense of complex, high quantity, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems
7. Being Resilient – Rebounding from setbacks and adversity when facing difficult situations