Demand Planner II

Kimball Electronics; Kimball (AR); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

Kimball Solutions is seeking a Demand Planner to coordinate customer demand with operations, production, engineering, and management. The role centres on maintaining alignment with supply agreements, ensuring 100% on-time delivery, and minimizing inventory while collaborating across cross-functional teams in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities include reviewing orders, addressing non-conformances, and supporting revenue-tracking efforts.

Qualifications

• Strong communication skills and comfortable with direct team and customer interaction.
• Knowledge of supply chain principles and SAP materials master definitions.
• MS Excel with advanced functions, pivots, and lookups.

Responsibilities

• Maintain customer demand to supply agreements and strive for 100% on-time delivery.
• Review customer POs and contract checklists; address non-conformances with program and logistics teams.
• Support sales tracking to understand revenue impacts and opportunities for improvement.
• Learn SAP materials master definitions and production order planning processes.

Skills

Demand planning

SAP

MS Excel

Communication

Teamwork

Tools

SAP Materials Master

Job description

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Kimball Solutions (KEI)

Jasper, IN

Position Overview

The demand planning role is a position to find you working with customers, operations, production, engineering, and business management. The main position objective is maintenance of customer demand to the supply agreements and striving for maximum customer satisfaction, 100% on time delivery (OTD) and while striving for minimum levels of inventory (PDSOH).

You Will:

Main Performance Goals

(Short-term 0-6 months)

• Learn and understand Kimball CFT (customer focus team) principles and working jointly with the program manager and team.
• Perform weekly/daily customer contacts, telecoms, and attend quality and customer focus team meetings.
• Review customers PO's and correlate to the contract review checklist and lead effort to identify and help with resolve of any non-conformance.
• Understand non-conformances and able to document or verbally bring to the attention of the program manager, and if needed the logistics manager
• Help with the sales tracking periodically throughout the month for all programs to understand impacts to revenue that might exist, or opportunities to improve.
• Learn and understand SAP materials master definitions and timeline and process of planned to release production order.

(Mid term 6-18 months)

• report and understand the metrics related to:
• Accuracy of forecast and customer order entry
• Understand plant production efficiency and how this would relate to CFT (customer focus team).
• , work towards customer 100% On Time Delivery

(Long term > 18 months)

• Knowledge of materials master definitions and purpose, including (EQQ) economic order quantities, lot sizing, and customer KANBAN opportunities.
• Knowledge of backup co-workers and programs regarding out of office and vacation support.
• Understand supply chain management and attending, training, seminars, or taking of APIC's courses.
• understanding of all aspects of demand planner role.

You Have:

Main Abilities and Experience

• Strong communication skills and comfortable with direct team and customer interaction
• work within teams and comfortable with decision-making
• Work independently
• Knowledge of supply chain principles
• SAP knowledge and familiar with production routings FERT's Halbs and materials master important settings for an assembly.
• MS excel (can perform complex functions) knowledge, at least the intermediate level including knowledge of pivot tabling and look up functions
• knowledge in production operations including SMT, TH-Wave Soldering, and Box-Build programs or ability to adapt and acquire the knowledge.
• Ability to be flexible in one's daily schedule and activities and able to work in a fast paced dynamic business
• desire to lead or be a part of continuous improvement activities

Don’t meet every single requirement? Studies have shown underrepresented groups are less likely to apply to jobs unless they meet every single qualification. At Kimball Solutions we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive work environment. If you think you might be a good fit for a role but don't necessarily meet every requirement, we encourage you to apply. You may be the right candidate for this role or other roles!

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We’ll consider for employment qualified candidates with arrest and conviction records, consistent with applicable law (including, for example, the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance for roles based in San Francisco).