Planner

Sub-Zero, Inc.; Madison (WI); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Health, dental, and vision plans

Generous 401(k) and profit sharing

On-site UW Health clinic

Education assistance

EV charging

Maternity & paternity leave

Job summary

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove, the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances, seeks a demand planning professional to manage service parts and sales accessories production schedules. You will coordinate with purchasing, production, engineering, and other teams to align material availability with forecast demand.

The role emphasizes collaboration, scheduling accuracy, and timely communication with distributor partners and internal teams to meet availability targets and inventory goals.

Qualifications

• Associates degree in materials management, business, or operations management or related.
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work as a team player with members from different functional departments.
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning, and inventory management.
• Working knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) system as well as Make-to-stock, forecasting environment

Responsibilities

• Create and maintain production schedules for service parts and sales accessories considering material availability, forecast demand, machine capacity, and labor resources.
• Analyze material requirements for long-term planning and create production orders to support short-term production schedule needs.
• Collaborate with purchasing, production, engineering, and other teams to coordinate production activities and resolve issues.
• New Product Introductions – Serve as member/resource on project teams, populate system with the plans derived as output of the NPD process and project team work to support meeting targeted availability dates.
• Ensure that all data fields are populated to enable proper planning for new item set up, maintain planning parameters, and end of life.
• Communicate SKU shortage to Customer Service and distribution network in the event of a stock out.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Skills

Attention to detail

Team collaboration

Manufacturing operations

Production planning

MRP & forecasting

Problem solving

Education

Associates degree in materials management

Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management

CPIM certification

Tools

SAP

Job description

Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove the leading manufacturer of luxury kitchen appliances is a longstanding, family-owned company in the Madison area. Icons of design and paragons of performance and quality, Sub-Zero, Wolf, and Cove are the refrigeration, cooking, and dishwashing specialists found in world’s most luxurious homes. We look for team members who are driven by innovation and excellence, striving to serve our customers by doing what is right—with integrity, teamwork, and accountability.

This role is a part of the demand planning and service parts and sales accessory production planning team within the larger supply chain department. This individual will be one of four planners within this subset of the larger group.

Growth and development are important aspects of this position. Whether you aspire to be a leader or a technical expert, this position will set you up for success in the future.

Primary Responsibilities

This position is responsible for managing and optimizing production schedules to ensure timely and efficient manufacturing operations for service parts and sales accessories. It involves coordinating with various departments, monitoring resource availability, and adjusting schedules based on demand and constraints while meeting departmental and corporate goals such as customer demand, inventory investment, and inventory turns. The role handles moderate-risk business decisions, suppliers, and customers (internal and external), has a moderate level of autonomy to make decisions, and includes some project-related tasks. Management of the available-to-promise process by reviewing Customer Orders against available production and modifying Promise dates if production schedules cannot meet demand is also required.

The position will support the release of manufacturing orders to meet customer demand. A key function is to facilitate accurate and timely communication between the Factory and Sub-Zero Group, Inc distributor partners regarding product availability. Responsibilities include:

• Create and maintain production schedules for service parts and sales accessories considering material availability, forecast demand, machine capacity, and labor resources.
• Analyze material requirements for long-term planning and create production orders to support short-term production schedule needs.
• Collaborate with purchasing, production, engineering, and other teams to coordinate production activities and resolve issues.
• New Product Introductions – Serve as member/resource on project teams, populate system with the plans derived as output of the NPD process and project team work to support meeting targeted availability dates.
• Ensure that all data fields are populated to enable proper planning for new item set up, maintain planning parameters, and end of life.
• Communicate SKU shortage to Customer Service and distribution network in the event of a stock out.
• Other tasks as assigned.

Required Qualifications:

• Associates degree in materials management, business, or operations management or related
• Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
• Ability to work as a team player with members from different functional departments
• Understanding of manufacturing operations, production planning, and inventory management
• Working knowledge of material requirements planning (MRP) system as well as Make-to-stock, forecasting environment

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain management or related
• SAP experience
• Experience with customer interfacing issues in terms of product promising and availability management
• APICS Certification in Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) desirable

We value our employees by providing:

• Competitive compensation based on skills
• Industry leading health, dental, and vision plans
• Generous 401 (K) savings and profit sharing
• On-site UW Health clinic, fitness center, and walking paths
• Education assistance and internal training programs
• Electric vehicle charging
• Maternity & paternity leave

This position requires a pre-employment drug/alcohol test and background check, which will be administered after a conditional job offer is extended. A negative drug/alcohol test result is required for employment. Refusal to take the test or a positive result may disqualify a candidate from further consideration. All drug testing will be conducted in accordance with federal and state laws.

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