Planner 1

Garmin; Olathe (KS); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Garmin Benefits

Job summary

Garmin is seeking a full-time Planner 1 at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. You will facilitate, coordinate, and manage supply chain planning functions supporting Garmin products, ensuring timely and cost-effective production and distribution.

The role requires understanding DRP/MRP concepts and strong Microsoft Office skills, with a focus on data-driven decision making and KPI management within a cross-functional team environment.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics or related field.
• Understands and implements supply chain best practices.
• Proficient with planning tools.
• Knowledge of DRP/MRP and warehouse, manufacturing or service processes.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Strong verbal, written, and interpersonal communication with cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate and manage supply chain planning functions supporting Garmin products.
• Extract and evaluate data to aid decision making and KPI tracking.
• Communicate status and issues clearly to cross-functional teams.
• Plan daily workload with ability to identify priorities.
• Apply Garmin’s mission statement and quality policy in planning activities.
• Support product introduction and use analytical methods to improve processes.
• Plan finished goods manufacturing and distribution at Garmin sites and distribution locations.

Skills

Data analysis

MS Office

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Planning tools

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain/Business Analytics or related field

CPIM or CPM certification

Job description

Overview

We are seeking a full-time Planner 1 at Garmin's U.S. headquarters in the Greater Kansas City area. In this role, you will be responsible for facilitating, coordinating, and managing supply chain planning functions supporting the production of Garmin products.

Essential Functions

• Applies a basic understanding of supply chains, systems and processes used by specific area
• Understands/drives accountability for department Key Performance Indicators (KPI’s)
• Extracts, evaluates data, and provides for decision‑making purposes
• Recognizes issues and provides timely responses and communicates status of work clearly and provides support when called upon
• Participates in discussions in a team initiative toward goal resolution
• Plans own daily workload with ability to identify priorities
• Applies Garmin’s mission statement and quality policy.
• Learns to apply and use analytical and qualitative methods to understand, predict and enhance product introduction supply chain processes
• Plans finished goods manufacturing and distribution at Garmin production sites and Garmin distribution locations

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Business Analytics or in a related operations/business field
• Understands and implements supply chain best practices
• Demonstrated ability to learn and gain proficient use and knowledge of planning tools
• Demonstrated knowledge of supply chain processes
• Demonstrated proficiency using Microsoft Office products (Word, Excel, and Outlook)
• Demonstrated professional and strong/effective verbal, written, and interpersonal communication skills with the ability to communicate with cross functional teams/customers
• Solid understanding of Demand Resource Planning (DRP) or Manufacturing Resource Planning (MRP), and/or understanding of warehouse, manufacturing, and/or service processes

Desired Qualifications

• Previous work or internship experience working in a manufacturing or distribution environment
• Certified in Production & Inventory Management (CPIM) or Certified Purchasing Manager (CPM)
• 5+ years experience in material management, production planning, purchasing or distribution, preferably in electronics manufacturing.
• Previous project management or team facilitator experience

Garmin International is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, citizenship, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran’s status, age or disability.

This position is eligible for Garmin's benefit program. Details can be found here: Garmin Benefits