Remote Planning & Forecasting Lead

Celestica

Boise (ID)

Remote

USD 95,000 - 142,000

Full time

7 days ago

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Job summary

Celestica seeks a Planning Advisor to lead demand forecasting and global planning activities for the Americas region. You will collaborate with Global Customer Units, SCM Management, and site teams to finalize demand plans, analyze forecasts, and support production scheduling.

Strong analytical, negotiation, and leadership skills are required to drive cross-site alignment and optimize supply chain performance.

Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in related field, or consideration of an equivalent combination of education and experiency.
Educational requirements may vary by geography.

Responsibilities

Acts as the primary contact for the customer and for sites that service customers as it relates to the demand forecast.
Works with Global Customer Units and/or SCM Management to finalize demand plan used by each site.
Analyzes customer forecasts using available tools and models utilizing analysis to challenge or confirm.
Provides analysis to sites as input to site material and capacity planning.
Interlocks with Global unit management to close demand plan to be used by each site including site re-balancing and offloads.
Participates in the development of the global planning toolset, specifically, advanced planning and scheduling systems.
Utilizes advanced planning toolsets and knowledge of the customer contract to support forecasting activities ie churn analysis or contract compliance.
Provides direction/ guidance to site SCM Operations teams on forecast loads for the Master Production Schedule.