Strategic Global Supply Chain Planner

FLIR; Plainville (CT); On-site; USD 65,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is seeking a supply chain planning professional to manage material supply from key suppliers to global distribution warehouses. This role ensures finished product availability worldwide and supports sustaining revenue through optimized working capital.

The role involves supplier relationship management, PO placement, forecasts, and planning reviews to prevent inventory issues while ensuring on-time delivery and system data accuracy.

Qualifications

• Business degree or equivalent experience.
• HNC equivalent qualification in inventory or supply chain.
• Supply chain and/or Inventory planning experience.
• General knowledge of SAP would be an advantage.
• Business understanding of Inventory, logistics, finance, manufacturing.
• A positive attitude and good work ethic.

Responsibilities

• Relationship management of key suppliers for continuous material supply.
• Timely placement of purchase orders, circulation of detailed forecasts, negotiation and agreement of committed delivery schedules.
• Develop plans and hold weekly supplier review meeting for material production requirements to ensure a controlled flow of product to meet customer demand for the Business, maximize revenue and optimize working capital turns.
• Expedite, reschedule, and cancel purchase order quantities with key suppliers to achieve business inventory targets while maintaining customer delivery performance requirements.
• Monitor customer order backlog, prioritizing production to recover and supporting order services teams and maximizing revenue.
• Hold supplier component supply reviews, monitor and circulate relevant procurement issues for support and resolution.
• As needed to support production, create and manage indirect purchase orders using e-procurement tool Teledyne Smart Source (TSS – Ivalua).
• Escalation of supply chain and forecasting issues to prevent excess/insufficient inventory. Identify opportunities to destock inventory on hand through rework or alternative means.
• Control Product retirement, plan last time buy quantities including service requirements and depletion of current stock levels to minimize obsolescence costs.
• Measure key suppliers to maintain or improve supplier delivery performance.
• Maintain accuracy of all associated SAP planning parameters and delivery schedule data in MRP system (SAP).
• Perform and/or manage supplier pricing updates, update open purchase orders and supplier info records.
• Periodic review of system parameters including safety stock and transit times.
• Resolve product supply related invoice queries to ensure timely payment of suppliers.
• Identify and implement improvements to the material planning and delivery processes.
• Carry out the role in accordance with all relevant legislation, and following Raymarine’s policies and processes (including but not limited to those relating to ethics, compliance, cyber security, product development, labor and human rights, and the environment). )Undertake all mandatory training as requested

Skills

Supply chain planning

Inventory planning

Business acumen

Education

Business degree or equivalent experience

HNC equivalent in inventory or supply chain

Tools

SAP

Job description

Teledyne Technologies Incorporated is seeking a supply chain planning professional to manage material supply from key suppliers to global distribution warehouses. This role ensures finished product availability worldwide and supports sustaining revenue through optimized working capital.

The role involves supplier relationship management, PO placement, forecasts, and planning reviews to prevent inventory issues while ensuring on-time delivery and system data accuracy.