Supply Chain Planner Rod & Strip

Prysmian; Highland Heights (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Prysmian seeks a Supply Chain Planner Rod & Strip to support the S&OP process, coordinating with our Canada-based facilities, Inside Sales, the Product Team, and Plant scheduling personnel.

You will develop weekly production schedules, manage material availability, and drive improvements in service levels, inventory turns, and working capital using MS Office and ERP systems.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years in a Supply Chain or Operations role is preferred (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.) is essential.
• Familiarity with enterprise systems and databases.

Responsibilities

• Plan timely purchase of the raw materials / finished goods to comply with stock level policies.
• Develop sales and operations plans for the assigned area to optimize cost and service levels.
• Act as bridge between sales and manufacturing to manage priorities and changes in the plan to optimize service level and costs.
• Review unusual demand flags for appropriate action.
• Analyze sales of stock products to create ABC classification and identify root causes of slow-moving inventory.
• Compute safety stock and reorder points for stock program.
• Update and publish lead times.
• Review customer service metrics and investigate root causes.
• Order outsourced products as needed.
• Maintain proper balance of inventory across manufacturing and distribution network.
• Establish priorities for production and request to expedite.
• Execute production schedules in line with the S&OP plan.

Skills

Results-driven

Cross-functional communication

French preferred

Tools

MS Office

ERP systems

Job description

Supply Chain Planner Rod & Strip

Reporting to the Canada Supply Chain Manager, you will execute the planning and scheduling to allow for the most efficient execution of the S&OP plan to ensure customer satisfaction, operational & manufacturing efficiencies, and judicious management of working capital. In this position you will work closely with Inside Sales, the Product Team and Plant scheduling personnel of two of our facilities based in Canada. Your new position executes the Sales & Operations Plan (S&OP) while also playing a key role in executing portions of the plan by reviewing customer and business expectations by instituting target inventory and production levels to satisfy those objectives.

Principal Duties & Responsibilities

• Plan timely purchase of the raw materials / finished goods in order to comply with the assigned stock level policies designed
• Develop sales and operations plans for the assigned area of responsibility in order to optimize cost and service level
• Acts as bridging role between sales and manufacturing to manage priorities and changes in the plan in order to optimize service level and costs
• Reviews unusual demand flags for appropriate action
• Analyzes sales of stock products to create an effective ABC classification and establishes root causes for slow moving inventory
• Computes safety stock and reorder points for stock program
• Updates and publishes lead times
• Reviews customer service metrics and investigates root causes
• Orders outsourced products as needed
• Maintains proper balance of inventory throughout manufacturing and distribution network
• Establishes priorities for production and requests to expedite
• Executes the production schedules in line with the S&OP plan. Ideally, each production plant will develop the weekly schedules, operating within parameters agreed upon with the Supply Planner.

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities

• Results-driven to effect constant improvement in cycle times, service and inventory turns.
• Solid communication skills to operate in cross-functional and matrix environment.
• French preferred but not mandatory
• Ability to plan, organize and pull together information from disparate sources to form a coherent picture of the state of play allowing for scoping of actions
• Solid logic/reasoning skills which are able to influence and persuade different functional groups within the organization

Qualifications

• 5-10 years in a Supply Chain or Operations (manufacturing, distribution, materials management, etc.) role is preferred (or equivalent combination of education and experience)
• Proficiency in MS Office (Word, Excel, etc.) is essential
• Familiarity with enterprise systems and databases

All legitimate communications from our recruitment team will come from an official company email domain (ending in @prysmian.com).

Equal Opportunity & Diversity Statement

Prysmian, as an Equal Opportunity Employer, aims to attract and recruit individuals with diverse backgrounds, skills, and abilities. We strongly believe that diversity brings significant value at all levels of the organization, increasing the possibility of capturing market opportunities and maximizing value for our customers and stakeholders. With Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DE&I) as part of our Social Ambition 2030 and a strategic pillar of our Company culture, Prysmian is committed to the development of an organization that prioritizes talent, where people feel respected, included, and free to fully express their potential just as they are.

All Managers and HRs in Prysmian are responsible for ensuring DE&I policies are respected during the recruiting process, as well as recognizing and mitigating unconscious biases that must not influence our selection processes. All persons will be considered for employment without regard to their race, ethnicity, religion, nationality, origin, citizenship status, socio-economic status, age, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, disability, military service or veteran status, pregnancy, parental leave, medical conditions, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state or local laws. Prysmian will endeavor to make a reasonable accommodation for any disclosed physical or neurological condition or disability of a qualified applicant unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship on the operation of our business.

Visit our DE&I Page to learn more about Prysmian’s commitments.