Planner

Job Description:
MAIN DUTIES / RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage the demand and supply planning functions alongside the regional planning team with the management of your own Product Groups.
- Manage the demand signals through analytics and collaborative reviews to ensure the forecasts are correct for the business.
- Work collaboratively with key stakeholders to define NPI launches, plan to united transition plan, and adjust forecasts to align to the agreed plans.
- Analyze market trends and commercial impacts to recommend demand plans to the Sales Leads.
- Participating fully in the ANZ S&OP (Sales and Operations Planning) process owning the forecasted demand for your responsible markets while identifying opportunities to improve KPIs and improving the ANZ Supply Chain process and systems.
- By working closely with the Sales leads, manage the demand signals of NPI launches and transitions to ensure the demand and cannibalization risks are being proactively communicated to key stakeholders for collaborative resolution.
- Ensure EOL plans are forecasted correctly, and remaining inventory is consumed where applicable to provide the business with the correct E&O visibility based on these demand signals.
- Utilize the demand forecast signed off by Planning and Sales Leads to maintain inventory supply, whilst adhering to the regional KPIs, excess stock exposure, inventory targets, and reduced air freight spend.
- Closely monitor supply constraints to ensure rolled demand forecasts are not being purchased where supply in diminished and demand is lost.
- Expedite and defer purchase orders to meet evolving demand plans as per the exception messages being Identified through the MRP messages.
- Review and drive E&O reduction plans with relevant stakeholders by monitoring inbound inventory projections closely to prevent future inventory issues.
- Partner with Global Planning to allocate constrained components, ensure raw material inventory targets are met, and minimize material obsolescence during product transition.
- Perform root-cause analysis for any out of stocks, or overstocks, by reviewing the demand signals that influenced the supply requirements and provide visibility of the impacts to the business for collaborative resolution.
- Ensure the relevant teams are maintaining data integrity and highlight and misinformation for resolution with Global Planning, Logistics, etc.
- Identify opportunities to improve service and inventory KPIs, implement improvement plans and track results.
- Review financial spend to ensure commercials are being met and cost-effective options are being selected prior to conducting any inventory purchases.
- Review all freight method costs and ensure correct consensus and approvals are secured prior to committing to the air freight spend.
- Create and run reports, metrics, analytics, and work with the right groups to improve key performance indicators.
- Building, managing, and maintaining excellent relations with both internal and external stakeholders, and customers, while driving collaboration and maintain high business performance.

SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
- Previous experience in Supply chain, or Planning administration
- Solid organizational, analytical, and interpersonal skills including strong verbal and written communication skills
- Effective problem solving and analytical skills
- Mastery in communication to a wide range of stakeholders at varying levels
- Experience with an ERP system preferably Oracle
- Strong experience in Microsoft office preferably Excel, PowerPoint
- Possess excellent people and relationship management skills
- Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills
- Minimum three years' experience working in a similar position
- Sound judgement, flexibility, and strong professional ethics
- Proven ability to meet multiple deadlines

What you're getting into

We've got big collaborative spaces for your big ideas, so bring an open mind and leave your suit in the closet. We all are committed to creating unique and rewarding consumer experiences. Everyone is interested in succeeding - for the team, for themselves and for the business. Cross-functionally and across the company, everyone has common goals and aspires to be their best.

You will learn something new or at least look at things differently every day. There are so many smart and creative people around that you'll be motivated to pursue the ideal.

Team spirit is infectious. Belkin is an extremely open workplace, where communication is essential. Not every idea will be accepted, but you'll be asked for your point of view. Innovation thrives on multiple and varied levels. At Belkin we challenge conventional wisdom and refuse to accept that something cannot be done.

Belkin is an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action Employer Disability and Veterans. We maintain a drug-free workplace.

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Location:
Tuggerah, New South Wales