Supply Chain Planner

Supply Chain Planner

BCforward is currently seeking a highly motivated Supply Chain Planner opportunity in Redmond, WA!

Position Title: Supply Chain Planner

Location: Redmond, WA

Anticipated Start Date: ASAP

Please note this is the target date and is subject to change. BCforward will send official notice ahead of a confirmed start date.

Expected Duration: 8 months (Potential chances for extension)

Job Type: [FULL TIME] (>%3D40 HRS WEEKLY)], [CONTRACT], [ONSITE]

Pay Range: $40/hr. - $43/hr.

Please note that actual compensation may vary within this range due to factors such as location, experience, and job responsibilities, and does not encompass additional non-standard compensation (e.g., benefits, paid time off, per diem, etc.).

Title: Supply Chain Planner

Location: Redmond, WA

Duration: 8 Months (Potential chances for extension)

Sponsor Team Summary:

Looking for individuals with supply chain expertise to join its dynamic infrastructure cloud capacity planning team.

Summary:

The main function of a Supply Chain Planner is to coordinate and expedite the flow of work and materials within or between departments of an establishment according to production schedule. A typical Supply Chain Planner is responsible for reviewing and distributing production, work and shipment schedules and compiling reports on inventory levels, cost, etc.

Job Responsibilities:

• Examine documents, materials and products, and monitor work processes in order to assess completeness, accuracy and conformation to standards and specifications.
• Review documents such as production schedules, work orders, and staffing tables to determine personnel and materials requirements, and material priorities.
• Record production data, including volume produced, consumption of raw materials, and quality control measures.
• Requisition and maintain inventories of materials and supplies necessary to meet production demands.
• Revise production schedule, when required, due to design changes, labor or material shortages or other interruptions.
• Distribute production schedules and work orders to departments.

Responsibilities:

• Identify feasibility of a capacity plan and trigger execution with operations team - including elements like space, power, networking and SKU availability
• Interface with supply chain, Data Center space management, hardware supply management, deployment PM's, SKU team, networking to manage and reconcile all issues related to projects
• Drive root cause and corrective actions to close out process, training or tools arising from the escalations
• Generate and manage metrics and reporting related to planning accuracy and jitter, supply changes and supply-demand gaps
• Load execution plan into operations system of record (MDM)
• Generate and publish forecasts for downstream teams

Core competencies:

• Deals well with ambiguity
• Self-motivated/self-starter
• Results & detail oriented
• Strong cross-functional collaboration and negotiation skills
• Strong communication/organizational skills
• Analytical acumen
• Stronger Project Management, Facilitation, Coordination skills
• Strong Problem-solving and issue-resolution
• People-person who communicates credibly and follows through with issues

Candidate Requirements

• Years of Experience Required: 5-7 overall years of experience in the field.
• Degrees or certifications required: NO degree is required to be eligible for this role.
• Disqualifiers: Candidates who mostly worked in coding and not supply chain will not be eligible for the role.
• Best vs. Average: The ideal resume would contain supply chain experience. Understanding and skilled with process documentation.
• Performance Indicators: Performance will be assessed based on how they work through the list, team feedback. Meeting daily deliverables. By week 2 able to work independently on assigned tasks.

Skills:

• Verbal and written communication skills, attention to detail, problem solving and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to analyze costs related to manufacturing, labor and materials.
• Ability to accurately document and record customer/client information.
• Basic mentoring skills are necessary to provide support and constructive performance feedback.
• Knowledge of applicable laws and regulations related to shipping and production.
• Previous experience with computer applications, such as Microsoft Word and Excel.

Education/Experience:

• High school diploma or GED required.
• 5-7 years related experience required.

Experience/qualifications:

• Experience in supply chain planning or transaction management, preferably with cloud infrastructure or computer hardware
• Understanding and application of key inventory management concepts (Supply Commit, Clear to Build, Open to Buy, WOS, turns)
• Exceptional Excel skills managing large amounts of data
• Build pivot tables
• Pull data from SQL data sources
• PowerBI experience

Top 3 Hard Skills Required + Years of Experience

Minimum 5 years' experience with Power BI, SQL

Minimum 5 years' experience with Exceptional Excel skills managing large amounts of data/ building pivot tables

Minimum 5 years' experience with Understanding and application of key inventory management concepts (Supply Commit, Clear to Build, Open to Buy, WOS, turns)

Benefits:

BCforward offers all eligible employees a comprehensive benefits package including, but not limited to major medical, HSA, dental, vision, employer-provided group life, voluntary life insurance, short-term disability, long-term disability, and 401k.

About BCforward:

Founded in 1998 on the idea that industry leaders needed a professional service, and workforce management expert, to fuel the development and execution of core business and technology strategies, BCforward is a Black-owned firm providing unique solutions supporting value capture and digital product delivery needs for organizations around the world. Headquartered in Indianapolis, IN with an Offshore Development Center in Hyderabad, India, BCforward's 6,000 consultants support more than 225 clients globally.

BCforward champions the power of human potential to help companies transform, accelerate, and scale. Guided by our core values of People-Centric, Optimism, Excellence, Diversity, and Accountability, our professionals have helped our clients achieve their strategic goals for more than 25 years. Our strong culture and clear values have enabled BCforward to become a market leader and best in class place to work.

BCforward is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against based on disability.

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This posting is not an offer of employment. All applicants applying for positions in the United States must be legally authorized to work in the United States. The submission of intentionally false or fraudulent information in response to this posting may render the applicant ineligible for the position. Any subsequent offer of employment will be considered employment at-will regardless of the anticipated assignment duration.

Interested candidates please send resume in Word format Please reference job code 230344 when responding to this ad.

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