Supply Planner

About the Role

Agility Robotics is seeking to hire a Supply Planner to help plan materials in our state-of-the-art robotics manufacturing facility. This role is responsible for developing and maintaining supply requirements at all levels of our supply chain. As part of the Supply Chain team, you will work closely with the manufacturing and inventory management teams to ensure that the company has the necessary materials and inventory levels to meet customer demand for our groundbreaking robots going out into the world. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills and be able to identify and mitigate supply chain risks.

The ability to forecast using various models is a critical responsibility of this position along with a knowledge of supply chain principles to support industrial manufacturing. The Supply Planner creates and maintains forecasting models for internal partners, incorporating business intelligence and forecast information gathered from sales, supply chain, engineering, finance, and other sources.

About the Work

• Develop inventory replenishment plans for finished goods and raw materials used in manufacturing
• Create and review of supply plans that balance priorities according to directions from business leaders spanning a minimum future horizon of 12 months
• Assist with the validation of material readiness of manufacturing work orders
• Responsibility for supply plan forecast accuracy (for supply chain stabilization), working capital, customer fill rate, and inbound freight optimization
• Supply planning for anticipated customer service requirements
• Review inventory levels and monitor regular stock checks to prevent stockouts and excess inventory
• Calculation of supply requirements using various inventory replenishment methodologies including discrete deliveries, kanbans, scheduling agreements, subcontract arrangements, MIN/MAX and reorder points
• Evaluate, update and maintain safety stock values at all levels of inventory, in all locations to mitigate instability in logistics, global tariffs and in the case of unreliable supplier performance
• Understand the impact of, and be an advocate for supply chain master data, including lead times, lot multipliers, minimum order quantities, rounding values for logistics, with awareness for how lot sizes can impact freight efficiency, material handling and manufacturing efficiencies
• Provide input to the Sourcing and Inventory Management organizations in developing inventory strategies on existing items, new products, and product phase-outs. Adjust MRP demand as needed
• Develops plans for the phase-in and phase-out of materials according to material dispositions noted in Engineering Change Notifications
• Assist Engineering, Planning and Commodity Managers in determining the optimal mix between obsolete materials the build-out of assemblies from excess materials
• Ensure supply plans have adequate review before their hand-off to Supplier Schedulers
• Special projects, analytical work or other duties may be assigned, as needed

About You

• 2-5 years of planning experience in a high tech or industrial manufacturing sector
• Strong analytical skills, reporting and the ability to develop data visualizations and presentations to all levels of the business
• Demonstrated proficiency in statistics, forecasting and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts. Knowledge of MRP systems.
• Knowledge of Integrated Business Planning, SIOP is compulsory. Experience with manufacturing planning related software is preferred
• Strong familiarity with ERP / MRP systems
• The ability to flourish in a startup where processes are still being developed and the work may be less structured
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Google Sheets and the Google Workspace, Office 365, Windows, and other professional business software is required. This position requires strong analytical, organizational, decision making, and presentation skills. Strong interpersonal skills are also essential to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business affecting the forecast process. Good facilitation skills are required.
• Experience in facilitating cross functional conversations to drive business outcomes that are consistent with organizational goals
• CPF, APICS certification preferred but not required
• Applicable BA/BS degree