Supply Planner I

Position Summary

We are seeking a detail-oriented and analytical supply chain professional to support global inventory and supply planning. This role is responsible for balancing supply and demand, managing inventory levels, and mitigating shortages across a global supplier network. The position serves as a key liaison between internal teams and external vendors, ensuring accurate forecasting, timely purchase order execution, and alignment with capacity constraints. The ideal candidate will leverage data-driven insights to protect business performance, identify risks, and drive operational efficiency, while demonstrating strong communication skills, the ability to manage large datasets, and a proactive, hands-on approach to problem-solving with minimal oversight.

Required Experience & Skills

• Responsible for global inventory planning, supply planning and managing capacity constraints.
• Work with our Southeast Asia based team and suppliers to adapt to changing demand by pulling in, pushing out, re-routing, transferring, etc. to minimize stock outs, excess inventory and scrap costs across the supply chain.

                  -Manage the shortage sku mitigation strategies weekly

                  -Ability to maintain and digest large datasets ensuring accuracy in decision making

• Protect the financial performance of the business by identifying potential supply chain issues.
• Direct communication with vendors in Southeast Asia, including communication of production forecasts for products produced at assigned vendors, weekly/monthly PO placements.
• Prepare monthly MBR data measuring overseas vendors against designated KPI's, participate in and occasionally lead the monthly discussions.
• Help optimize Global Inventory levels (Excess, In Line, and EOL) per the direction of the planning team and Ops leadership.
• Help support launching new product categories based on internal Phase Gate Process.
• Audit Open Order accuracy, as well as WIP accuracy from suppliers.
• Place display/fixture PO's as needed.

                -Manage appropriate approvals

• Communicate past due PO updates weekly.
• Execute inter and intra company transfers.

Education and Qualifications

• Preference that candidate have a bachelor's degree, in Engineering, Mathematics or Supply Chain discipline
• Ability to manage detailed project plans
• Be comfortable working 'hands-on' in a fast growing, high-pressure environment
• Strong analytical skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities without day to day management
• Comfortable with ongoing maintenance of large datasets
• Ability to travel internationally
• Professionalism fitting with the unique office culture
• Excellent proactive communication skills, both written and interpersonal
• Strong sense of operational organization
• Strong proficiency with Microsoft Office, especially Excel, Word, and PowerPoint
• Experience with SAP a plus