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Operations Planning Manager
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**Position Summary**
Located in southeast Missouri, Bloomfield is a small town with rich history, and we are proud to call it home to one of our litter factories since 1976. Our factory in Bloomfield was the first to produce Lightweight® litter, a product that weighs half the amount of conventional litter, revolutionizing the pet care industry. An innovative feature of this factory is an overhead bridge that allows full pallets of finished products to be conveyed to the distribution center just north of the factory. This innovation, along with others, played a significant role in Nestlé Purina earning the Malcolm Baldrige Award, the highest level of national recognition for performance excellence that a U.S. organization can receive. Our factory also works to do our part to care for the environment, like conserving water, investing in renewable electricity, and maintaining zero waste for disposal. In 2020, our Bloomfield factory underwent a 110,000-square-foot expansion in processing and packaging, thanks to a $115 million investment. This expansion allowed Nestlé Purina to meet the growing demand from cat owners. With short commutes to St. Louis, Kansas City, and the Lake of the Ozarks, we enjoy day trips to popular attractions nearby and take pride in the great schools, local businesses, and tight-knit community that Bloomfield has to offer.
As the Operations Planning Manager, you'll be responsible for the overall management of the long-range master production schedule (MPS) and oversight of the short-range detail production schedule (DPS). You'll utilize the demand plan from the St. Louis corporate office to ensure timely customer fill rates, delivery times, and a high level of MPS schedule attainment.
+ Coordinate the long-range production plan and assist in the short-range detail plan
+ Utilize forecast, economic production quantities, safety stock, inventory levels, and maintenance schedule to plan weekly and daily production schedules at the optimal total cost
+ Provide priorities to value streams
+ Manage team of Materials Coordinators for all packaging and most raw ingredients to meet production schedules
+ Perform SAP responsibilities for daily production schedules, resources, production models, data maintenance, etc.
+ Continuously monitor inventory levels to ensure adequate inventory levels are being maintained
**Requirements**
+ Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business Administration or related discipline
+ 3+ years' experience within production planning, operations planning, or supply chain in a manufacturing, warehouse, military or related environment
+ 1 + years of leadership experience
The approximate pay range for this position is $05,000 - 142,000. Please note that the pay range provided is a good faith estimate for the position at the time of posting. Final compensation may vary based on factors including but not limited to background, knowledge, skills, and abilities as well as geographic location of the position.
Nestlé offers performance-based incentives and a competitive total rewards package, which includes a 401k with Company match, healthcare coverage and a broad range of other benefits. Incentives and/or benefit packages may vary depending on the position. Learn more at About Us | Nestlé Careers (nestlejobs.com) .
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Materials & Operations Planning Manager
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Reporting to Director of Planning, you will build and execute raw material planning strategies for assigned pillar to support production. You'll coordinate with Enterprise Procurement, Operations, Supply Planning, Research & Development, Brand Management, Finance and Logistics to ensure the needs of internal customers are met.
Position Responsibilities:
- Ensure all ingredients and packaging materials are available to support ongoing production requirements
- Manage inventory levels to help mitigate potential supply and quality issues
- Manage obsolete material inventories with a continuous improvement mindset
- Provide support for planning materials or services, cost savings projects and process improvement
- Promote the processes, procedures and metrics required from the plants to have a valuable supplier scorecard
- Monitor and analyze data to ensure adequate supply
- Develop and maintain a working relationship with vendors
- Manage supplier inventory and print runs
- Provide forecasts and coordinate inventory run out plans on transitioning materials
- Monitor vendor quality and service performance with internal customers
- Assistance with product status from time of order placement until plant arrival to be used for production as related to new materials
- Guide consistency across plants as it relates to best in practice raw material procurement and supplier relationship
Position Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree required
- 5+ years in Purchasing, Supply Chain, Planning or related field
- Experience working with procurement and building supplier relationships.
- Experience with inventory planning practices
- SAP or comparable ERP system
- PowerPoint - Comfortable making weekly presentations providing status updates
- Experience managing team of multiple people
- Managing multiple priorities, projects and tasks
- Experience working in a complex, matrixed environment
- Number of days in the office: 3 Tuesday through Thursday
- At this time, we require applicants for this role to be legally authorized to work in the United States without requiring employer sponsorship either now or in the future.
Compensation:
Pay Range: 104,000- 152,000
The annual salary listed above is the expected offering for this position. An employee's actual annual salary will be based on but not limited to: location, relevant experience/level and skillset, while balancing internal Conagra employees' equity. Conagra Brands will comply with applicable law regarding minimum salaries for exempt employees.
We care about your total well-being and will support you with the following, subject to your location and role:
- Health: Comprehensive healthcare plans, wellness incentive program, mental wellbeing support and fitness reimbursement
- Wealth: Great pay, bonus incentive opportunity, matching 401(k) and stock purchase plan
- Growth: Career development opportunities, employee resource groups, on-demand learning and tuition reimbursement
- Balance: Paid-time off, parental leave, flexible work-schedules (subject to your location and role) and volunteer opportunities
Our Company:
At Conagra Brands, we have a rich heritage of making great food. We aspire to have the most impactful, energized and inclusive culture in food. As a member of our 18,000+ person team across 40+ locations, you are empowered to reach your potential, make an impact and own your career. We're in the business of building champions - within our people and our iconic brands like Birds Eye , Slim Jim and Reddi-Wip.
Our focus on innovation extends beyond making great food, it also reflects our commitment to embracing new solutions that positively impact our team, the communities we serve and the health of our planet. Foodies Welcome.
Conagra Brands is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to sex, race, color, religion, ethnic or national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, pregnancy, leave status, disability, veteran status, genetic information and/or any other characteristic or status protected by national, federal, state or local law. Reasonable accommodation may be made upon request.
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#J-18808-LjbffrRestaurant Operations Planning Manager
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Collaborate cross-functionally to improve processes and programs to ensure scalability and effectiveness. Approve and track Managers on Bench and Manager Par exceptions. Audit Manager in Training and Manager on Bench labor to ensure accurate Pre-Open Operations, Manager, Restaurant, Planning, Audit Manager, Project Management, Manufacturing
Restaurant Operations Planning Manager
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Raising Cane's - JobID: 29182561 (Restaurant Supervisor) As a Manager at Raising Cane's, you'll: Monitor cleanliness and maintenance of restaurant to assure Raising Canes standards are being met; Ensure all food orders are prepared to Raising Canes standards; Coach and train Crewmembers on proper Raising Canes procedures; Support management on all areas that impact the business.Hiring Immediately >>
Restaurant Operations Planning Manager
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At Raising Cane's Chicken Fingers® we serve only the best tasting and most craveable chicken finger meals. It's our ONE LOVE®. Our Crew make it happen, our Culture makes it unique and the Community makes it all worthwhile.
Every talented Crewmember in our Restaurant Support Office (RSO) is important to our success and a value to our rapidly growing Company. We all work with a sense of purpose and focus on our chicken finger meals, Customers, Crew, Communities and Company Culture. We are constantly striving to Raise The Bar. The future for Raising Cane's is growth focused and we're on the path to being one of the top 10 restaurant companies in the United States.
**Job Description**
Your Role at Raising Cane's: **The Planning & Logistics Manager** supports Company growth by developing strategic plans and processes for market stability and Crew planning. This role is responsible for managing resource allocation, maximizing Company support cross-functionally, maintaining and evolving the project management system, and preparing detailed reporting.
Your Impact and Responsibilities:
+ Collaborate cross-functionally to improve processes and programs to ensure scalability and effectiveness
+ Approve and track Managers on Bench and Manager Par exceptions
+ Audit Manager in Training and Manager on Bench labor to ensure accurate Pre-Opening expenses
+ Facilitate the new market entry relocation process
+ Facilitate collaboration between Growth and Centralized Support to ensure market stability
+ Maintain and evolve the designated project management system
+ Provide detailed reporting on Growth, Centralized Support, and Crew Planning initiatives
**Qualifications**
+ Bachelor's degree
+ 2+ years' experience in Human Resources, Training, or equivalent field
+ 5+ years' experience working with a multi-unit service company
+ Detail-oriented, organized, and flexible for timely multi-project management
+ High sense of discretion with confidential, sensitive information
+ Strong analytical, written, verbal, interpersonal, and leadership skills
+ Ability to work effectively and efficiently both independently and collaboratively
+ Proficiency in Microsoft Office with the ability to adapt quickly to new technology systems
Preferred Qualifications
+ Experience in a restaurant or retail company
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Melin Operations Planning Manager
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Salary: $80,000 - $10,000 annually
Who We Are:
At melin we set out to create the most premium, highest quality headwear in the world. We believe that with more thought, time and care invested into how we make our products that we can extend the life of our hats and the adventures we take them on. We are looking to expand our internal family and are seeking one incredible human capable of excellence in a fast-paced work environment and eager to join an elite, yet small team of A Players.
About The Role :
The melin Operations Planning Manager will manage the end-to-end planning and inventory management functions, supporting all business channels in a high-growth environment. The Operations Planning Manager will collaborate closely with executive leadership, internal business channel leaders, and production and factory partners to ensure demand needs are covered. The Operations Planning Manager is charged with keeping the pulse of the business and will continually monitor, review, and report trends and translate data into actionable insights.
In addition to planning, the role is tasked with translating data and insights into timely and efficient procurement plans, maintaining in-system documents and master data elements to reflect an accurate supply view, and developing and maintaining key visibility and reporting tools.
In summary, the Operations Planning Manager is directly responsible for the execution of the central planning functions (Demand & Supply), will lead purchasing and inventory management including developing and reporting key metrics, and guiding the organization through weekly and monthly inventory review and purchasing sessions.
Responsibilities include but are not limited to :
Demand Planning: Lead the organizational forecasting effort including defining forecast inputs and organizational deliverables and deadlines. Work collaboratively to develop tools to support demand capture, data reporting and visualization, tracking to plans, and executive review. Additional taskings will include:
- Support sell-through reporting and share-out/internal socialization of sales by channel.
- Support financial forecasting.
- Identify and communicate gaps to plans and work to mitigate accordingly.
- Support seasonal product line development with data / reporting inputs helpful to guiding product decisions.
- Support launch efforts for capsule releases.
- Attend departmental meetings including marketing, sales and product development to capture updates and changes to strategy that might impact demand or supply requirements; take actions to optimize supply chain to plans as appropriate.
- Drive forward-looking merchandising strategies based on analysis of existing line plan and business decisions.
- Act as the internal bulk management steward; own inventory bulk management (reserve inventory) positions for ecommerce and owned-retail, and build tracking mechanisms to ensure other business channels are leveraging system procedures appropriately.
Procurement : Manage supply-side planning, status reporting, and execution tasks related to inventory. Maintain key business dashboards and lead weekly internal inventory alignment forum with executive audience. Additional taskings will include:
- Develop mechanisms to manage and monitor inventory positions in alignment with sales forecasts, budgets and cash flow requirements for the business as set by executive management.
- Create and maintain Purchase Order documents and support master data elements, ensuring system costs, purchase prices, SKU-level availability dates/codes, and PO ETA dates are accurately maintained.
- Review weekly factory production status reports and react as required to ensure adequate and optimal supply levels.
- Collaborate with Product and Production teams to ensure orders are placed with suppliers on time, and dates and costs are confirmed and accurate. Own the accuracy of system data.
Supply Planning and Inventory Management : Manage supply-side planning, status reporting, and execution tasks related to inventory. Maintain key business dashboards and lead weekly internal inventory alignment forum with executive audience. Additional taskings will include:
- Build and maintain inventory reporting tools to support real time on-demand query of stock positions, order book positions, and availability.
- Provide guidance for factory exit instructions including optimal inbound routing instructions for hand-off to logistics.
- Track monthly air-freight utilization for budget control.
- Develop and communicate plans for Phase-in/Phase-out, proactively monitoring long inventory positions and leading the initiation of action plans.
- Ensure inventory status flags within systems are coded to support organizational alignment and ease of reporting (merch code assignment and maintenance).
- Work with Operations teammates and 3PL contacts to ensure system inventory positions are accurate.
- Provide support for accounting inquiries and annual audit activities.
Key Performance Measures : Maintain and socialize inventory and planning metrics to include:
- POs placement vs Planned Buy Date.
- Freight net expense to target by channel (% net sale).
- Turn Ratios (30, 60, 90 trailing).
- Days Sales On-hand reports.
- Future inventory position projection reports.
- Merch Code metrics (% rev by code, long/aged inventory by code by channel).
- GTM support and launch actualization: Monthly Production and Inbound tracking insights, including track to original forecasts by channel.
Other responsibilities as assigned.
Qualifications, Skills, Experience :
Education:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in a business or engineering discipline.
Experience:
- Demonstrated career progression in a related operations planning discipline for the last 5-7 years.
- Formal direct experience within both Demand and Supply planning domains, DTC fulfillment and shipping, and sales operations a must.
- Working knowledge of Order-to-Cash and Procure-to-Pay process flows.
Skills :
- Excellent verbal, written and presentation communication skills, including leading and facilitating meetings with an executive audience.
- Excellent interpersonal, collaboration and organizational skills a must.
- Ability to analyze data, share information in a variety of mediums, and ability to incorporate information in decision making and communications.
- Strong systems aptitude, including ERP, WMS, etc.
- Proficiency in MS Office, Full Circle, DOMO is preferred.
- Enjoy working in a fast paced, high growth environment.
- Ability to work independently and as part of team.
Location & Office Structure : This is an in-office hybrid position, mandatory 4 days per week in office in San Clemente, with the option to work from home 1 day per week. Subject to change without notice as per company guidelines. This position will require you to travel domestically and internationally from time to time.
Compensation : The salary range for this position is 80,000 to 110,000 plus opportunity for annual bonus; salary is based on the experience that you bring to the position.
Benefits and Perks :
- Generous product gift program and all brand discounts
- 5 year and 10 year Anniversary gifts and travel to desirable destinations, in accordance with plan guidelines
- Wellness program
- Medical, Dental, Vision insurance in accordance with plan guidelines
- Company paid life insurance
- 401k with employer match in accordance with plan guidelines
- 15 Days of PTO plus one additional day of PTO every year on your anniversary and 3 Floating Holidays per year
- Paid beach and giveback days, bi annual team building events and other in person celebrations
- Work with talented and great people who share a love of melin
- Dog friendly office
Archipelago Companies values a diverse, inclusive, and entrepreneurial workforce and culture, and we provide equal employment opportunity for all applicants and employees. All qualified applicants for employment will be considered without regard to an individuals race, color, sex, gender identity, gender expression, religion, age, national origin or ancestry, citizenship, physical or mental disability, medical condition, family care status, marital status, domestic partner status, sexual orientation, genetic information, military or veteran status, or any other basis protected by federal, state or local laws. If you are unable to submit your application because of incompatible assistive technology or a disability, please contact us at Archipelago will reasonably accommodate qualified individuals with disabilities to the extent required by applicable law.
Sales, Inventory, Operations, & Planning Manager
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Scope of the role:
The successful candidate will lead the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process to align demand forecasting, production planning, inventory management, and supply chain operations to optimize customer service levels whilst maintaining high operational metrics. The SIOP Manager analyzes and interprets ERP data from multiple sources to lead periodic Latest Best Estimate (LBE) reviews and facilitate decision-making related to revenue forecasting, inventory levels and product scheduling.
Responsibilities:
- Own the SIOP process by coordinating and facilitating periodic Latest Best Estimate (LBE) meetings and ensuring all stakeholders from Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain are actively involved and aligned on plans.
- Perform backlog management and demand planning integrating ERP data and analyzing historical sales and customer forecasts.
- Drive supply planning, translating demand plans into production schedules and ensure optimal resource utilization, including inventory management, manufacturing capacity planning, and material availability.
- Analyze and interpret SIOP data to support effective decision-making
- Ensure the integration of data from multiple sources to improve forecasting accuracy, optimize inventory levels, and enhance overall supply chain efficiency
- Leads the SIOP team and process, facilitating cross-functional meetings with sales, operations, finance, and supply chain teams
- Drives consensus between sales forecasts and operational plans to ensure realistic and achievable targets
- Collaborate with the operations manager to optimize production schedules and capacity utilization considering equipment capabilities, material availability, and labor constraints
- Establish inventory targets and monitor inventory levels for RM, WIP and FG
- Propose safety stock strategies based on supply chain risks and market demand
- Develop and maintain KPIs for forecast accuracy, inventory turns, customer service levels, and operational efficiency.
Requirements:
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field (Masters or MBA )
- 5+ years of experience in demand planning, SIOP, or supply chain management
- Strong analytical and modelling skills; proficiency in Excel, ERP, and demand planning software
Note: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager.
The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of , , or belief, , , , , protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by laws under which the Company operates.
In the instance that the position will involve having access to items and technical data that may be controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations ("U.S. Export Control Laws"), including but not limited to the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR"). To comply with the U.S. Export Control Laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within G&H that may present access to export-controlled technical data, G&H must assess whether candidates are "U.S. persons" as defined under the EAR (15 C.F.R. Part 772) and the ITAR (22 C.F.R. 120.15). Certain questions asked during the application process are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this position.
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Sales, Inventory, Operations, & Planning Manager
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Scope of the role:
The successful candidate will lead the Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) process to align demand forecasting, production planning, inventory management, and supply chain operations to optimize customer service levels whilst maintaining high operational metrics. The SIOP Manager analyzes and interprets ERP data from multiple sources to lead periodic Latest Best Estimate (LBE) reviews and facilitate decision-making related to revenue forecasting, inventory levels and product scheduling.
Responsibilities:
- Own the SIOP process by coordinating and facilitating periodic Latest Best Estimate (LBE) meetings and ensuring all stakeholders from Commercial, Operations, Finance, and Supply Chain are actively involved and aligned on plans.
- Perform backlog management and demand planning integrating ERP data and analyzing historical sales and customer forecasts.
- Drive supply planning, translating demand plans into production schedules and ensure optimal resource utilization, including inventory management, manufacturing capacity planning, and material availability.
- Analyze and interpret SIOP data to support effective decision-making
- Ensure the integration of data from multiple sources to improve forecasting accuracy, optimize inventory levels, and enhance overall supply chain efficiency
- Leads the SIOP team and process, facilitating cross-functional meetings with sales, operations, finance, and supply chain teams
- Drives consensus between sales forecasts and operational plans to ensure realistic and achievable targets
- Collaborate with the operations manager to optimize production schedules and capacity utilization considering equipment capabilities, material availability, and labor constraints
- Establish inventory targets and monitor inventory levels for RM, WIP and FG
- Propose safety stock strategies based on supply chain risks and market demand
- Develop and maintain KPIs for forecast accuracy, inventory turns, customer service levels, and operational efficiency.
Requirements
Skills & Qualifications:
- Bachelors degree in Operations Management, Supply Chain, Engineering, or related field (Masters or MBA preferred)
- 5+ years of experience in demand planning, SIOP, or supply chain management
- Strong analytical and modelling skills; proficiency in Excel, ERP, and demand planning software
Note: This job description is not intended to be exhaustive in every respect, but rather to clearly define the fundamental purpose, responsibilities and dimensions for the role. Therefore, this job description does not describe any individual role holder. In addition to the contents of this job description, employees are expected to undertake any and all other reasonable and related tasks allocated by their line manager.
The Company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all employees and applicants for employment. The Company does not discriminate in employment opportunity or practices on the grounds of gender, race, religion or belief, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by national laws under which the Company operates.
In the instance that the position will involve having access to items and technical data that may be controlled under U.S. export laws and regulations ("U.S. Export Control Laws"), including but not limited to the Export Administration Regulations ("EAR") and the International Traffic in Arms Regulations ("ITAR"). To comply with the U.S. Export Control Laws, and in conjunction with the review of candidates for those positions within G&H that may present access to export-controlled technical data, G&H must assess whether candidates are "U.S. persons" as defined under the EAR (15 C.F.R. Part 772) and the ITAR (22 C.F.R. 120.15). Certain questions asked during the application process are intended to assess this and will be used for evaluation purposes only. Failure to provide the necessary information in this regard will result in our inability to consider you further for this position.
#J-18808-LjbffrSr. Planning Manager, Device Operations Planning
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Amazon Lab126 is an inventive research and development company that designs and engineers high-profile consumer electronics. Lab126 began in 2004 as a subsidiary of Amazon.com, Inc., originally creating the best-selling Kindle family of products. Since then, we have produced groundbreaking devices like Fire tablets, Fire TV, and Amazon Echo. What will you help us create?
Key job responsibilities
The Supply Planning Manager is responsible for all internal and external activities related to supply planning from production forecasts to finished good delivery. To succeed in this role, you need to be data driven, business oriented, cost conscious, and customer-centric. In this role, you will:
Create and maintain a production schedule using the capacity plan, material constraints, and demand as inputs.
Analyze demand changes to ensure supply aligns with demand requirements.
Drive solutions to reduce and eliminate any short or long term gaps in supply plans.
Lead and facilitate meetings with global manufacturing partners, as required, to reduce and eliminate shortages.
Clearly communicate our manufacturing partner's current production status to senior/executive stakeholders.
Develop production strategies for new production introductions (NPI) through end of life (EOL) that balances supply and demand.
Responsible for short/long-term planning to drive manufacturing investment decisions.
Clearly communicate supply and demand strategies to senior/executive stakeholders.
Monitor and report supply chain costs.
Be responsible for supply planning reporting generation and distribution.
Identify opportunities to improve the planning process and drive projects to completion.
This role may require some travel.
A day in the life
Supply Planning Managers are responsible for production planning and order fulfillment for Amazon Devices. Supply Planning Managers are connected in the planning process throughout a product's entire lifecycle, from New Product Introduction (NPI) to End of Manufacturing (EOM).
A typical week starts by understanding week-over- week demand changes and how that impacts the business's ability to balance supply to demand. You will analyze planned versus actual production as inputs change and will communicate supply and operations constraints to cross-functional stakeholders and executives. You will anticipate stocking levels based on demand strategies, create and implement risk mitigation strategies to eliminate supply chain disruptions and drive decisions based on costs using data and inputs from cross-functional teams.
Your weekly planning deliverables will drive capacity decisions and component purchases upstream to suppliers and set the production strategy with Amazon's electronic manufacturing suppliers.
About the team
Amazon Devices Global Supply Planning (GSP) team's mission is to deliver excellent service to our customers, inspire change through flawless execution, value trust, equity, and recognition of our colleagues, and focus on delivering high impact improvements to processes, capabilities, and efficiency to fuel the Amazon Flywheel.
If you are interested in supply chain planning and execution, you may be a fit for the Supply Planning Manager role. You will be a central part of the Supply Planning team that plans how Amazon Devices are made and delivered to customer hands.
Basic Qualifications
Basic Qualifications:
· Basic Qualifications
- BA/BS required
- 10+ years of relevant experience in product management
- Experience defining a product roadmap and leading programs that meet tight goals and deadlines
· Bachelor's degree in engineering, computer science or related discipline.
· Strong quantitative data analysis and critical thinking skills; ability to use hard data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations, and drive actions
· Strong leader who can prioritize well and communicate clearly across all levels of the organization with a proven ability to influence and engage senior executives
· Demonstrated ability to understand and discuss technical concepts, make tradeoffs and evaluate opportunistic new ideas with technical employees
· Develop functional requirements to create new tools or refine processes/policies.
· Develop business cases with policy and/or implementation recommendations to handle new areas of opportunity, including scaling with software.
Preferred Qualifications
Preferred Qualifications
· MBA or advanced degree in a related field preferred
· Experience and understanding of competitive pricing strategies in retail and marketplace.
· Passionate about understanding customers and their behavior in order to drive new feature development
· Preferred work experience in a fast paced online environment
· Proven ability to deliver results and prioritize tasks in a fast-moving, dynamic environment
· Experience managing, analyzing, and communicating relevant results to senior management
· Demonstrated ability to work cross-functionally with engineering, design, and marketing/business counterparts to deliver online products/services
Amazon is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of protected veteran status, disability, or other legally protected status.
Los Angeles County applicants: Job duties for this position include: work safely and cooperatively with other employees, supervisors, and staff; adhere to standards of excellence despite stressful conditions; communicate effectively and respectfully with employees, supervisors, and staff to ensure exceptional customer service; and follow all federal, state, and local laws and Company policies. Criminal history may have a direct, adverse, and negative relationship with some of the material job duties of this position. These include the duties and responsibilities listed above, as well as the abilities to adhere to company policies, exercise sound judgment, effectively manage stress and work safely and respectfully with others, exhibit trustworthiness and professionalism, and safeguard business operations and the Company's reputation. Pursuant to the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.
Our inclusive culture empowers Amazonians to deliver the best results for our customers. If you have a disability and need a workplace accommodation or adjustment during the application and hiring process, including support for the interview or onboarding process, please visit for more information. If the country/region you're applying in isn't listed, please contact your Recruiting Partner.
Our compensation reflects the cost of labor across several US geographic markets. The base pay for this position ranges from $133,200/year in our lowest geographic market up to $220,200/year in our highest geographic market. Pay is based on a number of factors including market location and may vary depending on job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. Amazon is a total compensation company. Dependent on the position offered, equity, sign-on payments, and other forms of compensation may be provided as part of a total compensation package, in addition to a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits. For more information, please visit . This position will remain posted until filled. Applicants should apply via our internal or external career site.
Operations and Planning Manager
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It's not just about your career or job title.It's about who you are and the impact you will make on the world. Because whether it's for each other or our customers, we put People First. When our people come together, Expand the Possible and continuously look for ways to improve what we create and how we do it. If you are constantly striving to grow, you're in good company. We are revolutionizing the way the world moves for future generations, and we want someone who is ready to move with us.
**Who are we?**
Wabtec is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! .
**Who will you be working with?**
Wabtec employees at the Germantown location operate in a team environment in the digital electronic and component field of creating productive and reliable transportation. Our Wabtec Germantown facility includes highly sophisticated production processes that integrate advanced manufacturing technologies with precision assembly techniques. Team members collaborate across engineering, production, and quality assurance functions to deliver innovative products that meet the evolving demands on the transportation industry.
**How will you make a difference?**
As the Operations and Planning Manager, you are a dynamic manufacturing leader responsible for overseeing daily operations, such as operational planning, inventory management, optimizing production processes, and managing a team of production personnel. This role requires comprehensive knowledge of manufacturing best practices, lean methodologies, supply chain management, and advanced planning systems. This position requires strong leadership skills to drive operational efficiency, manage cross functional teams, and implement strategic improvements that enhance operational efficiency. This position requires working on-site as an essential function.
**What do we want to know about you?**
+ Preferred bachelor's degree from an accredited university.
+ 5-8 years of experience in inventory management, shop operations, facilitation and production control in a manufacturing environment, production planning, quality control, inventory management principles and practices, or materials management disciplines
+ Strong team leadership, team building, interpersonal skills, and leadership capabilities with demonstrated team management experience.
+ Proficiency with production planning, inventory control systems, implementing and maintaining quality control standards.
+ Analytical skills for interpreting production metrics and implementing improvements.
+ A track record of meeting production targets and deadlines.
+ Computer literacy including manufacturing software applications.
+ Working knowledge of safety regulations and compliance requirements.
**What will your typical day look like?**
+ Have accountability and team leadership in fulfillment, material strategy, process and execution for all material operations and distribution.
+ Lead the strategy and execution of the materials organization in planning, scheduling, inventory, warehousing, distribution, and production.
+ Lead the Fulfillment Team in all material delivery and supply needs. In this role you will drive to improve supplier OTD%, Material Availability by reducing Overdue and Late POs, and be responsible for overall PO management.
+ Delivering production on schedule, to meet both internal and external customer demand.
+ Ability to effectively manage changing and conflicting priorities and resolve appropriately.
+ Pro-actively look at future demand and identify potential issues and work to resolve prior to business need.
+ Managing the operation to meet business financial plans.
+ Strong oral and written communication skills, capable presenter with demonstrated leadership experience.
+ Ability to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization
+ Strong objective analysis and decision-making skills.
+ Clear thinking/problem solving successfully led cross functional projects/process improvement, strong analytical skills.
+ Oracle ERP Proficient.
+ High level of proficiency with all Microsoft Office applications, i.e. Excel, PPT, Word, creating pivot tables, VLookups etc.).
**What about the physical demands of the job?**
+ Employee is regularly required to talk and hear.
+ Employee is regularly required to walk and/or stand throughout the day.
+ Wear required PPE according to Wabtec policy.
+ Employee will normally work in a temperature-controlled office environment, with infrequent exposure to electric tools, occasional loud noises and possible exposure to fumes while on the production floor.
Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary rate for this role is $90,000.
The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com. Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.
**Highlights:**
+ Medical, dental, vision benefits available day 1.
+ $00 referral bonus paid out once candidate is hired and worked for Wabtec 60 days.
+ 10,000 annual tuition reimbursement.
+ Mental Health assistance (Spring Health, Teladoc, Headspace)
+ Auto/Home/Renter's Insurance Discounts (Farmers, Travelers, Liberty Mutual).
+ Medications discounts through CVS Caremark.
+ Pet Discounts
+ Employer paid life insurance.
+ Progyny Fertility and Family building.
+ 401k 3% match with additional 3% of earnings from prior year added to the following year, vested after 3 years.
+ Free pair of steel toe boots and prescription safety glasses biannually.
+ Short term disability benefits after 90 days.
Wabtec will only employ those who are legally authorized to work in the U.S. for this opening. Any offer of employment is conditioned upon the successful completion of a drug screen (as applicable) and fitness for duty test (as applicable).
**Our Commitment to Embrace Diversity:**
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles. People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.
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Our job titles may span more than one career level. The salary range for this role is between
102,500.00- 146,000.00
The actual salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors, such as: training, transferable skills, work experience, education, business needs, market demands and work location. The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future. More information on offered benefits, which include health, welfare, and retirement, are available at mywabtecbenefits.com . Other benefit offerings for this role may include an annual bonus, if eligible.
**Who are we?**
Wabtec Corporation is a leading global provider of equipment, systems, digital solutions, and value-added services for freight and transit rail as well as the mining, marine, and industrial markets. Drawing on nearly four centuries of collective experience across Wabtec, GE Transportation, and Faiveley Transport, the company has grown to become One Wabtec, with unmatched digital expertise, technological innovation, and world-class manufacturing and services, enabling the digital-rail-and-transit ecosystems.
Wabtec is focused on performance that drives progress and unlocks our customers' potential by delivering innovative and lasting transportation solutions that move and improve the world. We are lifelong learners obsessed with making things better to drive exceptional results. Wabtec has approximately 27K employees in facilities throughout the world. Visit our website to learn more! Commitment to Embrace Diversity:**
Wabtec is a global company that invests not just in our products, but also our people by embracing diversity and inclusion. We care about our relationships with our employees and take pride in celebrating the variety of experiences, expertise, and backgrounds that bring us together. At Wabtec, we aspire to create a place where we all belong and where diversity is welcomed and appreciated.
To fulfill that commitment, we rely on a culture of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. We aim to employ the world's brightest minds to help us create a limitless source of ideas and opportunities. We have created a space where everyone is given the opportunity to contribute based on their individual experiences and perspectives and recognize that these differences and diverse perspectives make us better.
We believe in hiring talented people of varied backgrounds, experiences, and styles. People like you! Wabtec Corporation is committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or expression, or protected Veteran status. If you have a disability or special need that requires accommodation, please let us know.