Job Summary:
Mgr-Omni Planning manages a planning team responsible for demand planning, forecasting, seasonal buy strategy, and inventory-management processes. Management responsibility for overall monthly US Corp forecast process including sales and inventory forecasting. Demonstrates high-level planning and systems expertise and ability to handle complex issues.
Responsibilities:
Sets, reviews and manages forecasts, inventory, purchases and delivery to achieve business/ profitability goals and demand/supply targets. Contributes to regional budget and financial planning by determining feasibility gaps of the category plans. Provides on-going reconciliation of the regional demand plan to the financial targets and corporate forecast.
Creates seasonal and long-range strategic demand plan targets by brand and category. Facilitates collaborative planning process with other departments. Provides direction to team in establishing and managing detailed forecast, inventory, purchase and delivery plans by product type, customer, or region. Determines and documents the key assumptions and rationale for forecast targets. Monitors on-going results against key performance metrics and recommends suggested corrective action as necessary.
Represents the planning point of view with compelling analysis and supporting documentation to influence and drive cross-categorical and cross-functional decisions. Provides analysis and reporting that influences regional-line planning, product flow, and productivity. Assists in defining and creating reporting and analysis for the Planning department including scorecards and seasonal initiatives.
Sets individual and team goals and tracks performance against KPIs. Provides consistent coaching to elevate individual and team performance.
Works with other regional planning managers to implement best practices and supply chain initiatives. Analyzes forecast accuracy at various forecast horizons and levels to recommend areas for process improvement. Possesses a thorough understanding of the up-stream and down-stream supply-chain processes and high-level systems flow in order to understand the business process integration and ensure timely execution of supply-chain activities. Provides leadership in determining gaps and identifies opportunities for continuous process improvements and system enhancements. Understands impact of size curve set up to overall purchase planning process flows and manages size-curve process for designated categories.
5% Performs other duties as assigned.
People Management Expectations:
• Translates company strategy into functional and team goals, monitors progress, removes barriers, and identifies and allocates resources. Acts as a change catalyst to meet evolving business needs. This may include organizational, financial, and labor/cost management.
• Creates a high-performance culture by setting clear performance objectives, providing ongoing feedback, and developing talent to build new skills and capabilities.
• Drives team engagement and promotes an inclusive work environment using effective communication, team building, and collaboration practices.
• Maintains efficient operations in compliance with regulations, policies, and safety standards.
Additional Requirements:
• Bachelor's or masters degree, or applicable certification or equivalent experience.
• Typically requires 5 years functional experience.
• Experience managing individual contributors and a department or acted as a lead.
• Manages a team with more than 2 full-time direct reports, typically professional level roles and may include support level roles and temporary/contract employees.
• Superior analytical, forecasting, and problem solving skills
• Proactive and assertive in follow-through with colleagues and business partners
• Thorough knowledge of the Planning function including forecasting, planning, and inventory management
• Ability to understand and translate moderately technical concepts verbally and in writing
• Ability to prioritize tasks and respond to urgent requests/inquiries with minimal supervisory involvement
• The ability to collaborate and influence others
• The ability to cope with conflicting constraints
• A well-developed ability to speak, read, and write English, including writing clear and concise business communication
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel to create spreadsheets, charts and pivot tables; using of functions such as sumif, vlookup, and similar
• Experience using Microsoft Access, including running preformatted reports and creating simple queries
• High-level communication and presentation skills
• Strong influencing skills and the ability to work effectively with cross-functional business partners
• A deep knowledge of the concepts and theories of the Planning function, including forecasting, planning, and inventory management
• Travel: Occasional - 10%
• Work Schedule: Standard Hours
Career Band: Management
Jobs on this career band achieve results through the efforts of subordinate employees by directing, leveraging, guiding the work of others and mobilizing resources as the primary focus of their role. Typically manages 2 or more direct reports. Responsible for the monitoring and achievement of operational and/or financial results for area of responsibility to accomplish the vision of the company. Responsible for staffing decisions, such as hiring, firing, rewarding, training, and developing employees.
Criteria & Management Requirements:
• Problem Solving: Identifies and resolves technical, operational and organizational problems; considers multiple sources of information to identify the best course of action for teams managed. Guided by policies, resource requirements, budgets, and the area business plan.
• Business Acumen: Applies understanding of the business and how their own area integrates with others to achieve departmental objectives.
• Communication & Influence: Guides, influences, and persuades others either internally and externally; converts technical information to compelling business context and advice.
• Impact: Decisions impact the finances, operational efficiency and effectiveness of own team and often multiple related teams.
• Leadership: Semi-independent management of roles and responsibilities (primarily professional level roles), planning for the department’s needs and operational issues.
This job description is not meant to be an all-inclusive list of duties and responsibilities, but constitutes a general definition of the position's scope and function in the company.