Essential Responsibilities:
- The key responsibilities of the Lead Materials Planner may include the following as well as other items required to execute the role,
- Works with the region sales and operations to create the regional forecast (12-18 mo.) and global forecasts
- Works with the sales and operations team to convert the demand plans into physical orders. Understands business trends, opportunities and how they impact the demand forecast.
- Assists in the execution and drives consistency of the S&OP process
- Analyzes incoming demand identifies order exceptions, misalignment with product rationalization strategy and opportunities to utilize existing inventory
- Plans and schedules order timelines to be consistent with customer requirements while minimizing inventory and shipping costs
- Works with the Product Line/Sales/Service Delivery to prioritize deliver dates as needed (push outs, pull ins)
- Performs various material management analysis such as statistical material consumption and forecasts, aged inventory, aged PO, in-transit material analysis, safety stock, etc.
- Implements inventory stocking strategies
- Monitor levels of safety stock, global and aging inventory and works with regions and manufacturing plants to address accordingly
- Works with the AMO organization to ensure spare parts and asset demands are captured
- Works to ensure new assets, repaired assets and spares are captured with the Sales & Operations Planning process
- Assists with product life cycle management for new and obsolete products to ensure they are incorporated into the S&OP process
- Assists in driving product line make to stock (MTS), make to order (MTO), configure to order (CTO) and engineer to order (ETO) standards are implemented in the S&OP process
Qualifications/Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in supply chain management or related field or equivalent experience (5+ years’ experience)
- Experience in order management, inventory optimization and management, asset utilization and management
- Intermediate knowledge of SAP and MRP functionality
- Ability to work with and influence stakeholders
- Strategic thinking with tactical execution with a sense of urgency
Desired Characteristics: Not required but additional preferred elements
Certifications; APICS Certification
Working with us
Our people are at the heart of what we do at Baker Hughes. We know we are better when all of our people are developed, engaged and able to bring their whole authentic selves to work. We invest in the health and well-being of our workforce, train and reward talent and develop leaders at all levels to bring out the best in each other.
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Our inventions have revolutionized energy for over a century. But to keep going forward tomorrow, we know we have to push the boundaries today. We prioritize rewarding those who embrace challenge with a package that reflects how much we value their input.
Join us, and you can expect:
Contemporary work-life balance policies and wellbeing activities
Comprehensive private medical care options
Safety net of life insurance and disability programs
Tailored financial programs
Education Assistance
Generous Parental Leave
Mental Health resources, Virtual Therapy Programs
Dependent and Partners Care
Pet Insurance
Additional elected or voluntary benefits
You will be eligible to participate in Company-sponsored benefit programs, including health & welfare programs and the Thrift Plan (401k). You will have a choice of coverage options that best suit your needs. Coverage options and contribution amounts are related to your benefit elections, base salary level, and specific requirements of each of these plans.
This position is eligible for our comprehensive and competitive benefits package, which can be found here, and is further eligible for additional forms of compensation such as bonuses subject to the terms of the applicable benefit plans or policies.