Demand Planner
Duluth, GA
RockTenn (NYSE: RKT)
Norcross, GA
RockTenn is one of North America’s leading manufacturers of paperboard, containerboard, consumer and corrugated packaging and one of the world’s largest paper recyclers, with annualized net sales of approximately $10 billion. Over the years, Rock-Tenn has outpaced its peers in revenues, profitability, EBITDA and stock price. We’ve done this by creating and following a bold strategy of: exceeding our customers' expectations every time, creating long-term shareholder value and encouraging and rewarding employee excellence.
Since its founding in 1936, Rock-Tenn has focused on developing packaging and paperboard products that bring high value to its customers, employees and shareholders. The company now operates 183 manufacturing facilities, 25 paper mills and 37 recycling facilities throughout the United States, Canada, Mexico, Argentina, Chile and China. We employ 26,000 employees and are North America’s largest paper recycler, largest display manufacturer, largest pre-print linerboard producer, 2nd largest producer of containerboard and corrugated packaging and the 2nd largest producer of clay-coated recycled paperboard.
We are seeking a Demand Planner for our supply chain team to be located in Duluth, Georgia.
Demand Planner
The Demand Planner position is responsible for both short and long term inventory planning that optimizes inventory levels, plant efficiency, costs, and service levels. This includes ownership of a collaborative, cross-functional, S&OP process; maintaining statistical models; measuring and developing actionable improvement plans for key performance metrics. This position drives supply chain excellence in the form of increased service rates; reduced inventory levels; and efficient management of working capital.
This position works both independently and with the Business Unit team to improve the forecasting strategy and coordinate new product demand and customer and seasonal changes into inventory needs.
Responsibilities include:
* Establish inventory planning parameters to support target fill rate and inventory objectives in a way to balance fill rates, efficient production scheduling and optimal transportation. (e.g. safety stock, lead-times, cycle stock).
* Utilize the related planning systems to support inventory planning and positioning.
* Using inventory reduction theory and analysis, improve inventory investment performance.
* Coordinate promotional SKU planning, and assist plants with forecasting strategy and new products.
* Identify and communicate any inventory and service risks relating to forecast changes, promotional timing, or demand variability.
* Facilitate improved forecast accuracy by analyzing the quality of market intelligence and continuous improvement of forecasting tools/methods.
* Perform sensitivity analysis of changes to plant product mix (gain/loss of customers, items, machines, ect).
* Responsible for identifying, communicating and, if possible, resolving problems associated with inventory that is slow moving and discontinued to maximize our return in a timely manner.
* Maintain and review and update inputs monthly used to calculate safety stocks and inventory targets.
* Provide direction to mill’s production planning and business leaders in order to optimize roll stock for fulfillment of converting requirements.
* Analyze and support the development of solutions for out of stock conditions in the box plants.
* Track and reconcile weekly/monthly metrics versus established targets.
* Support annual planning process.
Selected candidate will play a pivotal role in:
* Establishing strong, cross-functional relationships
* Review and removal of excess & obsolete inventory
* Creating metrics scorecards and reporting solutions
* Facilitate the management of the plant’s optimal roll-stock matrix
* Develop and lead the monthly S&OP meetings with the plant lead team
Job Qualifications
* BS/BA Degree
* Three to five years in planning/inventory management in manufacturing with a broad range of products and customers
* In-depth knowledge of Excel, Access, and forecasting tools
* An integrated perspective of company operations and their relationship to the total supply chain required.
* Multi-site inventory management is a plus.
* Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
* Must have a working knowledge of modeling techniques, inventory planning, and project management.
* Must possess superior communication skills and experience working in a formal planning system.
* Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions
* Some travel required
Core Competencies
* Drives Innovative Business Improvements – develops new insights into solutions that result in organizational improvements
* Balances Immediate and Long-term priorities
* Delivers results: Focuses on the critical few objectives that add the most value and channels own and others’ energy to consistently deliver results that meet or exceed expectations.
Develops and inspires others: Builds and maintains relationships that motivate, guide, and/or reinforce the performance of others toward goal accomplishments(job description)
At RockTenn, we seek to be the most respected in the industry. Our employees are committed to exceeding their customers' expectations -- every time. If you enjoy this shared commitment to excellence and discovering value where others haven’t we would like you to consider RockTenn as your employer of choice.
Rock-Tenn Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to creating and maintaining a diverse workforce. M/F/D/V