Supply Planner
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Location: Lenexa, KS
Job Summary and Purpose:
The Supply Planner is an integral part of the Supply Chain team within Ceva through creation of the Master Production Plan incorporating manufacturing constraints. This position manages the short- to mid-term supply plan, manages scenarios to influence supply decision making and highlights supply constraints before customer impact. The Supply Planner collaborates with the GMSQ business to identify and mitigate gaps to business performance.
Responsibilities and Key Duties:
- Manage the Master Production Schedule (MPS) for the Lenexa and Annison manufacturing campuses based on constrained capacity.
- Continually optimize the MPS based on capacity, demand signals, and inventory targets.
- Collaborate with Production Heads to validate the production plan.
- Revise production schedules when required due to demand changes, labor or material shortages, productions, backlogs, or other interruptions.
- Support the handover of production scheduling, providing clear prioritization when required.
- Configuration parameters in line with strategic planning directives, such as lead times, safety stocks, and order quantities.
- Maintain site capacity parameters in collaboration with all departments to ensure accurate view of production capabilities.
- Proactively resolve issues related to supply plans and escalate as required.
- Provide detailed supply plan information into the S&OP process.
- Own local supply data, review, and presentation.
- Provide campus production needs considering demand, inventory levels, and stocking policy for the industrial budget calculation.
- Calculates Long-Term Production Needs (LTPN) of the campus used in long-term planning.
- Analyzes long-term production capacity and refines planning models showing planned production, projected inventories, and capacity utilization.
- Assist Supply Chain partners, Production, or other principal stakeholders in the analysis and implementation of the capacity and inventory planning strategy.
- Maintains the local safety stock calculations, ensuring the inventory levels do not exceed a stock max level and assists in inventory management functions including analyzing inventory levels, out-of-stock situations, at-risk inventory and short-dated inventories.
- Act as back-up to the Demand Planner and Material Planner.
- Participate in or lead special projects with the local or global Supply Chain.
- All other duties as assigned
Core Competencies and Attitudinal Characteristics:
- Shape solutions out of complexity
- Client focus
- Collaborate with empathy
- Engage and develop
- Drive ambition and accountability
- Influence others
Technical / Functional Competencies:
- Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (advanced Excel skills required)
- Ability to handle changing priorities
- Ability to use good judgment in stressful situations
- Excellent communication skills both written and verbal
- Ability to work both independently, with minimal supervision, and as part of a team
- Knowledge and basic understanding of LEAN principles
Qualifications:
Education and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in relevant field with 2+ years of closely related planning experience OR High School Diploma with 6+ years of closely related planning experience required.
Other (consider certifications, specialized knowledge and/or training, etc.) – Maestro experience strongly preferred.
Physical Requirements:
Bending Lifting up to 10 pounds Ability to read, write and communicate in English Sitting for extended periods of time
Working Conditions:
Temperature controlled office environment
Travel Required:
This position will require less than 5% time for business travel.
This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. This job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, duties and responsibilities or working conditions associated with the job. This job description is not an employment contract. Ceva reserves the right to modify job duties and/or job descriptions at any time to meet the needs of the business. *VEVRAA Federal Contractor
**Ceva is an equal opportunity employer and all qualified applicants will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, genetic information, actual or perceived sexual orientation, gender identity, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Ceva encourages men and women, members of all racial and ethnic groups, individuals with disabilities and veterans to apply.
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Education and Experience - Bachelor’s degree in relevant field with 2+ years of closely related planning experience OR High School Diploma with 6+ years of closely related planning experience required.
Other – Maestro experience strongly preferred.