MATERIAL PLANNING/SCHEDULING COORDINATOR, FORECASTING & PLANNING

Job title: MATERIAL PLANNING/SCHEDULING COORDINATOR, FORECASTING & PLANNING
Duration: 09 Months
Location: New Brunswick, NJ, 08903

Hybrid- Minimum 60% onsite(Manager is onsite Mon, Tues, Thur and worker needs to be onsite these days)

Activities include:

• Work with supply chain planners, strategic product leads and other key stakeholders, to execute the process for periodically refreshing and implementing safety stocks.
• Facilitate meetings to collect inputs impacting the safety stock calculations including lead-times, risks, current and future network structure, available sourcing options, planning parameters, and shelf-life constraints.
• Execute various inventory sizing models including BCM inventory model, RapidResponse inventory model, and service level agreement model.
• Analyze model outputs to identify drivers of model recommendations and year over year changes.
• Facilitate meetings to review safety stock recommendations and gain consensus.
• Develop presentation for leadership review and approval.
• Upon approval, lead meetings to implement new safety stock targets.
• Respond to inquiries and ad hoc requests from inventory management team members, supply planning teams and other key supply chain stakeholders for assistance in executing inventory analyses.

Essential Qualifications:
• Required: Undergraduate B.S. Degree or equivalent, preferably in Engineering.
• Demonstrated advanced Excel skills along with the ability to effectively use MS Word and MS PowerPoint.
• Required: Experience with MEIO, SEIP, or using models to set safety stocks.
• Required: 8-10 years supply chain planning experience
• Biotechnology or Consumer company experience utilizing world class planning and execution processes and systems.
• Demonstrated experience where problem-solving skills were critical to success.
• A proven initiative-taker able to manage multiple priorities in a dynamic, cross-functional team-based environment.
• An ability to cultivate and maintain professional and collaborative relationships with both team members and colleagues across the corporate enterprise.
• Strong presentation and communication skills, both oral and written.
• Prior evidence working in a matrixed organization.
• Experience utilizing SAP BI, SAP ECC PP, PP-PI, and MM and advanced planning applications such as Kinaxis Rapid Response preferred.
• Lean six sigma certification (Black or Green belt) preferred. 

About Us: Established in 2004, SPECTRAFORCE® is one of the largest and fastest-growing diversity-owned staffing firms in the US. The growth of our company is a direct result of our global client service delivery model that is powered by our state-of-the-art A.I. proprietary talent acquisition platform, robust ISO 9001:2015/ISO 27001 certified processes, and strong and passionate client engaged teams. We have built our business by providing talent and project-based solutions, including Contingent, Permanent, and Statement of Work (SOW) services to over 140 clients in the US, Canada, Puerto Rico, Costa Rica, and India. Key industries that we service include Technology, Financial Services, Life Sciences, Healthcare, Telecom, Retail, Utilities and Transportation. SPECTRAFORCE is built on a concept of “human connection,” defined by our branding attitude of NEWJOBPHORIA®, which is the excitement of bringing joy and freedom to the work lifestyle so our people and clients can reach their highest potential. Learn more at: http://www.spectraforce.com
 
Benefits: SPECTRAFORCE offers ACA compliant health benefits as well as dental, vision, accident, critical illness, voluntary life, and hospital indemnity insurances to eligible employees. Additional benefits offered to eligible employees include commuter benefits, 401K plan with matching, and a referral bonus program. SPECTRAFORCE provides unpaid leave as well as paid sick leave when required by law.

Equal Opportunity Employer: SPECTRAFORCE is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, religion, color, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information, disability or veteran status, or any other category protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws. Please contact Human Resources at LOA@spectraforce.com if you require reasonable accommodation. 
At SPECTRAFORCE, we are committed to maintaining a workplace that ensures fair compensation and wage transparency in adherence with all applicable state and local laws. This position’s starting pay is: $80.00/hr.