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Responsible for analyzing, adjusting and creating all production data information to optimize planning into the MRP.

-Analyze and confirm dynamic demands from MRP.

Provide forecast to principal vendors and monitor inventory levels.

-Perform Documentation analysis on new repair documentation to anticipate demands.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

- Analyze demand plans to ensure alignment with customer requirements and company objectives

o Chair production meetings as needed to align support groups with production goals and problem resolution.

o Conduct weekly reporting of shortage levels, status of top shortages with action plans, and pool delta with action plans

- Provide Customer Support team with status and estimated date of delivery for units in work

o Provide EDD's and status to Customer Service

o Conduct weekly review of backlog for top customers

- Monitor inventory levels

o Manage inventory levels and prepare purchasing requests in coordination with business partners.

o Evaluate inventory for excess and obsolete material. Then, provide disposition of scrap, sell or keep based on that decision.

o Provide weekly shortage reports to supply chain manager.

o Validate all new part creation requests, ensuring that the part has the necessary fields completed.

o Review and validate parts Purchase Order (firm period) based on the latest Forecast.

- Purchase assigned parts and materials (raw, COTS & manufactured), using analysis tools provided, including an MRP system.

- Plan purchases to ensure on-time delivery.

- Resolve issues with suppliers, including recovery from late orders and rejected product.

- Support Safran's customer quoting process for new business by issuing Requests for Quote to suppliers for materials and parts required. Assist sourcing team in negotiating Long Term Agreements.

- Contribute to management reports as required, including status of open purchase orders, backorder list, and supplier measurements.

- Manage projects as assigned by the manager, working with peers in other departments.

- Prepare purchasing documentation and verify nomenclature and specifications of purchasing requisitions.

- Implement continuous replenishment strategies with assigned suppliers.

- Updating and maintaining purchase orders in MRP system for changes in design and delivery requirements.

- Analyzing data, including enterprise requirements, planning information, and prepare reports as needed to facilitate and recommend actions to ensure optimal supply chain execution.

- Comply with plant safety procedures to ensure a safe environment.

- Focus on internal and external customer satisfaction.

- Reviews disputed invoices and works with finance/suppliers to resolve issues.

Skills and Abilities:

Job knowledge

- Demonstrated ability to set and achieve stretch goals quickly, while possessing strong people skills

- Certification by NAPM or APICS preferred

- Experience applying Lean and Continuous Improvement ideas

- Proven expertise at achieving and sustaining supplier OTD

- Understands and applies Quality and Safety standards consistently

- Strong computer skills including Microsoft Excel, Office, SharePoint and SAP

Leadership skills / Management skills / Personal skills

- Exceptional character, honesty, integrity and reliability

- Well organized, resourceful and efficient

- Sets the highest standard of professionalism

- Treats everyone with the utmost decency and respect

- Strong verbal and written communication skills

- Drives culture in a very positive way