Supply Planning Analyst

Sr Supply Planning Analyst

The Senior Supply Planning Analyst strengthens material availability, inventory health, and planning performance through deep systems expertise, advanced analytics, disciplined parameter governance, and cross-functional problem solving. The role operates primarily at the site or Operations Center level, leads strategic and improvement work, and provides hands-on planning support when business continuity requires it.

Responsibilities

Clear-to-Build 

• Own the end-to-end CTB process, including governance, data standards, review cadence, reporting, action tracking, escalation, and closure.
• Lead the weekly site CTB review with stakeholders and maintain a single, reliable view of material, supplier, capacity, and production-readiness constraints for week 5-13
• Validate CTB inputs from SAP, Maestro, MPS, procurement, operations, and other applicable sources before communicating business risk.

Planning Parameters and Master Data

• Own the audit, maintenance, and improvement of material master planning settings, including MRP type and SPFEP attributes.
• Troubleshoot MRP-generated supply issues and ensure planning settings support material availability and inventory objectives.

Inventory Strategy and Optimization

• Manage inventory buffers, including safety stock, safety lead time, and CIR, with a formal quarterly evaluation and update cycle.
• Analyze excess, shortage, lot-size, LTB, and long production lead conditions; recommend risk-balanced countermeasures.
• Support inventory reduction while protecting customer service and production continuity.

Capacity, Constraints, and Risk

• Prepare weekly site Capacity-to-Build reports and drive the related escalation process.
• Evaluate demand, supply, capacity, supplier, and lead-time constraints; communicate scenarios, business impact, and recommended actions.
• Support supplier delivery analysis and corrective-action deep dives.

Analytics and Performance Improvement

• Use statistical methods and advanced analytics to solve complex planning problems and improve underperforming metrics.
• Apply advanced Excel, macros, SAP, Maestro, Power BI, or comparable tools to identify root causes, model scenarios, and monitor results.
• Translate analysis into clear decisions, standard work, and measurable countermeasures.

Process, Projects, and Digital Transformation

• Create and document standard work; train planners and business partners on planning processes and systems.