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Senior Supply Chain Planner-March 2024
Troy
Mar 29, 2026
About Senior Supply Chain Planner

  Senior Supply Chain Planner

  Description

  We are looking for a talented Sr. Supply Chain Planner to join our team specializing in Supply Chain Planning for our Components Business Segment in Try, MI.

  In this role, you will make an impact in the following ways:

  To plan and maintain daily supply chain operations for critical suppliers or customers in materials, production, inventory, logistics, customer service, demand management, or order fulfillment.

  Ensures internal and external customers' expectations and requirements are met.

  Achieving and continuously improving customer service levels, and/or manage inventory levels and targets, and managing supply and demand within the Supply Chain.

  Ensures internal and external customers' expectations and requirements are met.

  Manage the daily operational processes for a critical segment of the supply chain.

  Eliminate potential supply chain failures as part of the daily planning process.

  Champion preventive practices to eliminate expediting to supply chain leadership as appropriate to prevent problems.

  Lead cross functional stakeholders to develop and implement short and mid-term tactical improvements

  Complies with communication plans and processes to ensure stakeholders’ needs are met.

  Leverage common processes tools, and information systems

  Approve system strategies and advise on changes to planning systems parameters as required.

  Analyze and interpret KPIs to identify areas for improvement and action plans.

  Lead Six Sigma and functional process improvement teams.

  Liaise with functional stakeholders to mitigate mid-term supplier or customer constraints.

  Mentor and coach supply chain planners.

  Ensure common processes are being utilized and internal controls are in place

  Qualifications

  To be successful in this role you will need the following:

  Skills

  Develops talent - Developing people to meet both their career goals and the organization’s goals.

  Collaborates - Building partnerships and working collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives.

  Customer focus - Building strong customer relationships and delivering customer-centric solutions.

  Ensures accountability - Holding self and others accountable to meet commitments.

  Global perspective - Taking a broad view when approaching issues, using a global lens.

  Master Supply Scheduling - Establishes and maintains a valid Master Production Schedule for a family of products, which meets customer’s expectations and requirements while maximizing operational efficiency; validates procurement scheduling, production scheduling, and replenishment planning are aligned to manufacturing and assembly assets for conversion.

  Materials KPI Management - Operates in relation to recent or historical outputs as compared to expectations of the organization to determine next steps to drive improvement; assesses gaps to the supply chain performance against the expectation of achieving target deliverables; interprets KPIs to understand end-customer impact; strategically balances trade-offs to influence one KPI while minimizing the impact to others.

  ​Materials Planning Parameters - Aligns parameters (minimum order quantity, multiple order quantity, lead time, part cost, etc.) to balance the supply and demand plans while stabilizing the supply chain; runs changes to parameter settings in the planning environment and analyzes the impact to customer delivery and inventory.

  ​Materials Planning System Utilization - Uses the materials planning system to manage supply and demand plans taking long-term corrective action on exception messages and other alerts based on root cause analysis; occasionally refers to adhoc tools such as Excel, Access, TOAD, OMS, etc. in performing problem solving, while leveraging the materials planning system as the primary tool in day-to-day operations.

  ​Part Change Control Management - Evaluates and implements engineering change request (obsolescence, supersessions, new part release, etc.) to meet customer delivery requirements while minimizing excess and obsolete inventory.

  ​Plan for Every Part (PFEP) - Uses PFEP in planning, designing, and management of systems and processes within a facility to ensure delivery of right part at the right time in the right quantity to the right place, which in turn guarantees smooth operations; applies PFEP principles on the end to end supply chain with particular attention to the relationships between master data management, materials planning parameters, engineered material flows, transport management, and warehouse management.

  ​Planning Data Extraction and Analysis - Extracts, transforms, models, interprets, and presents planning data with the goal of mining useful information, suggesting conclusions, and supporting value creating decision making.

  Education, Licenses, Certifications

  B.S or B.A in applicable field

  This position may require licensing for compliance with export controls or sanctions regulations.

  Experience

  Intermediate level of relevant work experience required.

  Experience with PC Based programs such as SQL and Oracle ERP System

  Word, Excel and Power Point

  5 years in operation, procurement and/or Information Technology (required)

  Fluency in speaking and reading Spanish (desired)

  Able to work independently (required)

  Additional Information:

  Review and take appropriate action for planned orders.

  Inform site of shortages, schedule changes, and related build plans.

  Maintain up to date shortage files and follow up accordingly.

  Maintain inventory stratification and review monthly forecast.

  Perform monthly analysis of safety stock and part parameters.

  Monitor accuracy of MRP system.

  Conduct scheduling meetings to expedite material from suppliers/internal operations.

  Support annual physical inventory at sites as required

  Identification of inventory projects.

  Maintains training documents for responsibilities

  Compensation and Benefits

  Base salary rate commensurate with experience. Additional benefits vary between locations and include options such as our 401(k) Retirement Savings Plan, Cash Balance Pension Plan, Medical/Dental/Life Insurance, Health Savings Account, Domestic Partners Coverage and a full complement of personal and professional benefits.

  Cummins and E-verify

  At Cummins, we are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer dedicated to diversity in the workplace. Our policy is to provide equal employment opportunities to all qualified persons without regard to race, gender, color, disability, national origin, age, religion, union affiliation, sexual orientation, veteran status, citizenship, gender identity and/or expression, or other status protected by law. Cummins validates right to work using E-Verify. Cummins will provide the Social Security Administration (SSA) and, if necessary, the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), with information from each new employee’s Form I-9 to confirm work authorization.

  Job SUPPLY CHAIN PLANNING

  Primary Location United States-Michigan-Rochester Hills-US, MI, Troy, 2135 West Maple Road

  Job Type Experienced - Exempt / Office

  Recruitment Job Type Exempt - Experienced

  Job Posting Jan 18, 2024, 5:20:11 AM

  Unposting Date Feb 1, 2024, 1:59:00 PM

  Organization Cummins Meritor

  Role Category Hybrid - Potential for Partial Remote

  Relocation Package Ineligible

  Req ID: 240000DK

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