Demand Planner (Finance)
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Who we are.
We are Tosoh Quartz, Inc. (TQI), the world's leading manufacturer of quartz glassware for the semiconductor industry. With locations in Portland, OR and Durham, UK, we have been dedicated to uncompromising quality and service since our founding in 1957. We are proud to develop and manufacture innovative quartz products that enable semiconductor technologies. We're looking for an experienced Demand Planner to support our industry leading products here at Tosoh Quartz, Inc.
As the Demand Planner you are responsible for developing and maintaining a steady demand plan while ensuring customer schedule expectations are met. You will be involved in optimizing our schedule to ensure we are best utilizing our assets to meet business goals and objectives. You will define and implement systems and reporting to enable the Sales Inventory Operations Planning (SIOP) process to assess capacity and feasibility for both short and long-range planning. You will play a key role in identifying and supporting resolution of capacity constraints with the help of Operations and Engineering.
What you'll do at Tosoh Quartz.
- Hold forecast reviews with Sales to develop and maintain appropriate finished goods levels to support the forecast while balancing capacities.
- Facilitate and streamline SIOP processes.
- Create analyses of changes in forecast, demand, and production to identify actions required to balance the end-to-end supply chain.
- Work with Planning to develop production schedules for each department that efficiently utilize production equipment capacities and labor to support the demand plan while accounting for planned finished goods levels.
- Review and streamline Purchasing forecasts for Raw Materials based on the Finished Goods forecast.
- Participate in integration and rollouts of updated scheduling tools.
- Drive cost savings through effective management of the production schedule while managing finished goods inventory levels appropriately.
- Assist in developing, maintaining, and reviewing planning metrics with Planning, Operations, and Executive leaders that measure the effectiveness of the production schedule.
- Facilitate communication for delivery updates to appropriate stakeholders and determine corrective actions and prioritization as required.
- Evaluate forecast and determine future gaps, working with Planning, Operations, and Engineering to plan mitigation and work proposals with Executive Team.
- Determine root causes and drive actions to reduce schedule performance variability.
Who you are.
Minimum requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree in a related field preferred, or equivalent skills and experience.
- 5+ years of production scheduling experience in a discrete manufacturing process. APICS/ASCM Certification(s) preferred.
- Strong working knowledge of ERP / demand planning software preferred.
- Intermediate to advanced Excel skills.
- Ability to navigate through ambiguity and raise critical issues as needed.
- Ability to investigate and analyze information and to draw conclusions.
Benefits of working at Tosoh Quartz.
Located in the beautiful Pacific Northwest, Tosoh Quartz offers comprehensive health and wellness benefits (with $750 annual wellness reimbursement), 401(k), generous PTO accrual, 100 hours of Holiday pay, tuition reimbursement, dependent education assistance, Employee Assistance Plan (EAP), free parking, Columbia Sportwear employee store access, and more.
Please note: All applicants who receive a conditional offer of employment will be required to successfully complete pre-employment drug and background screenings.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
