at Parts Town, LLC in Addison, Illinois, United States
Job Description
Position at Parts Town
See What We're All About
As the fastest growing distributor of foodservice equipment parts, we like to do things a little differently. We believe our team should be like family. Not like a second cousin, twice removed, but more like the family you choose to be with every day. First, you have to demonstrate our core values and keep safety as your #1 priority, that's key. But we're also looking for unique enthusiasm, high integrity, courage to embrace change...and if you know a few jokes, that puts you on the top of our list.
Do you have a genius-level knowledge of foodservice equipment parts? If not, no problem! We're more interested in passionate people with fresh ideas from different backgrounds. That's what keeps us at the top of our game. We're proud that our workplace has been recognized for its growth and innovation on the Inc. 5000 list, fourteen years in a row and the Crain's Fast 50 list nine times. We are honored to be voted by our Chicagoland team as a Chicago Tribune Top Workplace for three consecutive years in 2020, 2021, and 2022.
If you're ready to roll up your sleeves, go above and beyond and put your ambition to work, all while having some fun, let's chat - Apply Today!
Perks
Parts Town Pride - check out our virtual tour and culture!
Quarterly profit-sharing bonus
Hybrid Work schedule
Team member appreciation events and recognition programs
Volunteer opportunities
Monthly IT stipend
Casual dress code
On-demand pay options: Access your pay as you earn it, to cover unexpected or even everyday expenses
All the traditional benefits like health insurance, 401k/401k match, employee assistance programs and time away - don't worry, we've got you covered.
The Jobat aGlance
The Manager of Demand Planning (internally knows as Gatherer of Sku Demand) will be responsible fordeployment and support of Parts Town America's demand planning and forecasting processes for a multi- plant distribution network. This role will lead optimizing part availability service level performance initiatives while delivering against the organizations working capital investment responsibilities. This leader will ensure measurements are in place to highlight monthly forecast accuracy performance, provide proactive insights on variances between forecast and actual consumption, conduct analysis' to determine root cause of forecast error/bias, and uncover opportunities to drive continuous improvement throughout the supply chain continuum that involves 1,300+ suppliers.
A Typical Day
Establish inventory and service level strategic plans through SIOP and CPFR (Collaborative Planning, Forecasting and Replenishment) engagements throughout the organization
Monitor and action against key performance indicators that drive process improvement and the delivery of Parts Town demand planning and inventory management objectives
Execute project responsibilities, including data collection, analysis, documentation, presentation, and status updates
Coach, mentor, and inspire demand planning teams on best practices, improvement opportunities, and a data drivenstrategic approach to decision making
Collaborate with supply chain internal and external partners (customers and manufacturers) anddrive improvement opportunities and/or help solve critical business problems
Ensure visibility of KPIs through the development and maintenance of reports and dashboards
To Land This Opportunity
You have 5+ years of experience in demand planning, supply chain management, inventory management, or related experience equivalent
You are passionate about forecasting models and ways to measure and continuously improve them
You are an all-star when working with large amounts of data and are fluent in data manipulation and other analytical techniques, including display, visualization, and scorecarding
You have ability to manage multiple projects at once; have experiences leading projects with cross-functional team members in a high-complexity environment
You enjoy collaboration willing to work in cross-functional teams and experience influencing outside of reporting structures
Bonus points if you have experience with SAP
You're an all-star communicator,fluent in English (both written and verbal)
About Your Future Team
Our Supply Chain Strategy Team ispretty seriousabout team lunches, decorating desks to celebrate birthdays & milestone anniversaries, and more recently competitive bubble hockey, foosball and participating in the gallon of water in a day challenge.
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Parts Town welcomes diversity and as an equal opportunity employer all qualified applicants will be considered regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or protected veteran status.
