Senior Principal Demand Planning - Chicago

at Intelsat US LLC in Chicago, Illinois, United States

Job Description

Your impact
To ensure we have the right parts in the right place at the right time, we need a dynamic, cross-functional leader with strong analytical skills who can evaluate complex problems with multiple variables. The person in this role needs to be equally comfortable managing complex supply chain issue, with significant impact from technical engineering decisions and significant interface with Financial Planning, Accounting, and SOX compliance. Critical thinking, modeling, and driving economic and production outcomes cross functionally with our Product, PMO, and Industrialization teams are key attributes that will make for a successful fit. When new products launch, this is the role that will model the supply plan. When parts get old, this role is key to making sure that we keep working parts on active aircraft, otherwise, there is no revenue! The person in this role will also need to be comfortable operating in multiple environments, from dealing with production issues to making presentations to executive management.
What you will do
Lead the cross-functional development of critical annual budgets for acquisition of new parts for aerospace terminal installations on various aircraft, development of the annual repair plan for critical avionic and aircraft parts (taking into account technical trends, financial constraints, and workscope management.) In a typical year, spend on new parts exceeds $150MM and spend on repairs falls on the range of $20-30MM.
Collaborates with other Supply Chain stakeholders to ensure that critical spare parts are available to support airline customer operations and to preserve Intelsat revenue. Works with suppliers to ensure that the configuration of parts that are undergoing repairs matches demand.
Works closely with Finance to create SOX-required quarterly excess and obsolete inventory analyses and recommendations, and explicitly works to incorporate strategies to reduce excess/obsolete inventories into annual purchase/repair plans. Drives meetings to review recommendations with senior Finance and Operations executives.
Make quick decisions based on data analysis related to changing parts requirements due to reliability gaps or changes in product planning
Create part specific supply chain plans for new part introduction, sparing and failures, obsolescence, and reliability improvements
Create vendor specific forecasts for the procurement team to support vendor negotiations for price, capacity, and other key contract terms
Manage the automated Material Resource Planning (MRP) process in the company's ERP to give clear signals to suppliers, purchasing and procurement teams
Manage the continuous improvement of our MRP tool so that it can handle the complexities related to FAA regulations
Publish a clear set of rules around which customers can use which parts (and potentially which specific revisions) based on certification authority and customer approvals. Interfaces closely with Industrialization and Engineering to accomplish this objective.
Provide clear signals to our Customer Operations and Master Production Scheduling teams so the right parts are used for the intended purpose to eliminate wasteful spending
Drives inventory analyses in company operations locations (Amsterdam and Itasca, principally) to ensure proper stacking/holding of inventory globally to support operations.
Your required experience/skills
Advanced excel modelling skills, including regression and statistical functions
7-10 years of experience in a demand planning, statistical analysis, or materials planning supply chain role
Experience with ERP systems, experience with related databases that feed into MRP is a big plus
Capable of interpreting complex FAA/Regulatory rules and how they apply to each Bill of Material for each customer and how that impacts our supply positions
Experience with both Product Launch and EOL/Obsolescence planning mechanics
Four-year college degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or Engineering, related graduate level experience a plus
Capable of interpreting Engineering drawings and configuration databases/paperwork - ability to work constructively with members of the technical community
Experience presenting complex problems or recommendations to senior audiences
High level of initiative and accountability
High levels of Quantitative Analysis skills
This role is subject to ITAR; candidates must be a US Person (this includes US Citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Individual such as an asylee or refugee).

Your success in this role will look like:
Strong Collaborative Relationships with key cross functional teams
Initiative to identify, analyze, and resolve issues on your own
Customer focus and flexibility to adjust plans for the benefit of the company while protecting profitability
Big picture mentality while maintaining accuracy... For full info follow application link.

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