Senior Supply Planner

As a modern beverage company, Keurig Dr. Pepper (NASDAQ: KDP) was the first to bring hot and cold beverages together at scale. We are building on our position as the innovation leader in appliances to deliver the next generation of Keurig machines to brew the love for our consumers and customers. Our Keurig appliances implement advanced technology to bring our consumers a consistently perfect cup and we're on a journey to engineer an even better cup of coffee while bringing our consumers the most simple and exceptional beverage experience yet. As part of our Appliance Global Product Organization, you will be at the heart of a team that is transforming our iconic brand for the next era.

When you join our product development team, you'll be bringing your insight on advanced technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT), machine learning, and edge computing to our innovative new products. You will help us continuously improve our processes so that we can reduce our time to market, improve our quality, and enhance the value we bring to our customers and consumers.

This product development team is responsible for end-to-end research, design, manufacture, and delivery of all beverage appliances for the At Home and Away from Home market segments. We expect all of our employees to exemplify our strong company values of "Team First", "Deliver Big", "Think Bold" and "Be Fearless and Fair" in their daily work. To support you on your journey, our facilities provide state-of-the-art technology, equipment, and workspaces. We also offer a competitive benefits package, training, and mentoring by our executive team.

What you will do:

NPI (New Product Introduction) Lead

• Responsible for NPI (New Product Introduction) and Predecessor EOL (End of Life) supply planning
• Accountable to meet key performance metrics and to plan, schedule, coordinate and monitor the new product families
• Key deliverables are to meet critical customer commits, revenue targets and program milestones by working with cross functional stakeholders, ensuring sufficient capacity, supportable ramp plan and raw materials are in place
• Spear-head inventory control to ensure optimal usage of supply and performs analysis to proactively identify and minimize potential excess supply during the NPI product phase
• Drives & develop continuous improvement of NPI / EOL process and tools

Supply Planning

• Weekly analysis of supply and demand and generate weekly reports for assigned portfolio
• Review weekly 12-18 months rolling sales forecast, create and drive the generated supply plan for delivery to the US according to inventory strategy
• Responsible for the Supply plan (fulfilment and production) including new product launches, balancing change requests between sales forecast and manufacturing schedules
• Key partner bridging demand planning, supply planning, manufacturing, quality, contract manufacturers, sales and marketing and various teams to optimise supply plan, resolve issues, expedite delivery to mitigate out of stocks risk, minimise obsolescence and prioritise production with alignment with respective stakeholders
• Balance inventory in the US distribution centers and minimise transfers for cost / time efficiency
• Continuously review the sales forecast, analyzes production plans and inventory reports, availability / requirements for long lead time items to provide production guidance to the manufacturing sites
• Recommend and implement production and transportation actions when products are in out-of-stock or allocation situations

Key User/SME for Supply Planning

• Lead & Support system implementations or process improvement initiatives to increase planning capability and efficiency for supply planning
• Participate in system or process improvement initiatives to ensure the function are well equipped with the right tools to perform effectively and efficiently
• Monitor and drive improvement of Masterdata in SAP, in line with business model processes
• Support on-boarding and refresher trainings

What you must have:

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Supply Chain or similar field required; APICS certification and/or affiliation a plus
• 5+ years of experience in a supply planning / scheduling / fulfilment / inventory management role (preferably for a manufacturer of consumer products) using SAP systems is preferred
• Experience in NPI & EOL management
• Strong project management skills, with capability to lead cross functional team in supply chain related improvement projects
• Intermediate level of proficiency in Excel
• Familiar with descriptive analytics tools such as Tableau/ Power BI and data modelling
• Proactive self-starter with excellent communication skills
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to multitask and maintain a calm composure in stressful situations
• Good team player, able to work well with cross functional teams in a matrix organization
• Ability to be flexible as required and communicate proactively with global partners as required