Material Planning Specialist

Material Planning Specialist

Salary Range: $75,000.00 to $88,000.00 depending on experience.

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. (TABS) has an exciting opportunity at our Lake Forest, CA headquarters for a Material Planning Specialist. Join a global powerhouse with a 150-year heritage when you become a part of Toshiba Business Solutions.

Toshiba is an industry leader in digital displays, document security and software solutions. We help businesses print smarter, work more securely, improve workflow, and communicate better. Our reputation in the industry is due in large part to the outstanding care our people provide.

Summary:

Responsible for planning, forecasting, scheduling and managing the service parts inventory for delivering time-critical parts to support In-House (Toshiba) Service Teams and 3^rd Party Dealer Service Teams in the Americas geography.

Responsibilities:

• Plan, forecast, schedule and manage inventory in order to deliver time-critical parts to support In-House (Toshiba) and 3rd Party Dealer Teams in the Americas geography.
• Leverage the power of the TABS planning tools to enable effective monitoring and fine-tuning of planning rules to prepare official forecasts on a weekly and monthly basis.
• Provide recommendations to management when appropriate to mitigate problem areas.
• Proactively review historical usage patterns, seasonality patterns, demand spike early trend indicators and lifecycle phases to maximize order fill rates while achieving DOI (days of inventory) targets and minimizing air shipment expenses.
• Make adjustments as necessary.
• Identify trends which may be harmful to the flow of product/supplies and provide management with recommendations for correction.
• Coordinate communication throughout the supply chain when critical supply issues arise, to quickly escalate issues and expedite deliveries to ensure positive customer experiences, by effectively handling and resolving "urgent requests" regarding inventory availability issues.
• Conduct root cause analysis of planning issues/risks (including "at risk" and "failing" KPIs/business performance metrics (DOI, Fill Rates, Backorder levels, Inventory levels, Excess Inventory, etc.) by conducting quantitative analysis, gathering business insights from cross-functional business leaders, and developing and then implementing corrective actions/countermeasures.
• Actively participate on Toshiba Innovation projects in support of incremental process enhancements and larger scale reengineering efforts along with ongoing cost reductions via a continuous improvement culture.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Qualifications:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent.
• Minimum of five years of experience in a material planning role performing forecasting, scheduling, analysis, trending and material control activities.
• Intermediate to Advanced MS Excel skills.
• Experience with various Business Intelligence, Data Analytics, Query and Ad Hoc Reporting tools.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills with ability to persuasively interact with all levels within the organization from individual contributors up to Sr. Execs across many functional teams: Sales, Marketing, Finance, Supply Chain, Service.
• Experience working within a global business environment with high levels of interaction and communication between US based operations and other global entities.

Toshiba America Business Solutions, Inc. offers a competitive salary and generous benefits package including the following:

• Group health coverage (medical, dental, & vision)
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Pre-tax spending accounts
• 401(k) plan
• Company provided life insurance
• Pet Insurance
• Employee discounts
• Generous paid holiday schedule, paid vacation & sick/personal business/volunteer days

Toshiba America Business Solutions is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer that evaluates qualified applicants without regard to age, ancestry, color, religious creed, disability, marital status, medical condition, genetic information, military or veteran status, national origin, race, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation or any other protected factor. We also consider qualified applicants regardless of criminal histories, consistent with legal requirements.

Individuals who need a reasonable accommodation because of a disability for any part of the employment process should email AccommodationRequest@tabs.toshiba.com to request an accommodation.