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Walman Optical · 2 months ago

Supply Chain Planning & Analyst Manager

Minneapolis, MN

Full-time

Onsite

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Walman Optical is a division of EssilorLuxottica, a global leader in vision care products. The Manager of Production Planning will support the manufacturing network strategy and design, working with various teams to optimize processes and ensure service KPIs are met.

Health CareMedical Device

Responsibilities

Leverage strong cross-functional relationships with manufacturing labs, sourcing, frame planning, lens planning, engineering, Quality and IT

Support leadership in terms of business reviews, status updates and inputs for long/medium term strategies Leading S&OP meetings on a weekly basis, aligning with the brands on a forecast consensus from a demand perspective

Continuously balancing sales volume, shipments, and WIP in our manufacturing network

Monitors supply chain KPI to effectively run the business and develop and lead new business processes / corrective-preventive actions to reduce negative impacts on service/WIP

Leverages relationships with functional leaders and internal business partners to deliver network strategy plans

Build workflows, processes, and work instructions

Utilizing tableau to develop, maintain, and communicate reporting that allows visibility of critical business information, forecast vs actuals, and activities

Work closely with planning team brand leaders to coordinate testing of new product introductions

Work closely with brands and IT partners to resolve issues/errors on item setups

Lead, track and provide updates on special projects

Create files, views, tables and data sets to support the business

Troubleshoots routing issues and makes/suggests necessary changes in make and route and POS systems for the brands for existing product and for new product introduction

Identify, design and plan projects to gain opportunities and improve the status quo

Serves as the timekeeper with each function ensuring correct and on-time delivery from vendors of Rx jobs and shipments from RxO labs