[Hiring] Supply and Demand Planning Manager @Trackonomy

Role Description

This position will establish and drive improvements in both the S&OP process and master production scheduling process to ensure that factory output matches customer demand in the short-term and long-term while carrying minimum effective inventory. The Supply and Demand Planning Manager will work closely with Sales and Marketing to determine customer demand and supply chain, production planning and manufacturing to produce a plan consistent with total factory capacity and the sales forecast. The qualified individual must be able to facilitate complex planning for all aspects of production and possess substantial product, plant, process and market knowledge as their actions have a significant impact on customers, material and capacity planning.

• Integrate sales orders, forecasts, and business priorities into the Master Production Schedule, coordinating raw materials, equipment, labor, and capacity to meet customer delivery commitments.
• Analyze risks and constraints within the Master Production Schedule, including manufacturing lead times, labor availability, equipment capacity, and material supply, and develop mitigation plans.
• Work closely with Sales and Finance to align on forecast plans.
• Maintain raw material and finished goods inventory at target levels to ensure high service levels.
• Ensure ERP accuracy across planning and inventory transactions; improve data quality, planning processes, and reporting visibility to support strong decision-making.
• Identify inventory reduction opportunities which can translate into projects which deliver a specific savings amount.
• Support inventory accuracy activities including periodic inventory counts and auditing.
• Lead the production planning team in developing and maintaining daily and weekly production schedules that balance customer requirements, inventory targets, and manufacturing efficiency.
• Analyze, organize, record and publish weekly and/or monthly graphs for planning and purchasing key performance metric indicators.
• Lead short- and long-term planning strategy for the department, ensuring alignment with company goals and operational capabilities.
• Use sound judgment and creative problem-solving to navigate tradeoffs across customer demand, capacity, inventory, and service performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, business administration or a related field required.
• MBA preferred.
• 5-10 years of experience in materials management, manufacturing, operations, or hardware development.
• Strong planning background in the materials, manufacturing and engineering environment.
• Forecasting and inventory management skills. Extremely proficient with establishing planning parameters (MOQ, safety stock, reorder points, etc.).
• Experience developing succinct, crisp executive summaries and presenting to leadership.
• Results oriented - has a track record for delivering results, takes ownership and is accountable.

Requirements

• Ability to drive forward solutions in ambiguous situations with limited supervision.
• Open-minded self-starter with the ability to adapt, improvise and problem solve.
• Motivated, detail-oriented, and meet deadlines in a dynamic environment.
• Ability to work independently on multiple tasks and projects with various stakeholders.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally, work across multiple teams, and drive complex schedules, assess priorities, and identify gaps.
• Organizational skills to manage transactional details.
• Excellent analytical skills with spreadsheet tools.
• Demonstrated ability to establish business process issues and drive process improvement.
• Thorough understanding of a manufacturing business and supply chain.
• Experience using MRP / ERP systems (Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central preferred).
• Sound knowledge of supply chain processes and procedures including manufacturing planning, demand, and replenishment processes.
• A demonstrated background in low volume and high mix manufacturing.
• Professional certification by the American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) preferred.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal and presentation skills. Ability to clearly express oneself verbally and in writing in the English language.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to manage complexity and resolve conflicts that arise from balancing multiple priorities.
• Able to positively manage situations of a dynamic nature; to be able to modify plans, actions, and decisions considering changing situations and circumstances while still meeting, or proposing modified, deadlines.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to be accurate, detail-oriented, and to remain calm in stressful situations.
• Excellent customer focus with a high sense of urgency.
• Proficient in MS office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook).

Benefits

• Salary range for this role is $150,000 to $210,000, plus bonuses and Pre-IPO equity.
• Final compensation is based on the facts and circumstances of the case.

Company Description

At Trackonomy, we are pioneering a transformative network of interconnected objects. Our goal is to bring inanimate objects to life, giving them the ability to converse, think, and interact in real-time. Envision a world where our devices seamlessly integrate with every physical entity, facilitating a global conversation among them. Our overarching mission is to craft the operating system for the connected world, one object, and sensor at a time. Our customers are major players in various verticals such as logistics, industrial, utilities, healthcare, and government. They use our solutions for a wide range of applications like predictive maintenance, workflow optimization, asset protection, safety, security, and environmental monitoring. We are a unicorn, funded by top investors like Kleiner Perkins and 8VC.

Our executive leadership team has experience working together for over two decades, having previously held key roles in the C-suites of renowned companies such as Flextronics, Heptagon, GT-Nexus, and Digital Motors Corporation. Together, we have engineered a revolutionary technology that is yielding extraordinary results.

Are you ready to be a part of the next chapter in Silicon Valley's hyper-growth IoT success story?