Supply Planner Principal

As a Principal Supply Planner here at Honeywell, you will hold a leadership role in driving excellence and innovation within our supply chain operations. With your distinguished experience in supply planning, your responsibilities encompass overseeing and leading the supply planning process for complex and critical products. Your strategic vision will be pivotal in developing and implementing advanced supply chain strategies, optimizing inventory levels, and ensuring proactive alignment with customer demand.

You will provide strategic guidance and mentorship to the supply planning team, cultivating a culture of excellence and continuous improvement. As a seasoned professional with a proven track record in complex supply planning operations, exceptional leadership abilities, and a commitment to innovation, we invite you to join our team and contribute to the continued success of our supply chain operations.

As the Principal Supply Planner, your impact will be transformative, shaping the excellence in our supply chain operations. With over a decade of proven expertise, your strategic leadership will drive innovation and optimize inventory levels for complex and critical products. By developing and implementing advanced supply chain strategies, you will ensure proactive alignment with customer demand, contributing to increased customer satisfaction and sustained business growth.

Your role also include overseeing, supervising and reviewing tasks performed by team members to ensure effective execution of work; managing end to end processes and project for both internal and external clients with responsibility for timely accurate delivery; issuing clear instructions and directions to team members on task to be performed; and monitoring and guiding junior colleagues to support their skills development, professional growth, and overall success.

Center of Excellence role supporting Process Technology planning:

• Serve as the Kinaxis subject matter expert for the PT Planning COE, driving adoption of advanced planning capabilities, enforcing standard processes, and ensuring alignment with the Honeywell Global Design Model for Supply and Inventory Planning.
• Identify, design, and implement Kinaxis process and system enhancements that improve planner productivity, scenario analysis, exception management, and end-to-end planning visibility across the organization.
• Champion continuous improvement by training, coaching, and mentoring planners and cross-functional partners on advanced Kinaxis functionality, planning best practices, and data-driven decision-making.
• Coordinate planning system issue resolution with the IT support team
• Support advanced planning system migration as SME, Trainer, UAT lead, and post go live support
• Partner with business stakeholders to understand end-to-end supply chain planning processes and identify opportunities for process improvement, standardization, and automation.
• Elicit, analyze, document, and validate business requirements, user stories, and process flows for planning solutions.
• Work with technical teams and application specialists to translate business requirements into solution designs for Kinaxis Maestro and related ERP planning processes.

YOU MUST HAVE

• 10+ years of experience in Demand Planning, operations planning/scheduling, materials management or other Sales Inventory and Operations Planning related functional areas.
• Proficiency with Demand or Supply Planning tools (e.g. RapidResponse, SAP APO module, Forecast Pro)

WE VALUE

• Bachelor’s degree
• Experience with SAP ERP systems
• Experience with Kinaxis/RapidResponse supply and inventory planning tools
• APICS, CPIM, CPSM, or CPE certification preferred
• Proficient in Microsoft applications
• Excellent interpersonal skills with strong verbal and written communication skills
• Strong organizational skills and ability to efficiently multi-task, prioritize, and delegate
• Ability to collaborate with both internal and external customers