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This role owns the development and execution of supply plans for raw materials, purchased components, and manufacturing tooling, while supporting the Long-Term Agreement (MIN MAX) demand planning process. The position also owns long-range material requirements planning, purchasing plan development, and projected material and component spend analysis. The successful candidate will work closely with the GSM team, Procurement, Production Planning, Sales, Operations, Finance, and customers to translate long-range demand into actionable supply and purchasing requirements.\nThis is a highly analytical, hands-on position requiring strong data analysis and critical thinking capabilities. The successful candidate must be comfortable working with large, complex datasets, sophisticated planning models, advanced formulas, and automated reporting. The individual in this role is expected to take ownership of planning processes and business issues from initial identification through analysis, stakeholder coordination, corrective action, and resolution.\nEssential Responsibilities\nEnd-to-End MIN MAX Ownership: Own the MIN MAX process from beginning to end, including collecting and reviewing customer requirements, coordinating directly with customers and internal stakeholders, validating assumptions, resolving demand input discrepancies, and ensuring demand signals are translated into actionable supply and production requirements.\nParticipate in and lead customer meetings related to MIN MAX requirements, demand changes, commitments, and planning issues. Clearly communicate planning requirements and follow through on actions resulting from those discussions.\nCoordinate closely with Production Planners, Sales, Procurement, Operations, and other stakeholders to ensure On Time Delivery of MIN MAX program.\nIndependently investigate and resolve issues that arise within the MIN MAX process, including demand discrepancies, data issues, supply risks, planning constraints, and execution gaps. Drive issues through to resolution rather than simply identifying or escalating them.\nLong-Range Material Requirements Planning: Develop and maintain long-range forecasts for raw material and\npurchased component requirements based on MIN MAX demand, customer forecasts, production requirements, inventory positions, lead times, and other relevant planning inputs.\nWork closely with the GSM team to align long-range material requirements with demand forecasts, supply strategies, sourcing considerations, and business requirements.\nTranslate long-range demand into time-phased material and component requirements to support supply continuity,\npurchasing decisions, inventory planning, and financial forecasting.\nContinuously evaluate changes in demand, consumption, supply conditions, inventory, and planning assumptions and update long-range requirements accordingly.\nPurchasing Plan & Spend Forecasting: Develop, maintain, and manage the purchasing plan for raw materials and\npurchased components required to support forecasted demand and operational requirements.\nCalculate and maintain projected raw material and component spend to support annual budgets, financial planning,\nforecasting, and management decision-making.\nAnalyze planned purchasing requirements, inventory positions, demand trends, lead times, and expected consumption to identify anticipated purchasing needs and spending requirements.\nWork closely with Procurement to communicate purchasing requirements, align purchase activity with the approved\npurchasing plan, and monitor execution against plan.\nTrack actual and projected purchasing activity against planned requirements and spend, identify significant variances, and coordinate actions necessary to maintain alignment with changing business conditions.\nProactively identify purchasing, supply, inventory, or execution risks that could impact the plan and work\ncross-functionally to develop and implement appropriate corrective actions.\nSupply Planning: Develop, maintain, and execute supply plans for raw materials, purchased components, and\nmanufacturing tooling required to support customer demand, production requirements, long-term agreements, and\nbusiness objectives.\nMonitor supply health and identify emerging risks, recurring shortages, material constraints, tooling concerns, and other conditions that could impact production or customer commitments.\nTake ownership of supply-related issues by performing root-cause analysis, coordinating cross-functional corrective\nactions, and driving sustainable solutions to recurring or systemic problems.\nInventory Optimization: Lead and support inventory reduction and optimization initiatives focused on reducing excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and otherwise inefficient inventory while protecting material availability and customer service.\nAnalyze inventory positions, demand trends, consumption patterns, lead times, supply constraints, and planning\nparameters to identify inventory optimization and working capital opportunities.\nDevelop and implement recommendations related to stocking strategies, safety stock, inventory exposure, material\ndisposition, and supply planning parameters.\nKPI Development, Automation & Continuous Improvement: Design, develop, automate, and maintain planning and supply chain KPIs, dashboards, and recurring management reporting.\nCreate meaningful metrics related to demand coverage, inventory health, supply performance, material availability, projected spend, MIN MAX performance, planning execution, and other critical business objectives.\nRequired Qualifications and Education\nBachelor's degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Operations, Engineering, Analytics, Finance, or a related field; equivalent relevant experience may be considered.\nExperience in supply planning, demand planning, production planning, materials management, inventory planning,\nprocurement, or a related supply chain function.\nAdvanced to expert-level Microsoft Excel skills are required. Candidates must be comfortable independently\nbuilding, maintaining, and troubleshooting complex analytical models and working extensively with advanced formulas and dynamic array functionality.\nDemonstrated experience working with complex, high-volume datasets and translating analysis into actionable business recommendations.\nDemonstrated ability to identify problems, investigate root causes, coordinate stakeholders, and independently drive\nissues through to resolution.\nStrong organizational skills and the ability to manage multiple priorities across long-range and short-term planning\nhorizons.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to participate in customer-facing discussions and\ncommunicate complex planning issues clearly.\nHighly self-directed with strong initiative, ownership, curiosity, accountability, and follow-through.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience in aerospace, aerospace fasteners, precision manufacturing, metalworking, automotive, or another complex manufacturing environment.\nExperience working with Long-Term Agreements (MIN MAXs), customer forecasts, or contractual demand commitments.\nExperience developing long-range raw material requirements forecasts, purchasing plans, material spend forecasts, or supply budgets.\nExperience working cross-functionally with strategic sourcing, global supply management, procurement, or purchasing organizations.\nExperience in a high-mix, high-volume environment with thousands of active part numbers, complex bills of material, and long or variable supply lead times.\nExperience with ERP systems, manufacturing data structures, and data warehouses.\nExperience with Power Query, VBA, Power BI, Python, or other business intelligence and automation tools.\nExperience with inventory optimization, excess and obsolete inventory reduction, working capital improvement, or\nmaterial rationalization initiatives.\nExperience developing KPIs, dashboards, recurring reporting, purchasing plans, or management analytics.\nKey Competencies\nOwnership: Takes responsibility for processes and issues from beginning to end and follows through until an\nappropriate resolution is implemented.\nInitiative: Does not wait for detailed direction; independently identifies problems, investigates root causes, and develops solutions.\nTechnical Excellence: Comfortable working deeply in advanced Excel, automation tools, and large datasets to solve complex planning problems.\nProblem Solving: Able to move from raw data and incomplete information to analysis, insight, recommendation, action, and resolution.\nCustomer & Stakeholder Management: Comfortable participating in customer meetings and coordinating GSM,\nProcurement, Planning, Operations, and other cross-functional teams.\nFinancial & Supply Chain Acumen: Understands the relationship between demand, material requirements, inventory, purchasing activity, supply risk, and projected spend.\nContinuous Improvement: Focused on building scalable, automated, and sustainable processes rather than repeatedly relying on manual workarounds.\nBusiness Judgment: Able to balance customer demand, supply availability, production requirements, inventory\ninvestment, purchasing requirements, and operational constraints.\nSalary Range:\nThe base pay range for this position in California, $80,000 - $100,000/year. 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