Global Planning and Operations Manager

Location: Chicago USA

• Manage and develop global Racquet Sports planning team; ensure consistent process and tools and efficient work with other functional groups within Wilson and Amer
• Ensure key initiatives / actions driven across planning teams (e.g. complexity reduction, DSI, SKU efficiency)
• Directly handle the planning duties for a specific category to ensure supply & demand plans align, and communication & support meet service and business expectations
  

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty and responsibility satisfactorily:

Operations/Planning Manager duties may include:

• Develop a consistent planning approach, including reports and tools utilized for all planners / categories (USA and globally)
• Drive processes and actions to achieve key operational strategies:  Complexity Reduction, DSI, SKU efficiency
• Liaison with Wilson / Amer operations team to align and achieve Racquet Sports objectives
• Liaison with Sales & Service leaders (USA) and teams to ensure ongoing service and support provided to achieve Racquet Sports objectives
• Manage Warehouse/Service initiatives/issues
• Ensure planning team is integrated in I2P process working with product and commercial teams

Global / USA Planner duties may include:

• Work with commercial and product team to understand the category range (key stories/big contributors/image products)
• Contribute to demand plan (ongoing) through systematic reconciliation with markets forecasts and financial targets
• Align demand plans with supply plan / capacity requirements
• Build production supply plan to meet service requirements & financial targets
• Consolidate and communicate demand plan across markets with commercial teams, brand and financial leadership
• Provide category analysis working with product & commercial teams future range and business plans
• Challenge range efficiency with product & commercial teams
• Provide pro-active communication on inventory position, any supply delays and solutions to mitigate
  

Education/Experience

• Bachelors Degree (BS/BA) or equivalent; or equivalent combination of education and experience
• 5-7 years experience in production planning, operations and/or accounting
• Sporting goods industry experience a plus
  

Qualifications, Skills & Abilities

The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Understands international supply chain flows
• Demonstrates an excellence in data management
• Strong communication skills
• Detail oriented, organized, highly schedule oriented
• Must be able to work effectively in a matrix environment
• Drive, enthusiasm, works well with others
• Some travel may be required
  

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