Sun Technologies
: Expected to be 4 months contract with possibility of extension
Job Description Pay Rate:
$
28-29/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.
Featured Benefits:
Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA
401(k)
Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws
Job Description:
The Supply Chain Sr. Planner is responsible for contributing to profit and growth of all channels of trade of the Wholesale Division by end to end operational oversight of marketing led initiatives on strategic and brand-driving product placements. Autonomously ensure cross functional alignment on goals, timelines, and priorities, communicating to the operational support groups and leadership. With a deep knowledge of SAP, the specialist executes market strategies by creating and monitoring order entry capabilities. The specialist also maintains supply for a few top high visibility customers, and is ultimately responsible for their service and operational excellence. The Sr Planner has one direct report.
Major duties and responsibilities:
Project Management:
Owns end to end management of marketing initiatives and top projects (business drivers) across all wholesale customers and brands
Sets project standards and best practices for execution, communication, and tracking of projects both within the Supply Chain team and with external partners, providing effective ideas and solutions consistently.
Provides executive ready weekly and ad hoc status updates on progress or success of the initiatives
Work with external teams such as sales, marketing, brand, product, sales operations, go to market, global supply chain, global NPI. Maintain positive relationships with teams and use frequent touchbases and meetings to create common alignment
Proactively anticipates risks and constraints, proposing mitigation plans before issues impact service or revenue.
Escalate and resolve issues as needed through expert relationship management, problem solving, and solutions based thinking
Go To Market:
Serves as a subject matter expert on order execution, logic, and SAP controls related to go to market strategy
Partners with brand, product, and sales leadership to evaluate trade-offs and recommend execution paths that balance strategy, inventory, and service
Reviews complex order rejections and exceptions, making judgment calls and influencing decisions across functions
Identifies systemic GTM execution issues and leads improvements or policy changes
Planning:
Owns forecast accuracy, inventory health, and service performance for assigned clients, with accountability for results
Develops insights and forward looking analysis to identify risks and opportunities
Leads customer level inventory and service discussions with sales and leadership
Establishes planning routines and standards tailored to the account behavior
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in Business, Mathematics, Economics, Supply Chain or related fields
5+ years’ experience in similar roles
Robust quantitative approach to discussions
Strong analytical and mathematical skills to provide statistics and metrics
Ability to turn data into useful insights with proven examples
Excellent PC skills including MS Office & SAP
Advanced Excel Skill set – ability/aptitude to learn/create spreadsheets using advanced formulas (Lookups, IF statements, pivot tables)
Strong PowerPoint skills – proven experience with creating and communicating to presentation deck
Experience working on a legacy/enterprise database system and input and retrieve data from multiple sources and the ability to draw data driven solutions
Database – ability/aptitude to access reports, build and manipulate queries
Experience with a planning software
Excellent communication skills and coordination capabilities
Ability to drive conversation and influence peers
Ability to work and make informed decisions in fast paced environments
Ability to learn complex data relationships quickly – Agile Mindset
Knowledge of fashion Sales cycles and buying practices
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience of the fashion and accessories industry
Experience with Order Management cycles
SAP AFS1 experience
Business Intelligence – ability to create and update reports intelligence reports (SAP Business Objects)
DPM knowledge
Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Power BI and/or Tableau
Experience with Automation software such as Power Automate
Experience with programming through Python, Visual Basic or Dax
Proven History with leading meetings
Committed to continuous learning showing a Growth Mindset
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Job Description Pay Rate:
$
28-29/hr. The pay rate may differ depending on your skills, education, experience, and other qualifications.
Featured Benefits:
Medical Insurance in compliance with the ACA
401(k)
Sick leave in compliance with applicable state, federal, and local laws
Job Description:
The Supply Chain Sr. Planner is responsible for contributing to profit and growth of all channels of trade of the Wholesale Division by end to end operational oversight of marketing led initiatives on strategic and brand-driving product placements. Autonomously ensure cross functional alignment on goals, timelines, and priorities, communicating to the operational support groups and leadership. With a deep knowledge of SAP, the specialist executes market strategies by creating and monitoring order entry capabilities. The specialist also maintains supply for a few top high visibility customers, and is ultimately responsible for their service and operational excellence. The Sr Planner has one direct report.
Major duties and responsibilities:
Project Management:
Owns end to end management of marketing initiatives and top projects (business drivers) across all wholesale customers and brands
Sets project standards and best practices for execution, communication, and tracking of projects both within the Supply Chain team and with external partners, providing effective ideas and solutions consistently.
Provides executive ready weekly and ad hoc status updates on progress or success of the initiatives
Work with external teams such as sales, marketing, brand, product, sales operations, go to market, global supply chain, global NPI. Maintain positive relationships with teams and use frequent touchbases and meetings to create common alignment
Proactively anticipates risks and constraints, proposing mitigation plans before issues impact service or revenue.
Escalate and resolve issues as needed through expert relationship management, problem solving, and solutions based thinking
Go To Market:
Serves as a subject matter expert on order execution, logic, and SAP controls related to go to market strategy
Partners with brand, product, and sales leadership to evaluate trade-offs and recommend execution paths that balance strategy, inventory, and service
Reviews complex order rejections and exceptions, making judgment calls and influencing decisions across functions
Identifies systemic GTM execution issues and leads improvements or policy changes
Planning:
Owns forecast accuracy, inventory health, and service performance for assigned clients, with accountability for results
Develops insights and forward looking analysis to identify risks and opportunities
Leads customer level inventory and service discussions with sales and leadership
Establishes planning routines and standards tailored to the account behavior
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor’s Degree in Business Administration in Business, Mathematics, Economics, Supply Chain or related fields
5+ years’ experience in similar roles
Robust quantitative approach to discussions
Strong analytical and mathematical skills to provide statistics and metrics
Ability to turn data into useful insights with proven examples
Excellent PC skills including MS Office & SAP
Advanced Excel Skill set – ability/aptitude to learn/create spreadsheets using advanced formulas (Lookups, IF statements, pivot tables)
Strong PowerPoint skills – proven experience with creating and communicating to presentation deck
Experience working on a legacy/enterprise database system and input and retrieve data from multiple sources and the ability to draw data driven solutions
Database – ability/aptitude to access reports, build and manipulate queries
Experience with a planning software
Excellent communication skills and coordination capabilities
Ability to drive conversation and influence peers
Ability to work and make informed decisions in fast paced environments
Ability to learn complex data relationships quickly – Agile Mindset
Knowledge of fashion Sales cycles and buying practices
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience of the fashion and accessories industry
Experience with Order Management cycles
SAP AFS1 experience
Business Intelligence – ability to create and update reports intelligence reports (SAP Business Objects)
DPM knowledge
Experience with Data Visualization tools such as Power BI and/or Tableau
Experience with Automation software such as Power Automate
Experience with programming through Python, Visual Basic or Dax
Proven History with leading meetings
Committed to continuous learning showing a Growth Mindset
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