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Sun Technologies

Supply Chain Sr Specialist

Sun Technologies, Port Washington, New York, United States, 11050

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: 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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