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We create products that deliver energy savings and minimize environmental impact through the use of advanced technologies and tailored services.
CAREL USA, Inc. is an innovative, high-tech company that offers professional development and skills enhancement opportunities, both nationally and internationally working for CAREL means taking an active role in building the company's success, and enjoying a professional experience that involves developing a spirit of initiative, a sense of responsibility and an aptitude to work within multicultural and change-oriented environment.
About CAREL:
Founded in 1973, CAREL is a world leader in control solutions for air-conditioning, refrigeration and heating, and systems for humidification and evaporative cooling. We design our products to bring energy savings and reduce the environmental impact of machinery and systems. Our solutions are used in commercial, industrial and residential applications.
Specifically, we have operations in the Americas (North, Central, and South), Asia Pacific, Africa and Europe; we have 18 fully-owned subsidiaries and 7 production sites, in addition to partners and distributors in a further 75 countries.
Our mission of high-efficiency solutions summarizes the model that CAREL has adopted, both the starting point and the final objective that enclose the entire process, from conception to production and marketing of our systems. Research, innovation, and technology are the keys to our success: for more than forty years, customer needs have been at the center of our design work, so as to offer elements of differentiation in terms of both functions and appearance.
Carel offers great medical, dental, and vision, and life insurance benefits, vacation, sick and personal time, along with a 401k plan.
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SUMMARY :
This position drives the mid-term demand planning and long-term capacity planning process for the North American region and is responsible for all forecast activities and demand management activities with customers and products. The Senior Planner is the key communications point with the sales organization and subsidiaries, including headquarters. This position reports to the Plant Operations Manager. One direct report and dotted line reports with production planning.
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES :
- Review historical sales trends, prepare forecast data and generate the rolling 18 months of statistical forecast models, and validate the overall consistency of the forecast
- Develop and maintain strong relationships with sales teams to review, challenge and validate the latest assumptions and market intelligence and refine the forecast accordingly to obtain an unconstrained, unbiased forecast at the SKU level.
- Manage phase-in and phase-out plans on forecast and optimize inventory management.
- Responsible to enter specific customer forecasts
- Maintain product status control
- Work with plant managers relevant requirements to support capacity planning
- Propose and implement solutions to improve demand forecast accuracy (Monitor KPI's)
- Address demand-related issues in a timely and effective manner.
- High detail level of analysis and data preparation as needed
- Inventory control to maintain stocking levels to meet business KPI's for inventory volumes and on time delivery
- Interface with corporate planning team ensure global continuity for planning processes
- Has excellent critical thinking as well as analytical skills
- Possesses exceptional attitude for sales data and market trend analysis
- Exhibits strong computer skills and knowledge of relevant technology
- Ability to work in a deadline oriented environment
- Ability to interface at different levels of the organization
- Possesses exceptional organizational skills and is an effective time manager and multi-tasker
- Displays the ability to pay close attention to detail
- Demonstrates good interpersonal skills along with excellent verbal and written communication skills
- Bachelor's degree in Economics, Engineering, Statistics
- 5+ Years of Experience
- Strong understanding of statistical analysis
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS :
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios, and proportions to practical situations.
REASONING ABILITY :
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists. Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
COMPUTER SKILLS :
To perform this job successfully, an individual should have advanced knowledge of Data Driven software and ERP systems; Spreadsheet software and Word Processing software.
WORK ENVIRONMENT :
- Works normal business hours of 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday most of the time
- Extends working hours into evenings and weekends to achieve critical project deadlines.
- Spends time in a climate controlled setting looking at computer screens and keyboarding
- Attends meetings on a regular basis.