Demand Planner, Supply Planner

Summary

Join Samsara as a Global Supply Planner and drive the hardware supply planning process for the global market, developing and maintaining rolling 12-month production & capacity plans, calculating implications on financial liabilities and inventory level.

Requirements

• Degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Finance, or Economics
• 6+ years (or 4+ with Masters) of combined experience in consulting and supply chain planning, supply planning, material planning, or inventory management
• Excellent analytical skills with the ability to clearly lay out assumptions, risks, and opportunities
• Strong communication skills, including the ability to quickly synthesize information in a digestible format for a wide variety of stakeholders
• Attention to detail while never losing sight of the big picture
• A proactive, positive approach to problem solving
• Ability to deal with ambiguity, changing priorities, and business volatility
• Strong understanding of ERP/MRP systems

Responsibilities

• Drive appropriate inventory to achieve company objectives on revenue and cost based on the demand plan
• Act in the role of Subject Matter Expert (SME) for a given portfolio of products
• Build strong relationships with regional Planners and serve as the planning liaison with cross functional teams
• Provide actionable supplier production targets taking into account overall capacity, capacity maximization, and tradeoffs in the event of constraints
• Provide recommendations on optimal logistics strategy taking into account demand needs, transit time, and logistics costs
• Monitor supplier performance to requested targets by quarter as well as yield rates and provide feedback on QBRs
• Analyze Samsara and supplier PO issuance to lead time, recommending preventive or corrective action where necessary to optimize for cost and rate of replenishment
• Report performance to targets and communicate inventory risks (excess and shortage)
• As needed, recommend constrained inventory guidance based on company objectives for revenue prioritization, cost minimization, and customer experience
• Champion, role model, and embed Samsara’s cultural principles (Focus on Customer Success, Build for the Long Term, Adopt a Growth Mindset, Be Inclusive, Win as a Team) as we scale globally and across new offices

Preferred Qualifications

• MBA
• Experience using NetSuite, Salesforce, and e2open
• Electronics manufacturing and vendor relationship management experience

Benefits

Full time employees receive a competitive total compensation package along with employee-led remote and flexible working, health benefits, Samsara for Good charity fund, and much, much more