Vice President, Corporate Planning SCM

Overview

VICE PRESIDENT, CORPORATE PLANNING SCM

The Opportunity

Daikin Comfort Technologies Manufacturing, L.P. is seeking a skilled individual for our Vice President, Corporate Planning Scm position at our DTTP - Waller, TX location. The VP will report directly to the Senior Vice President and is responsible for domestic and import supply chain management (SCM) and total inventory reporting for the organization. This includes gathering, reporting and communicating sales, production and inventory metrics and managing the S&OP process. The SCM leader will evaluate the demand forecast and coordinate production and inventory fulfillment requirements while targeting optimal inventory levels. The position will be responsible for working closely with DIL SCM to set inventory policy and follow up on all inventory categories. The SCM group is also responsible for managing the phase-in phase-out process to properly manage down excess inventory and ensure proper customer satisfaction levels for new products. If you meet the qualifications listed below, then we invite you to apply for our open position by visiting our website at http://careers.daikincomfort.com and submit your resume.

About DTTP

Daikin Texas Technology Park- has a footprint of 4.23 million square feet under a single roof, and is the third largest factory in the United States. Opened in 2017 as the manufacturing, logistics, and engineering center for Daikin's American subsidiary Goodman, the plant makes heating and air conditioning products sold under the Goodman, Amana, and Daikin brands.

Why work with us?

Benefits are effective on day one for all full-time direct hires

Training programs are available to help guide team members and develop new skills

Growth Opportunities - there are immense opportunities to grow your career

You will be part of a Global Company - our family brands are backed by Daikin Industries, Ltd.

Responsibilities

May include:

• Responsible for evaluating the BU unit sales volume demand forecasts which will lead to the production plan by month.

• Coordinate Daikin import product purchases with sister companies to ensure proper stocking levels.

• Work with Manufacturing and Logistics to communicate the demand requirements while working with the factories to help optimize their efficiencies.

• Monitor SKU counts and balance sales requirements and manufacturing/engineering capabilities.

• Facilitate weekly PSI meetings with Manufacturing to discuss status of demand and any changes forthcoming to their production rates. Publish PSI as needed prior to meetings, to finance, procurement and factory personnel.

• Manage new product phase-in phase-out.

• Establish targets and follow up on actions to manage down all inventory categories; domestic, import, Quietflex, DODs, PS&A, Raw/WIP.

• Mentor employees so they are prepared to grow to their desired roles as needed.

• Prepare annual employee reviews.

• Maintain data accuracy of published sales and inventory documents to senior team, as well as data use to make internal production decisions for inventory coverage to customers.

• Provide Senior Team with ad-hoc reports as necessary.

• Manage the planning staff including hiring, training and development for best in class talent.

• Perform additional projects/duties to support ongoing business needs.

Nature & Scope:

• Establishes the vision, mission, values and long-term strategies for a division/department

• Provides guidance and leadership to implement transformational change that has broad impact on the achievement of results for the entire organization

• Expected to interact with all levels of the organization especially with top management

• Ensures appropriate talent selection, organization and leadership areas of the organization

• Possess knowledge to capably lead multiple teams of directors

• Has ownership of budget development and monitoring of expenses

• Level of signing authority established by company policy/guidelines

Qualifications

Knowledge & Skills:

• Command Skills

• Encourages debate, makes decisions and moves on, is looked to for direction in a crisis, energized by challenges, confident presence.

• Customer Focus

• Dedicated to meeting internal/external customer needs, earns trust/respect of customers

• Technical Skills

• Strong knowledge of supply chains, inventory management and high volume production requirements. HVAC product knowledge a plus.

• Informing

• Provide impactful, timely, accurate information both up and down in the organization properly targeted to the correct audience.

• Planning

• Develop tasks, schedules and assignments. Anticipates and adjusts schedules. Measures performance against goals.

• Process Management

• Organize people and activities, simplify complex processes.

• Strong interpersonal and presentation skills, including the ability to communicate effectively with others at all levels inside and outside the company

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision

• Expert Excel, Access, Word, Outlook and PowerPoint Skills

• Analytic Skills: Ability to think objectively and interpret meaningful themes from quantitative and qualitative data

• Problem Solving & Decision Quality: Able to use rigorous logic and methods to solve problems with effective solutions

• Relationship Management: Able to build constructive and effective relationships with a broad and diverse group of business partners

• Leadership and performance management skills

• Strong verbal and written communications skills

• Excellent organizational and time management skills

• Possess strong interpersonal skills to deal effectively with a wide variety of people assertively and confidently

Experience:

• 15 plus years forecasting and production planning
• 10 plus years managerial experience

Education:

• Bachelor's Degree (Statistics, Mathematics, Logistics, Manufacturing, etc.) or equivalent years' experience in production planning in a high paced manufacturing environment.
• APICS certification a plus.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment:

• Must be able to perform essential responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodations

Qualified Applicants must be legally authorized for employment in the United States. Qualified applicants will not require employer sponsored work authorization now or in the future for employment in the United States.

The Company provides equal employment opportunity to all employees and applicants regardless of a person's race, color, religion (including religious dress or grooming practices), creed, national origin (including language use restrictions), citizenship, uniform service member or veteran status, ancestry, disability, physical or mental disability (including HIV/AIDS), medical condition (including cancer and genetic characteristics), genetic information, request for protected leave, marital status, sex, pregnancy, age (over 40), sexual orientation, gender, gender identity or expression, political affiliation, or any other characteristic protected by law. The Company will comply with all federal and state regulations and statutes pertaining to individuals with disabilities.

Postal Code

77484