Planner, Global Planning

**Job Title**: Planner, Global Planning

**Department**:Supply Chain

Looking to unbox your full potential? **Find YOUR Fit** at the ALDO GROUP.

**FIND YOUR FIT**
- Recognition programs to showcase your talent
- Tools to support and help them to reach their Career Goals. (Training Offers, Scholarship Programs, LinkedIn Learning and more).
- To be part of a company that takes a stand on issues affecting people, the environment, and our partners
- Summer Fridays (because Summer is for fun)
- Purchase discount on merchandise sold in all our divisions.
- Family & Friends events with discounts on our products
- Subsidized cafeteria & daycare
- Subsidized public transportation and free parking
- On-campus gym with access to a trainer
- Flex schedules and possibility to work from home
- Sick days
- Attractive total compensation

**YOUR ROLE**

The Aldo Group is looking for a Planner to join the Supply Chain Global Planning team responsible for all supply, demand & inventory planning. This individual will collaborate closely with all supply chain, channel & finance teams.

**Demand Planning**:

- Aggregate on a monthly basis the ALDO Group demands plan by Distribution center, operating brand, merchandise category, including the detailed understanding & documentation of assumptions.
- Report on the forecast accuracy of the demand plan, assess variances against assumptions, and propose solutions to improve the accuracy
- Collaborate with supply planning to track impact on the supply plans.

**Supply planning**:

- Track all supply chain lead times vs plan, including root cause analysis and help inform demand on upcoming impact.
- Support the inventory planning manager to track in-DC inventory breakdown, track unallocated inventory and develop action plans.
- Aggregate on a weekly basis the ALDO Group supply plan by Distribution center, operating brand, merchandise category, including the detailed understanding & documentation of assumptions.
- Report on the variance vs latest budget/FCST, including root cause analysis and reforecast the next 3-month out demand/supply/inventory including constraint planning.
- Present on a monthly basis to the VP of Distribution the revised DC capacity plan, including key take aways & root cause analysis.
- Support the planning manager to build customer on-time metric and track root cause analysis by working cross
- functionally with sourcing, supply chain, finance & channels.

**Process & Dashboards**:

- Lead the monthly executive S&OP meetings, including coordinating the presentation, connecting the dots on sales, demand, supply, inventory, following through on action items for next S&OP.
- Support management with risk assessments and mitigation activities.
- Develop a detailed understanding of S&OP processes and business practices to understand the data & business impacts.
- Make recommendations to enhance business processes and identify opportunities to improve operational efficiencies.
- Develop new dashboards in BI & enhance existing ones with limited supervision.

**DO YOU HAVE THE PROFILE WE'RE LOOKING FOR?**

To be successful, the planner is required to move easily between process management and detailed execution possessing a strong combination of analytical and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations or related field
- Strong analytical, data-processing and problem-solving skills
- Well organized with high attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure with limited supervision
- Experience with SAP is considered an asset
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to understand key demand-planning and supply-planning concepts and communicate with business stakeholders
- Mandatory 2 days in the office

**WE'RE ON A JOURNEY TO CREATE A WORLD OF LOVE, CONFIDENCE AND BELONGING**

The ALDO Group has been on this journey for over 50 years. We believe that our passionate associates are at the heart of our success, and that with them we will lead into our future with kindness.

Job Requirements:
To be successful, the planner is required to move easily between process management and detailed execution possessing a strong combination of analytical and communication skills.
- Bachelor’s degree in business, Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Operations or related field
- Strong analytical, data-processing and problem-solving skills
- Well organized with high attention to detail
- Ability to work under pressure with limited supervision
- Experience with SAP is considered an asset
- Strong communication and presentation skills, with a proven ability to understand key demand-planning and supply-planning concepts and communicate with business stakeholders
- Mandatory 2 days in the office

**Job Snapshot**:
**Employee Type**: Full-Time

**Location**: Montreal, Quebec (Onsite)

**Job Type**: Retail, Supply Chain

**Experience**: Not Specified

**Date Posted**: 10/07/2024