Mopar North America Integrated Advanced Planning Manager

Stellantis • Auburn Hills, MI

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Integrated Advanced Planning Manager leads Planning execution and system
effectiveness for Mopar North America Aftersales, with primary accountability
for the MARCS legacy planning system and its interaction with external suppliers
and external department leads/analysts of supplier management. 

This Manager is responsible for converting demand signals into
executable, system driven supply chain actions. This role ensures that demand
plans are accurate, data driven, operationally feasible, and embedded into
planning and replenishment systems, directly impacting service levels, inventory
investment, and customer satisfaction. 

The position balances: 

Analytical depth (data modeling, automation), 
Operational execution (inventory deployment, replenishment alignment), 
Process and systems thinking (legacy platforms with strong knowledge
of future supply chains systems, IT enhancements, modernization). 
Highly motivated to Teach (individual must gain and disseminate knowledge to
a group of over 50 planners & Leadership on system functionality plus ideas
to improve) 
One of Few Super Users (individual has large scale impact that can make mass
changes but also bears large risk aversion of not impacting daily operations
by overlooked consequences) 
Improve overall inventory effectiveness reduce and increase to meet both
inventory reduction and customer service improvement (1.4B as our starting
baseline)

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required.   
• 5+ years of previous experience in Supply Chain, ICT or related area.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to prioritize and multi-task a variety of issues while maintaining strict deadlines.
• Flexibility to adapt to evolving priorities.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Intermediate to advanced Access and Excel skills.
• Ability to work onsite per Stellantis in person work requirements

Nice To Haves

• Masters or Post Graduate degree in a related field 
• Strong amplitude to optimizing safety stock and reorder points to ensure maximized customer service while balancing inventory levels.
• High level of comfort working in a semi-systems type role, ability to reason through system code and rationalize through legacy system interactions.
• Strong understanding of purchasing process flows internal to Supply Chaing and externally to Purchasing Organizations 
• Proven ability to manage multiple priorities in a matrixed organization

Responsibilities

• Proactively identify areas to improve inventory optimization while root causing areas of excess inventory both from systems and people driven decisions.
• Manage and prioritize, bugs, fixes and enhancement with a team ICT analyst that support Forecast and Demand Planning.
• Define business requirements and review program test results for MARCS, Forecast2000, and adjacent systems.
• Support safety stock, reorder point, and service level policies aligned to Mopar customer commitments 
• Ensure suppliers understand and effectively consume MARCS demand signals while working in conjunction with Supplier Management teams 
• Train the Train mentality – primary contact to answer for and drive system planning functionality that drives the primary business kpis.
• Support data governance, master data quality, and process standardization initiatives 
• Enforce and standardize workflows and system usage – address work around or process deviations with training or system improvements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager