Job Description

A Day in Your Life at MKS:

As Demand Planning Analyst in MKS, you will partner with Production Planning, Marketing, Business Units, Procurement, Engineering, NPI, Production and IT areas, to build an accurate forecast through the SIOP process to ensure that the company will meet the strategic and company objectives, challenging and evaluating complex scenarios to solve supply constraints. In this role, you will report to the Demand Planning Manager.

You Will Make an Impact By:

• Examine historical shipments, utilize statistical forecast tools, collect forecast information input from Sales and documents the assumptions used in developing the forecast

• Examine historical shipments, marketing/category trends, including consumption and utilize statistical forecast tools

• Collect forecast information input from Marketing used in developing the forecast by item by week by customer and geography location where applicable.

• Lead SIOP process and provide tactical initiatives to improve KPI´s related with the E2E process.

• Either maintain or train someone to maintain the demand forecast for all product lines

• Adjust forecast or make recommendations to adjust the forecast through every demand cycle.

• Complete all required education and training and participates in implementation and development of new forecasting software.

• First contact for Sales and Customer Marketing (Trade) regarding variances outside tolerance, and in gathering building blocks/assumptions applied to forecasts.

• Develop strategic scenarios to evaluate risks and opportunities in each Business Unit in the company.

Skills You Bring:

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Engineering or Supply Chain, or equivalent experience

• 2+ years of relevant experience working in a diverse and global supply chain organization with wide range of products.

• Demand planning or leading experience across multiple products.

• Oracle Proficiency is highly preferred.

• Experience with Excel, Outlook and Word.

• Game changer mindset is highly preferred.

Preferred Skills: (Optional)

• APIC CPIM certification

• Demand Planning robust tools

Supervisory Scope: (Optional)

Physical Demands and Working Conditions:

• Perform activities such as sitting, standing, or typing for extended periods of time

• Regularly requires good manual dexterity and coordination

• Occasionally moves/positions objects up to 20 pounds

• Ability to remain in a stationary position for 20% of the time

• Frequently positions self to perform tasks and positions objects below, at, and above shoulder level

• Regularly requires manual dexterity and coordination of objects below, at and above shoulder level

• Must be able to communicate information and ideas so others will understand

• Must be able to exchange accurate information

• Operates in a professional office environment

• Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery

• Ability to observe documents and details at close range (within a few feet of the observer)

• Noise level in the work environment is usually average

Globally, our policy is to recruit individuals from wide and diverse backgrounds. However, certain positions require access to controlled goods and technologies subject to various export control regulations. Applicants for these positions may be limited (by, for example, their countries of citizenship, country of origin, or immigration status) where required by law or governmental contact, and/or employment made contingent upon the issuance of appropriate governmental licensing.

MKS Inc. and its affiliates and subsidiaries (“MKS”) is an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: diverse candidates are encouraged to apply. We win as a team and are committed to recruiting and hiring qualified applicants regardless of race, color, national origin, sex (including pregnancy and pregnancy-related conditions), religion, age, ancestry, physical or mental disability or handicap, marital status, membership in the uniformed services, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law. Hiring decisions are based on merit, qualifications and business needs. We conduct background checks and drug screens, in accordance with applicable law and company policies. MKS is generally only hiring candidates who reside in states where we are registered to do business.

MKS is committed to working with and providing reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities. If you need a reasonable accommodation during the application or interview process due to a disability, please contact us at: accommodationsatMKS@mksinst.com

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