Job Description

Sensata Technologies is looking for a demand planning specialist who will be responsible for the development and assessment of demand forecasts on designated product / program categories. In this position you will work with multiple internal departments as well as external vendors on countless analyses to determine the needed products and quantities for certain products / programs.

General Responsibilities
• Leads in the creation of future capacity plans
• Handles any communication with marketing, manufacturing and customer service to ensure accuracy and efficiency of message
• Leads in defining an integrated supply chain to produce sustained, timely performance on all accounts
• Leads in the measuring and monitoring of specific product / program categories
• Leads in creating a demand plan that will be used throughout the company in regards to supply planning
• Leads in in-depth analysis with large amounts of data to run various statistics and analyses on the company to help future predictability of demand planning

Experience / Qualifications
• A university degree required (i.e. Bachelors degree) or equivalent relevant work experience.
• Must be a team player able to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated ability to handle multiple competing tasks and demands
• Strong communication skills; oral, written and presentation
• Strong organization, planning and time management skills to achieve results
• Strong personal and professional ethical values and integrity
• Holds self-accountable to achieving goals and standards
• Proficient in Microsoft Office programs (Outlook, Word, PowerPoint, and Excel)
• Strong interpersonal & collaboration skills to work effectively with all levels of the organization including suppliers and/or external customers

KeyAccountabilities:

• Establishstandarddemand planningprocedures andtemplatesfor demand reviewsasa partof overall SIOPtransformation

• Work with ERP transition teams to ensure data andprocessreadinesswhile providing directions for demand planning improvements.

• Support the establishment of afinancial forecastreconciliationprocesswithcommercial finance andBUteam.

• Establishstandardmechanism of importing customerinputsusingexternal data such asmarket research,vehicle builds,economicenvironment, customerspecificinputsandcustomerportals.

• Establish standard mechanism ofusinginternalinputsfor demand planningsuch as order fill, EDIs, new businessopportunities,product life cycleattributes,salespersoninputsandcontractual agreements.

• Establish playbook and assessment for Demand planning solution Demantra and home-grown systems)

• Lead demand planning and IT team to developroadmap for newsoftwareintegrating demand and supply.

• Establish report out and accuracy forInternal and externaldemand planning inputsto developexception-basedactionsandsupport Monthlycadenceatdifferent levelsoforganization

• Report monthly data on KPIs (Forecast accuracy, On Time Delivery, new business launch conversion rates, segmentation) and drive opportunities for improvementlist shared with the SIOP GPO team.

• Useexpertisein data visualization and tools (Oracle analytics Cloud/OAC, Oracle Business Intelligence / OBIEEand others)toestablishdashboardsand trackers for SIOP metricsfocusedon demand planning.

• Automate analytic techniques to interpret data,identifyissues, analyze causes, datavisualizationand provideautomated-Botsolutions.

• Work closely withthe team ofGPOs tounderstand overallSIOPobjectives andrepresent the interests ofDemandplanningthoughdifferentlevelsoftheorganization.

• WorkcloselywithSIOP teams globallyondevelopment and execution of SIOPimprovement projects

• Work asaSME anddesigntrainingfor the broaderdemandplanningteamas well asalso solutionleadforenhancingtools

• Leadmonthlydemand planning councilmeetingsrepresentingwithfocusonkey accomplishments, challenges, improvement initiatives, tool changes, highlights within the field of Demand planning and others.

• DriveSIOP team members in developing orimplementinggeneral SIOP project improvements

• DriveSIOPteaminimproving the execution and/or design of the SIOP Reviewsas per the monthly SIOP cadence

• ActivelyparticipateinBUDemandReviews,SiteSupply Reviews, or SIOP meetings

• Ensure system parameters are set to support forecast accuracy targets.

Skills Required | Critical Competencies:

• Business priority setting:

• A hands-on approach toSIOP (Demand or Supply or Inventory or Materials or Customerserviceoroperations)withthe ability to communicate at all levels in the businesswhile attending toaddressingday-to-day issues.

• Detail-orientedand organized incommunicating progress and status

• Focuses ondrivingchange by prioritizingmost important and relevant topicsbased on theimpact on results

• Teamwork

• Skilledat working with teams of people with disparate opinions and agendas to build a sense of team goals

• Accountablefor accuracy in theSIOP reportingprocesstaking careful consideration ofprioritization based uponItem master, itemplanningandERPtransactional data

• Communication

• Prepares andpotentiallyrunsprojectimprovement status meetings with cross-functional teams

• Prepares training material andarranges fortraining sessions with various team members

• Processand DataOrientation

• Clearly understands a high volume of data and able to interpret and present to support decision making

• Experience inestablishingSIOPprocesses anddrivingchangeto bring in newefficiencies.

• Experience in usingproblem-solvingtoolsuchasOracle AnalyticCloud,OBIEE,SAPHana,tableau, R analyticsetc. to develop reportingand techniquesto createvisualizations

SmarterTogether

• Collaborating at Sensata means working with some of the world’s most talented people in an enriching environment that is constantly pushing towards the next best thing

• Employees work across functions, countries and cultures gaining new perspectives through mutual respect and open communication

• As OneSensata, we are working together to make things work together

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