Will “Supply Planner” be Replaced By Robots? 🤔
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Job Description
Direct or coordinate production, purchasing, warehousing, distribution, or financial forecasting services or activities to limit costs and improve accuracy, customer service, or safety. Examine existing procedures or opportunities for streamlining activities to meet product distribution needs. Direct the movement, storage, or processing of inventory.
Job Details
- The SOC (Standard Occupational Classification) code is 11-9199.04
☝️ Information based on the reference occupation “Supply Chain Managers”.
Also Known As…
- Supply Chain Managers
- Supply Chain Vice President
- Supply Chain Manager
- Supply Chain Director
- Global Supply Chain Director
- Supply Chain Systems Manager
- Supply Chain Program Manager
- Supply Chain Procurement Manager
- Supply Chain Generalist
- Supply Chain Development Manager
- Supply Chain Design Manager
- Materials Planner
Tasks for “Supply Planner”
- Investigate or review the carbon footprints and environmental performance records of current or potential storage and distribution service providers.
- Design or implement supply chains that support environmental policies.
- Manage activities related to strategic or tactical purchasing, material requirements planning, inventory control, warehousing, or receiving.
- Develop or implement procedures or systems to evaluate or select suppliers.
- Review or update supply chain practices in accordance with new or changing environmental policies, standards, regulations, or laws.
- Negotiate prices and terms with suppliers, vendors, or freight forwarders.
- Design, implement, or oversee product take back or reverse logistics programs to ensure products are recycled, reused, or responsibly disposed.
- Identify opportunities to reuse or recycle materials to minimize consumption of new materials, minimize waste, or to convert wastes to by-products.
- Design or implement plant warehousing strategies for production materials or finished products.
- Select transportation routes to maximize economy by combining shipments or consolidating warehousing and distribution.
- Diagram supply chain models to help facilitate discussions with customers.
- Meet with suppliers to discuss performance metrics, to provide performance feedback, or to discuss production forecasts or changes.
- Assess appropriate material handling equipment needs and staffing levels to load, unload, move, or store materials.
- Collaborate with other departments, such as procurement, engineering, and quality assurance, to identify or qualify new suppliers.
- Locate or select biodegradable, non-toxic, or other environmentally friendly raw materials for manufacturing processes.
- Confer with supply chain planners to forecast demand or create supply plans that ensure availability of materials or products.
- Analyze information about supplier performance or procurement program success.
- Define performance metrics for measurement, comparison, or evaluation of supply chain factors, such as product cost or quality.
- Develop material costs forecasts or standard cost lists.
- Appraise vendor manufacturing ability through on-site visits and measurements.
- Document physical supply chain processes, such as workflows, cycle times, position responsibilities, or system flows.
- Participate in the coordination of engineering changes, product line extensions, or new product launches to ensure orderly and timely transitions in material or production flow.
- Develop procedures for coordination of supply chain management with other functional areas, such as sales, marketing, finance, production, or quality assurance.
- Monitor forecasts and quotas to identify changes or to determine their effect on supply chain activities.
- Design or implement supply chains that support business strategies adapted to changing market conditions, new business opportunities, or cost reduction strategies.
- Evaluate and select information or other technology solutions to improve tracking and reporting of materials or products distribution, storage, or inventory.
- Implement new or improved supply chain processes.
- Monitor supplier performance to assess ability to meet quality and delivery requirements.
- Analyze inventories to determine how to increase inventory turns, reduce waste, or optimize customer service.
- Conduct or oversee the conduct of life cycle analyses to determine the environmental impacts of products, processes, or systems.
Related Technology & Tools
- Personal computers
- Radio frequency identification RFID scanners
- Laser facsimile machines
- Laptop computers
- SAP APO
- Microsoft Dynamics
- Microsoft Office
- Oracle PeopleSoft
- SAP SCM
- Oracle e-Business Suite Supply Chain Management
- Microsoft SharePoint
- Infor SCM
- CDC Supply Chain
- Aldata Warehouse Management
- Master scheduling software
- Lawson S3 Supply Chain Management
- Simulation and modeling software
- Microsoft PowerPoint
- Dex Warehouse
- HighJump Warehouse Advantage
- Microsoft Project
- Infor Lawson Supply Chain Management
- Manhattan Scale
- Manhattan Supply Chain Process Platform
- Red Prarie Warehouse Management
- Graphics software
- IBM ILOG LogicNet Plus XE
- Microsoft Access
- Adexa Supply Chain Planning
- i2 Supply Chain Visibility
- IFS Applications for Supply Chain Management
- i2 Collaborative Supply Execution
- Oracle Inventory
- Microsoft Excel
- Swisslog WarehouseManager
- Microsoft Outlook
- IBS MRP
- Minitab
- Microsoft Word
- SAP
- QAD MFG Pro
- i2 Intelligence
- Purchasing software
- JDA Master Planning
- Structured query language SQL
- Epicor WMS
- Microsoft Dynamics AX
- HighJump Software Supply Chain Advantage
- Warehouse management system WMS
- Microsoft Visio
- IBM ILOG Inventory Analyst
- Oracle Hyperion
- IBS Supply Chain Management
- Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne
- SAP BusinessObjects Crystal Reports
- Epicor SRM
- MEDITECH software