Planner – NA (Internal HP Business)

- Manages a broad range of moderately complex supply chain processes, such as inventory analysis and planning, demand management, logistics management, and import/export operations typically with a large or complex global business unit.

- Identifies opportunities for process improvement and develops recommendations.

- Independently executes the demand and supply matching activities, connecting planning to execution, and identifying issues and their impact.

- Drives backlog management.

- Tangible contributes to lean Inventory Management efforts

- Gathers demand data from country, region and account managers to synthesize information using complex analyses, and delivers demand signals to the supply base to contribute to demand forecasting.

- Coordinates or leads regional and global business unit planning teams to maintain and enhance the current business processes.

- Reviews performance metrics on a regular basis, identifying opportunities for improvement.

- Contributes to priority projects with complex analyses and assists in developing recommendations.

- Communicates requirements and guidelines to the regional and global business unit planning teams.

- Coordinates, develops, and manages a Regulatory Trade Compliance program.

- Collaborates across countries within a region.

- Ability to influence a particular business within a region.

- Typically interacts with Managers and Directors.

- Typically leads low complexity projects.

- Utilizes the full range of quantitative and qualitative business models and analyses to contribute to large projects.

Skills:

Technical

- Microsoft Applications-Excel (Intermediate/Advanced), Outlook, Power Point, Word, Access

- Operations Planning experience

- Thorough understanding of supply chain management concepts and the product life cycle

- Must be comfortable learning, understanding and navigating a variety of systems/databases and the inter-dependencies between those systems.

- Solid Math skills and ability to analyze data.

Business

- Work well with others/team player

- Excellent communication skills whether through e-mail, phone, or face-to-face

- Ability to work on multiple tasks/projects and prioritize duties

- Detail-oriented, but don’t lose sight of the big picture

- Work well with ambiguity

- Resourceful (able to find answers if not immediately available)

- Independent (requires minimal management guidance)

Education: BE/Degree in Business Administration in Supply Chain, or related area

Please send your resume to shriharsha.parampalli@hp.com