What are the responsibilities and job description for the Lead Time Planner position at Koch?
Description
Molex brings together innovation and technology to deliver electronic solutions to customers worldwide. With a presence in more than 40 countries, Molex offers a full suite of solutions and services for many markets, including data communications, consumer electronics, industrial, automotive, commercial vehicle and medical. We're looking to add a Lead Time Planner to our dynamic team in Lisle!
What You Will Do In Your Role
- Responsible for the process of ensuring that the published customer lead times support the product strategy outlined by the Product Manager and that actual lead times match those given to the customer
- Collaborate with Product Management to align on Lead Time competitiveness in the market, understanding product strategy of published lead time to meet, beat or lag competition
- Evaluate financial tradeoffs of lead times (impacts on revenue/profitability/market share/customer satisfaction against cost to serve)
- Evaluate inventory risk of pre-positioning/excess build against loss of sales/customer
- Determine solution and associated costs to meet product strategy
- Collaborate with Product Management for approval of final customer lead time
- Collaborate with Sales to align on working with customers to set appropriate lead time expectations, terms and conditions and compliance
- Establish formal, repeatable process to assess existing items and define for new product introductions
- Consider a centralized capability using scalable analytics to support division led decision making process
- Utilize analytics to determine supply strategy and associated costs to meet product strategy
- Utilize demand planning outputs as an input to planning and execution processes
The Experience You Will Bring
Requirements:
- Bachelor's Degree
- 2-3 years working experience in supply chain, and/or inventory planning
What Will Put You Ahead
- Previous S&OP experience
- Expert level usage of Excel
Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.
At Koch companies, we are entrepreneurs. This means we openly challenge the status quo, find new ways to create value and get rewarded for our individual contributions. Any compensation range provided for a role is an estimate determined by available market data. The actual amount may be higher or lower than the range provided considering each candidate’s knowledge, skills, abilities, and geographic location. If you have questions, please speak to your recruiter about the flexibility and detail of our compensation philosophy.
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