Buyer/Planner

Job Description Our mission is to power a brighter future together. One that is safe, smart, and sustainable. Key responsibilities include: Analyze forecasted demand across various sales channels, products, and warehouse locations to develop and execute weekly supply plans. These plans should align with Vivint’s financial goals and Supply Chain KPIs. Fully understand the relationship between the supply plan, lead time, safety stock, and production capacity to build a successful plan to support sales, while achieving and exceeding inventory turn targets. Regularly analyze open purchase orders, purchase order adjustments, and changes in demand to adjust the supply plan accordingly, while working with the appropriate groups for corrective action. Partner with Strategic Sourcing teams to ensure timely and accurate supply, understanding of critical needs, and improvements in contracts and terms to support business goals. In addition, provide NPI cutover strategies to Sourcing and Product Management to reduce E&O and increase sales opportunities. Partner with the Sales Organization on historical and future changes in demand, through sales promotions, price adjustments, and business strategy shifts. Partner with Field Planning to understand changes in demand at the micro level, using trends from Market Intelligence to predict macro changes in demand and changes to the supply plan. Identify and recommend process improvement opportunities to management, with the ability to lead projects from start to finish. Ability to do scenario planning with many complex and ambiguous variables, in order to drive to the optimal supply plan with the least risk Procure goods and materials consistent with material and delivery requirements Supplier negotiations related to the continuity of supply Manage master data, purchase order execution, and other tasks in the day-to-day management of obtaining finished goods Support in supplier quality issues Maintain supplier relationships that encourage participation and contributions (processes, ideas, and improvements) and initiate actions required to maintain their performance at a high level Primary liaison between supplier and Vivint when quality and supply issues arise Participate with Strategic Sourcing to measure supplier performance Manage the buying of certain electronic finished goods to support distribution to field technicians without interruption Support and lead continuous improvement projects Resolve supply constraints and ensure suppliers’ capability/capacity to meet our needs. Help lead supplier scorecard evaluation and coach suppliers as needed. Who you will work with: Strategic Sourcing Commodity Field Planning External Suppliers Logistics Product Product Marketing Quality Engineering Receiving and Warehousing Education/Experience preferred: Education: BS degree in Business, Supply Chain Management, Engineering, or a related field Experience: 5 combined years of purchasing, material management, and demand planning experience preferred SAP experience desirable In-depth knowledge of Supply Chain processes and best practices Strong communication, negotiating, and presentation skills Learn about the Vivint Culture and why it’s a great place to grow your career! Here are some highlighted perks you should ask us about: Free daily lunch and drinks on-site Paid holidays and flexible paid time away Employee/Friends/Family Discounts Onsite health clinic, gym, gaming tables Medical/dental/vision/life coverage & 24/7 Medical Hotline 401(k) Employer Match Employee Resource Groups WORKING CONDITIONS: This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets, and fax machines. SAFETY: Vivint enforces a safety culture whereby all employees have the responsibility for continuously developing and maintaining a safe working environment. Each new employee is responsible for completing all training requirements. Additionally, the employee must accept they have responsibility for maintaining the safety of themselves, their co-workers, and the public. Employees must adhere to all written and verbal instructions, promptly report and correct all hazards or unsafe conditions, question non-standard operations or unmitigated hazards, and provide feedback to management on all safety issues. If you are an active Vivint employee, please apply through Workday by searching "Find Jobs". Vivint is a leading smart home company in North America. Vivint delivers an integrated smart home system with in-home consultation, professional installation and support delivered by its Smart Home Pros, as well as 24/7 customer care and monitoring. Dedicated to redefining the home experience with intelligent products and services, Vivint serves more than 1.8 million customers throughout the U.S. and Canada. Vivint was named by Forbes as the “Best Home Security Company of 2022” as well as making Forbes’ list of “Best Employers for Diversity 2022”. The company is the largest tech employer in Utah while being Newsweek’s Top 100 “Most Loved Workplaces” in the US for 2021 and is on Inc Magazine’s Best Led Companies list. For more information, visit www.vivint.com. Vivint Smart Home is aware and addressing the rapidly evolving situation with the COVID-19 virus. We want you to know that we are monitoring the virus and impact closely and taking actions to keep our workplace healthy and minimize disruptions to our customers. Now more than ever we appreciate the importance of coming together to protect families and their homes. Some of these measures that relate to candidates include virtual interviews, and work-from-home opportunities. We value you as a candidate and hope you and your families stay healthy and appreciate your support in keeping our global community safe during these unprecedented times. Thank you.