HPE Aruba Demand Planner

Job description

Job ID 1029004 Date posted 7/12/2018 Primary Location Heredia, Provincia de Heredia, Costa Rica Job Category Supply Chain and Operations Schedule Full time Shift No shift premium (Costa Rica)

At Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE), we live by three core values that drive our business: Partner. Innovate. Act. These values combine to help us create important work all over the world to advance how people live and work.

Our new innovative IT services organization is HPE PointNext.  We have the expertise to advise, integrate, and accelerate our customers’ outcomes from their digital transformation.

Responsible for planning, scheduling and coordinating demand management, business processes and delivery of products and services to the company policy and country regulatory requirements. Partners with stakeholders to identify/implement opportunities for business process improvement to effectively manage costs, integrate new and existing businesses, and adapt to changes in the business and regulatory environment. Time horizon is typically focused on twelve months for forecasting. Leading and working with cross-functional teams, creates and implements plans that enable the execution of business strategies. Participates in the process by which demand signals are developed, validated for alignment with transition plans, supply constraints identified, and an executable plan defined that meets financial and market share goals. Scope includes business execution processes related to lifecycle planning. Partners cross-functionally to develop, track and manage business metrics for the organization (may include customer availability, service levels, on-time delivery, supplier response time (SRTs), supply chain costs and inventory.

Responsibilities:

·  Manages a broad range of moderately complex supply chain processes, such as demand management, forecasting.
·  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.
·  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.
·  Reviews performance metrics on a regular basis, identifying opportunities for improvement.
·  Communicates requirements and guidelines to the regional and global business unit planning teams.

Education and Experience Required:

·  First level university degree or equivalent experience; may have advanced university degree.
·  Typically 2-4 years of experience in a supply chain function.

Knowledge and Skills:

·  Strong understanding of supply chain processes (plan, source, make deliver).
·  Very strong analytical and data modeling skills.
·  Very Strong communication and influencing skills; mastery in English and local language.
·  Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office skills (Excel, PowerPoint, etc.), statistical analysis, and financial modeling.
·  Strong business acumen and technical knowledge within area of responsibility.
·  Understanding of the company's overall supply chain strategy.
·  Developed leadership skills including team-building and conflict resolution and management.
·  Team work skills and social working.
·  Ability to work under pressure, meeting deadlines.

Hewlett Packard Enterprise is EEO F/M/Protected Veteran/ Individual with Disabilities.