Spares Demand Planner M/F

Job description

Entity

Safran is an international high-technology group, operating in the aircraft propulsion and equipment, space and defense markets. Safran has a global presence, with more than 58,000 employees and sales of 16.5 billion euros in 2017. Working alone or in partnership, Safran holds world or European leadership positions in its core markets. Safran is listed on the Euronext Paris stock exchange, and is part of the CAC 40 and Euro Stoxx 50 indices.
In February 2018, Safran took control of Zodiac Aerospace, significantly expanding its aircraft equipment activities. Zodiac Aerospace has 32,500 employees and generated sales of 5.1 billion euros for its fiscal year ended August 31, 2017.

Safran is ranked among the Top 100 Global Innovators by Thomson Reuters and is featured on the "Happy at work" rankings. The Group places fourth on the Universum ranking for the favorite companies of newly-qualified engineers in France.

Safran Landing Systems is the world leader in aircraft landing and braking systems. As a partner to 30 airframers working in the fields of commercial, regional, business and military transport, the company provides support to 27,000 aircraft completing more than 54,000 landings a day.  

Job details

Main domain/Job field

Program / Customer Relations - Customer support and services

Job title

Spares Demand Planner M/F

Employment type

Permanent

Professional category

Professional, Engineer & Manager

Part time / Full time

Full-time

Job description

Job description

Safran Landing Systems in Gloucester is offering the challenging, but exciting opportunity to join our Customer Service Team as a Spares Demand Planner. The role is to provide a stable, accurate spares demand plan using demand history and market intelligence, and together with appropriate safety stock levels, achieve target customer service levels and optimised inventory in line with business objectives.
Key Activities
•Develop demand forecast and demand plan using statistical analysis
•Work with Product Support Manager, Supply Planning and Sales team to integrate market intelligence into the forecasts
•Support quarterly forecast review per program
•Pro-activity complete in depth data analysis to identify areas of concern and propose recommendations for improvement
•Scenario planning : modelling potential outcomes
•Measure and report forecast accuracy and variance
•Lead root-cause analysis into major forecast variances
•Capture alerts and weak signals where forecasts deviate from initial assumptions
•Validate forecast, share and review with supply planning team and operations
•Communicate to all levels of the business major changes to the demand plan
•Identify, test and implement improvement initiatives to the demand planning process
•Manage data within Forecasting tool (Syncron) to ensure accuracy
•Optimise inventory through sound and stable demand plans
Occasional travel to France and Canada are a requirement of this role.

Additional description

Desired profile

Skills and Experience
•Demand Planning / forecasting theory / life cycle management
•Good understanding of forecasting tool and SAP
•MRP II best practices
•Programme Knowledge
•Supply Chain Principles
•Analytical skills & data manipulation / interrogation / synthesis
•Communication skills and presentation of data at the appropriate level
•Organisation
•Customer oriented and committed
•Time management and prioritisation
•Attitude: Proactive, autonomous, thorough, perseverant
Tools
•Statistical forecasting tools / advanced planning systems
•Desktop computer software MS Excel, PowerPoint
•MRP / ERP systems

Travel specifictity

Travel, specifically to Toronto and France are a requirement of this role.

Candidate skills & requirements

EXPERTISE
• Demand Planning / forecasting theory
• Good understanding of forecasting tool and SAP
• MRP II best practices
• Programme Knowledge
• Supply Chain Principles

SKILLS
• Analytical skills & data manipulation / interrogation / synthesis
• Communication skills and presentation of data at the appropriate level
• Organisation
• Customer oriented and committed
• Time management and prioritisation
• Attitude: Proactive, autonomous, thorough, perseverant

TOOLS :
• Desktop computer software MS Excel, PowerPoint
• Management tools : Statistical Forecasting Tool/ Advanced Planning System, SAP