Senior Logistical Planner, Flexible Location, CA

Requisition ID # 78782 

Job Category : Procurement / Supply Chain 

Job Level : Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Supply Chain/Materials

Job Location : Alameda; Alta; Angels Camp; Antioch; Auberry; Auburn; Avenal; Avila Beach; Bakersfield; Balch Camp; Bear Valley; Belden; Bellota; Belmont; Benicia; Berkeley; Brentwood; Brisbane; Buellton; Burney; Buttonwillow; Calistoga; Campbell; Canyon Dam; Capitola; Caruthers; Chico; Clearlake; Clovis; Coalinga; Colusa; Concord; Concord; Corcoran; Cottonwood; Cupertino; Daly City; Danville; Davis; Dinuba; Downieville; Dublin; Emeryville; Eureka; Fairfield; Folsom; Fort Bragg; Fortuna; Fremont; French Camp; Fresno; Fresno; Fulton; Garberville; Geyserville; Gilroy; Goodyear; Grass Valley; Guerneville; Half Moon Bay; Hayward; Hinkley; Hollister; Holt; Houston; Huron; Jackson; Kerman; King City; Lakeport; Lemoore; Lincoln; Linden; Livermore; Lodi; Loomis; Los Banos; Lower Lake; Madera; Magalia; Manteca; Manton; Mariposa; Martell; Marysville; Maxwell; Menlo Park; Merced; Meridian; Millbrae; Milpitas; Modesto; Monterey; Montgomery Creek; Morgan Hill; Morro Bay; Moss Landing; Mountain View; Napa; Needles; Newark; Newman; Non-PG&E Non-US Off Shore Work Location; Non-PG&E US Work Location; Novato; Oakdale; Oakhurst; Oakland; Oakley; Olema; Orinda; Orland; Oroville; Palo Alto; Paradise; Parkwood; Paso Robles; Petaluma; Pioneer; Pismo Beach; Pittsburg; Placerville; Pleasant Hill; Point Arena; Potter Valley; Quincy; Rancho Cordova; Red Bluff; Redding; Richmond; Ridgecrest; Rio Vista; Rocklin; Roseville; Round Mountain; Sacramento; Salinas; San Bruno; San Carlos; San Francisco; San Francisco; San Jose; San Luis Obispo; San Mateo; San Rafael; San Ramon; San Ramon; Sanger; Santa Cruz; Santa Maria; Santa Nella; Santa Rosa; Selma; Shaver Lake; Sonoma; Sonora; South San Francisco; Springville; Stockton; Storrie; Taft; Tracy; Turlock; Twain; Ukiah; Vacaville; Vallejo; Walnut Creek; Wasco; Washington; Washington D.C.; Watsonville; West Sacramento; Wheatland; Whitmore; Willits; Willow Creek; Willows; Winters; Woodland; Yuba City

Department Overview

The Supply Chain Planning team is the material supply and demand planning arm of the greater Supply Chain organization, which is part of PG&E’s IT organization. The team is focused on forecasting material needs for the various PG&E lines of business (LOB) to ensure adequate inventory is available to support new business construction, maintenance, and restoration efforts. Aligning our people and strategies with the clients we serve facilitates better planning and ensures projects can be executed timely and on budget. The Logistical Planners at PG&E collectively manage $200M of material inventory across 5 distribution centers.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for planning, setting, and managing the inventory levels on all materials locations and is the principal point of communication with our business partners to understand and forecast demand in the short or long term.

Responsibilities:

• Oversee demand and supply planning function for a complex and diverse set of materials exceeding $50M in annual throughput.
• Develop material demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregation for multiple time horizons.
• Review and release purchase requisitions, initiate stock transfers, and expedite with vendors as needed to meet project start dates.
• Closely coordinate and communicate allocation plans in the event of material shortages.
• Provide off hours material procurement and expediting support during storms and other
• emergencies.
• Interact with program management, construction, and business finance organizations
• regularly to identify forecast drivers, refresh assumptions, and build consensus.
• Maintain SAP planning parameters in alignment with forecasts that achieve target fill rate and
• inventory turnover performance.
• Coach peers in planning concepts and lead continuous improvement efforts utilizing lean six
• sigma tools.

Qualifications

Minimum:

• 5 years of supply chain or related experience
• Bachelor’s degree in job related discipline or equivalent experience

Desired:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management, engineering, or related industry
• Possess Six Sigma training/certification
• Possess APICS training/certification
• Demonstrated ability to work in team environment
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple issues and tasks
• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint
• Strong interpersonal skills

• Demonstrate proficiency in inventory management, statistics, and forecasting methods with an understanding of their financial and operational impacts.
• Knowledge of SAP ERP, APO, Oracle Demand Planning, or other software related to demand planning
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business affecting the material planning process