Senior Supply Chain Planner

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is a world famous brand with offices across the globe. Within Fender Musical Instruments Corporation’s ("FMIC") Supply Chain team,  our mission is to support and enable the makers who fuel the pursuit of musical expression.

An American icon, Fender was born in Southern California and has built a worldwide influence extending beyond the studio and the stage. A Fender is more than an instrument, it’s a cultural symbol that resonates globally.

We are searching for a Senior Supply Chain Planner based in Scottsdale, AZ.  In this dynamic position the individual will lead supply planning for OEM Electronics, support the development of product line and regional inventory projections, as well as develop a variety of analytics either independently, in response to trends, root cause analysis, or ad hoc requests from the business.
This is a hybrid role based out of Scottsdale, AZ, however, consideration may be given to remote candidates.

Essential Functions:

• Convert global demand forecast into an executable supply plan
• Drive and execute monthly stock status meetings
• Review potential supply shortages and communicate potential risk, potential solutions to mitigate risk, and quantify business impact. Analyze capacity constraints and provide recommendations to ensure forecast is supported
• Support development and analysis of the rolling 12-18 month inventory forecast
• Serve as the back-up to the Sr. Supply Chain Analyst who owns the Inventory Planning process
• Analyze drivers of variances to inventory forecasts and result trends for reporting and incorporation into forecast updates
• Lead Safety Stock quarterly alignment meetings across all regions and product lines
• Gather and analyze data to improve forecasts and to achieve best-in class metrics
• Gather data and analyze the data to clearly articulate findings and to make recommendations
• Provide awareness to activities/trends that impact inventory and production planning and can quantify business risk
• Additional duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 3+ years of proven experience of Demand Planning, Supply Planning, and/or Inventory Planning
• Bachelor’s Degree required
• Ability to work independently to analyze data; self-starter, curious and desire to get to the root cause
• Experience with Data Science techniques
• Working knowledge of Logility (or similar) planning software (ie. SAP, o9); SAP a plus
• Strong PC skills with experience in Microsoft suite
• Commercial and financial awareness and acumen
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills in order to work with cross-functional teams at multiple levels of the organization; ability to influence others and communicate with full transparency to build trust and credibility

Fender Musical Instruments Corporation (FMIC) is one of the world’s leading musical instrument manufacturers, marketers and distributors, whose portfolio of brands includes Fender®, Squier®, Presonus®, Gretsch®, Jackson®, EVH®, Charvel®, Bigsby®, and Groove Tubes®, among others. For more information, visit www.fender.com. FMIC offers a competitive benefits package which includes medical, dental, 401(k), paid time off, and an equipment purchase program to help you get the band back together. Fender Musical Instruments Corporation is an equal opportunity employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, gender, age, color, religion, disability, veterans’ status, sexual orientation, or any other protected factor.