Demand/Supply Planner

Interface is a global flooring solutions company and sustainability leader, offering an integrated portfolio of carpet tile and resilient flooring products that includes Interface carpet tile and LVT, nora rubber flooring, and FLOR premium area rugs for commercial and residential spaces. Made with purpose and without compromise, Interface flooring brings more sophisticated design, more performance, more innovation, and more climate progress to interior spaces. A decades-long pioneer in sustainability, Interface remains "all in" on becoming a restorative business. Today, the company is focusing on carbon reductions, not offsets, as it works toward achieving its verified science-based targets by 2030 and its goal to become a carbon negative enterprise by 2040.

Position summary:
The Demand/Supply Planner is responsible for creating and managing the weekly Supply Plan for MTO carpet MFG in Troup County facilities as well as MRF flooring imported from vendors. Supply Planner is responsible for creating runs, allocation of available and future available inventory and assigning & maintaining PPD on customer orders to meet the customer's requested dates. This role is responsible for reconciliation of supply and demand using rough cut capacity planning. This role will also work with Scheduling team to learn the master production scheduling process as well as the Import Supply Planner to learn the procurement process for imported goods. Responsible for Identifying and communicating capacity issues to other internal departments and driving necessary actions to balance backlog to available capacity and inventory. The Demand & Supply Planner is responsible for maintaining accurate data inputs for rough cut capacity tools. This role will update PPD on orders to ensure Customer Service has accurate and timely finish dates to communicate to Customers.

Educational requirements:
College degree preferred; APICS certification a plus

Skills and experience:

• Two to three years of Planning & Customer Service experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Demonstrated successful operation of a supply chain flow to meet established service level and inventory goals.
• Ability to communicate across all levels of the organization effectively with internal and external Global business partners.
• Ability to understand complex manufacturing processes.
• Computer proficiency required in Word and Power Point applications. Expert level proficiency in Excel required. JDE and AS400 experience is a plus.
• Employ strong communication skills to effectively gain clarity, understanding, and commitment.
• Demonstrate organizational skills by working in a systematic, methodical, and orderly manner.
• Ability to multi-task effectively to meet conflicting deadlines.
  

Essential duties:

• Manage and execute the overall demand & supply planning process including rough cut capacity planning, inventory allocation and order promising for customer orders for carpet manufactured in Troup County facilities and MRF flooring imported from vendors
• Drive continuous improvement of the planning process.
• Communicate with internal business partners to facilitate and direct the day-to-day operational execution of the Planning process.
• Work with Manufacturing, Planning, Scheduling and Customer Service to ensure changes to customer carpet & MRF flooring demand & customer planned promise dates are communicated in a timely manner to both customers and manufacturing.
• Cross-train on all Planning & Scheduling processes to be able to provide back-up to key Planning activities when needed.

Physical demands:

Occasional minor lifting (boxes, tiles, etc.)

Work environment:

Normal work hours 8:00am to 5:00pm Monday through Friday; weekend work also required
Direct interaction with manufacturing facilities/machinery in uncontrolled environment, searching racks for lost yarn, rolls etc.

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