Senior Supply Chain Planning Manager

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Summary

Salary: Competitive Team: Planning and Retail Operations Location: Canada - Toronto Office

About Us:

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We're growing fast and our ambition is huge - more categories, more locations and more people.

Dyson is a global technology enterprise. We're growing fast and our ambition is huge - more categories, more locations and more people. Dyson launched in Canada in 2006 with our headquarters in the heart of Toronto, where we've been recognized as one of the top employers to work for. In recent years, we've expanded our reach and grown exponentially across many teams, from digital and direct, to field sales, and our growing number of Dyson Demo stores.

About the Role:

• Manage Demand, Supply, and Inbound Teams in Canada for both Finished Goods and Spares & Accessories
• Lead S&OP/IBP cycle in Canada

• Influence senior management on demand and supply decisions at S&OP Consensus monthly meetings.

• Manage communication of supply constraints at S&OP meetings calling out risks, opportunities, and strategies to follow
• Represent Canada in monthly global supply and demand meetings as well as in Regional (Americas) alignment meetings
• Develop and coach the Demand and Supply teams promoting growth, engagement, and high performance as the company experiences growth year over year
• Partner with Supply Chain headquarters to set inventory targets and demand /supply KPI's
• Drive improvement in demand led planning activities (i.e., monthly forecasting cycle with sales, forecast accuracy)
• Drive improvement in supply planning activities such as on time arrivals, inbound tracking, inventory, and communication/reporting with our 3rd party forwarders
• Liaise between Dyson Supply Chain headquarters, local sales, marketing, and finance teams
• Lead initiatives with sales and marketing for successful yearly launches maintaining low/non- existent levels of stock for discontinuations
• Create and improve existing processes for demand and supply planning and be a strong advocate for them
• Builds strong relationships in Canada with Marketing, Sales, and Finance teams as well as with global and regional counterparts

About You:

• BA/BS required, in the area of Supply Chain or related quantitative/business discipline preferred.
• 3-7 years of experience in demand and supply management roles
• Demonstrated analytical and quantitative skills; ability to use hard detailed data and metrics to back up assumptions and develop business cases.
• Strong hands-on knowledge of all aspects of Demand and Supply planning: production, procurement, planning, forecasting, inventory management, inbound
• Is comfortable presenting in audiences that include Senior Management
• Can participate in several monthly evening calls (due to time zone differences)
• Ability to have a wide scope of responsibility and influence at a high level within the company
• Excellent communication (verbal and written) and collaboration skills
• Has the courage to explore new ideas and ways of thinking, take calculated risks, and challenge the norm while working towards best practices for the supply and demand team

• Experience in organizing/presenting information in a way that enables top management to make decisions
• Serve as an active and high performing member of the team
• Partner and actively collaborate with other team members to support new opportunities as they arise

• Relish the opportunity to pick up new activities that fall broadly in the purpose of the Supply and Demand team
• Think outside of the box, identifying opportunities for improvement
• Demonstrated ability to operate both strategically and tactically in a high-energy, fast-paced environment.
• SAP experience a plus

Dyson is an equal opportunity employer. We know that great minds don't think alike, and it takes all kinds of minds to make our technology so unique. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and employment decisions are made without regard to race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, protected veteran status or other any other dimension of diversity.