Senior Logistical Planner

Requisition ID# 166609

Job Category: Procurement / Supply Chain

Job Level: Individual Contributor

Business Unit: Engineering, Planning & Strategy

Work Type: Hybrid

Job Location: Oakland

Department Overview

The Materials Planning team is the material supply and demand planning arm of the greater Supply Chain organization. The team is focused on forecasting material needs for the various PG&E functional areas (FA) to ensure adequate inventory is available to support new business construction, maintenance, and wildfire mitigation 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 $730M of material inventory across 5 distribution centers.

Position Summary

This position is responsible for planning, setting, and managing the inventory levels at all materials locations, while working to align demand and supply plan forecasts to ensure sufficient material is on hand and on order to fulfill functional area job needs.

This position is hybrid, working from your remote office and Oakland. You will be required to go to the office 1 day per week.

PG&E is providing the salary range that can reasonably be expected for this position at the time of thejob posting. This salary range is specific to the locality of the job. The actual salary paid to an individual will bebased on multiple factors, including, but not limited to, internal equity, specific skills, education, licenses or certifications, experience,market value, and geographic location.The decisionwill be made on a case-by-casebasis related tothese factors. This job is also eligible to participate inPG&E's discretionary incentive compensation programs.

Pay Range display:

Bay Area - $85,000 to $116,600

Responsibilities:

• Oversee supply planning function for a complex and diverse set of materials exceeding $50M in annual throughput.
• Maintain SAP planning parameters in alignment with forecasts that achieve target fill rate and inventory turnover performance.
• Follow up with Project Managers and Field Engineers to assure that purchase requisitions are submitted with adequate lead time for delivery, purchase orders are placed in a timely fashion through SAP and follow material through the delivery.
• Closely coordinate and communicate allocation plans with functional areas in the event of material shortages.
• Partner with our demand planning principal and use gathered intelligence to work with suppliers to secure production reservations to assure that reliable sources of supply are maintained.
• Provide off hours material procurement and expediting support during storms and other emergencies.
• 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:

• Master's degree in business, supply chain management, or MBA
• Demonstrated ability to work on multiple issues and tasks
• Strong interpersonal skills to effectively interact with all teams, areas and levels of business affecting the material planning process

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Access, PowerPoint
• APICS-American Production and Inventory Control Society CPIM-Certified Production and Inventory Management certification
• Possess Six Sigma training/certification
• Utility industry experience a plus

• Knowledge of SAP ERP, APO, Oracle Demand Planning, or other software related to materials requirements planning