Senior Principal Demand Planning - Chicago

Your impact
To ensure we have the right parts in the right place at the right time, we need a dynamic, cross-functional leader with strong analytical skills who can evaluate complex problems with multiple variables. The person in this role needs to be equally comfortable managing complex supply chain issue, with significant impact from technical engineering decisions and significant interface with Financial Planning, Accounting, and SOX compliance. Critical thinking, modeling, and driving economic and production outcomes cross functionally with our Product, PMO, and Industrialization teams are key attributes that will make for a successful fit. When new products launch, this is the role that will model the supply plan. When parts get old, this role is key to making sure that we keep working parts on active aircraft, otherwise, there is no revenue! The person in this role will also need to be comfortable operating in multiple environments, from dealing with production issues to making presentations to executive management.
What you will do

• Lead the cross-functional development of critical annual budgets for acquisition of new parts for aerospace terminal installations on various aircraft, development of the annual repair plan for critical avionic and aircraft parts (taking into account technical trends, financial constraints, and workscope management.) In a typical year, spend on new parts exceeds $150MM and spend on repairs falls on the range of $20-30MM.
• Collaborates with other Supply Chain stakeholders to ensure that critical spare parts are available to support airline customer operations and to preserve Intelsat revenue. Works with suppliers to ensure that the configuration of parts that are undergoing repairs matches demand.
• Works closely with Finance to create SOX-required quarterly excess and obsolete inventory analyses and recommendations, and explicitly works to incorporate strategies to reduce excess/obsolete inventories into annual purchase/repair plans. Drives meetings to review recommendations with senior Finance and Operations executives.
• Make quick decisions based on data analysis related to changing parts requirements due to reliability gaps or changes in product planning
• Create part specific supply chain plans for new part introduction, sparing and failures, obsolescence, and reliability improvements
• Create vendor specific forecasts for the procurement team to support vendor negotiations for price, capacity, and other key contract terms
• Manage the automated Material Resource Planning (MRP) process in the company's ERP to give clear signals to suppliers, purchasing and procurement teams
• Manage the continuous improvement of our MRP tool so that it can handle the complexities related to FAA regulations
• Publish a clear set of rules around which customers can use which parts (and potentially which specific revisions) based on certification authority and customer approvals. Interfaces closely with Industrialization and Engineering to accomplish this objective.
• Provide clear signals to our Customer Operations and Master Production Scheduling teams so the right parts are used for the intended purpose to eliminate wasteful spending
• Drives inventory analyses in company operations locations (Amsterdam and Itasca, principally) to ensure proper stacking/holding of inventory globally to support operations.

Your required experience/skills

• Advanced excel modelling skills, including regression and statistical functions
• 7-10 years of experience in a demand planning, statistical analysis, or materials planning supply chain role
• Experience with ERP systems, experience with related databases that feed into MRP is a big plus
• Capable of interpreting complex FAA/Regulatory rules and how they apply to each Bill of Material for each customer and how that impacts our supply positions
• Experience with both Product Launch and EOL/Obsolescence planning mechanics
• Four-year college degree in Supply Chain, Finance, or Engineering, related graduate level experience a plus
• Capable of interpreting Engineering drawings and configuration databases/paperwork - ability to work constructively with members of the technical community
• Experience presenting complex problems or recommendations to senior audiences
• High level of initiative and accountability
• High levels of Quantitative Analysis skills
• This role is subject to ITAR; candidates must be a US Person (this includes US Citizen, Permanent Resident or Protected Individual such as an asylee or refugee).

Your success in this role will look like:

• Strong Collaborative Relationships with key cross functional teams
• Initiative to identify, analyze, and resolve issues on your own
• Customer focus and flexibility to adjust plans for the benefit of the company while protecting profitability
• Big picture mentality while maintaining accuracy and necessary levels of detail
• Communication skills are concise and clear, important to get to the point

It would be nice if you had:

• Experience with MRP tools
• Experience with Oracle Supply Chain and/or Navision Dynamics/Business Central
• Experience in the airline industry

How we support you:

• Hybrid work environment offering up to two days per week work from home (for eligible positions)
• Development opportunities supporting professional growth championed by our dedicated Learning & Development team. 20-25% of our positions are hired internally!
• Ways to get involved: satellite launch parties, company connect events, charitable activities, team social events, recognition programs, and employee resource groups.
• Wide range of benefits and perks to help you stay healthy, happy, and productive. These include paid leave programs, medical, tuition reimbursement, and retirement benefits, employee wellness offerings, and more!

These benefits are designed to support your overall well-being and help you succeed in your role.
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We're committed to fostering a culture and environment of diversity, inclusion and respect - a place where everyone can show up fully as themselves and do their best work every day. We're a technology leader committed to advancing diverse, inclusive teams - where belonging is rooted in our culture. Intelsat has an established Diversity & Inclusion Council and Employee Resource Groups. Intelsat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate based upon race, color, religion, sex, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, pregnancy, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
While it is important to note that meeting the minimum qualifications is a fundamental requirement for consideration, if you are enthusiastic about this role and are unsure how well your experience aligns with these requirements, we encourage you to apply. Our recruitment team will assess your application and determine if your skills and qualifications meet the essential criteria for this role or whether there might be another role within our organization that is a better match.
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