Raw Material Planning Manager

Axalta Coating Systems Ltd. (“Axalta,” or the “Company”), is a leading global manufacturer, marketer and distributor of high-performance coatings systems. With over a 150-year heritage in the coatings industry, Axalta is known for manufacturing high-quality products with well-recognized brands supported by market-leading technology and customer service.

Over the course of the Company’s history, Axalta has remained at the forefront of the industry by continually developing innovative coatings technologies designed to enhance the performance and appearance of customers’ products, while improving the customer’s productivity and profitability. Axalta’s diverse global footprint of 50 manufacturing facilities, four technology centers, 47 customer training centers and more than 14,000 team members allows the Company to meet the needs of customers in over 130 countries. Axalta serves its customer base through an extensive sales force and technical support organization, as well as through approximately 4,000 independent, locally-based distributors. The Company’s scale and strong local presence are critical to its success, allowing leverage of the technology portfolio and customer relationships globally while meeting customer demands locally.

Axalta operates its business in two operating segments: Performance Coatings and Transportation Coatings, serving four end markets, including: Refinish, Industrial, Light Vehicle and Commercial Vehicle, across the following four regions: North America, EMEA, Latin America and Asia-Pacific.

• Delivers raw material supply plans that enable the detailed production schedule without interruption.
• Manages local supply issues with vendors to find solutions that enable the schedule
• Promptly escalates to the appropriate Procurement Category Manager and the Refinish SC Mgr. when a local solution can’t be found with a raw material or service supplier.
• Leads the multi-functional team during the month-end and quarter-end daily process to meet the EBIT goals of Axalta.
• Fully understands the mrp planning system and provides the first line escalation support for the mrp planners.
• Ensures mrp planning master data is properly maintained to facilitate effective mrp plans.
• Develops and maintains productive and professional relationships with our vendors that reflect Axalta values and promote mutually beneficial outcomes.
• Provides regular and accurate supplier schedules (demand forecasts) over an 18-month horizon to all vendors.
• Understands agreed supplier business policies (e.g. min. order quantities, quantity cost breaks) and sets up mrp planning data to meet agreed requirements and balance inventory and service goals.
• Proactively identifies potential supply gaps and takes action to address them before a supply disruption.
• Works with supply planners and master schedulers to ensure supply for new product launches and to prevent stranded inventory for product sunsets.
• KPIs: Supplier OTIF, Inventory IDS and DFC, Stock-outs, Stock-lows.

• 5 years mrp or supply planning experience in a manufacturing environment.
• 5 years’ experience with planning systems such as OMP, APO, SAP IBP, Kinaxis, etc.
• Learns new systems readily and quickly.
• Demonstrated ability to identify process improvement opportunities and take action to deliver improvement in cost, supply and/or elimination of NVA work.
• Demonstrated ability to collaborate across functional areas including manufacturing, SC, procurement, customer service and finance to achieve shared goals
• Demonstrated ability to effectively lead cross-functional teams during supply shortages and find solutions.
• Demonstrated and effective people leadership and development skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain Management, Engineering, Business Administration, preferred.
• ASCM (APICS) CPIM or CSCP certification preferred.