Specialist, Supply and Inventory Plan PE

Chemistry that Matters™

A career at SABIC provides you with an opportunity to leave a lasting positive impact to the world and yourself. From excellent health and well-being benefits to our comprehensive learning programs. We offer a wide range of benefits and offerings that recognize that our people have unique motivations and ambitions. It’s all about matching what matters to you with what matters to us. Let’s explore what matters!

As one of the world’s largest diversified chemical companies, we activate the power of human capital to address society’s future challenges. Through partnerships, we enable life-saving medical innovations and help fight world hunger. We are driving the circular economy for the benefit of communities and our planet through sustainability initiatives, such as our TRUCIRCLE™ portfolio.  Our success is built upon the collective excellence of our 32,000 employees in 50+ countries.  Our values – Inspire, Engage, Create, and Deliver – are the foundation of our success. To learn more about these and how we strive to Be the Impact, click here.

Our purpose is "Chemistry that Matters". This is what drives us to do what we do. "Chemistry" goes beyond applying science and technology to enhance the supply of essential materials to the world. It is how we work, to build long-lasting relationships of trust. “What Matters” is making a meaningful impact for the world – through the customers and communities we collaborate with, so that we succeed and grow together.

It is all about matching what matters to you with what matters to us. We are mindful about the importance of the team we are building and how our team members impact to our culture.   We believe that good ideas come from anywhere, being inclusive to diverse perspectives is stimulating, encourages innovation and is critical to our mission. Let us explore this together!

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Job Summary

Drive the balance between Demand and Supply, optimizing Inventory strategy levels in alignment with Business team (total on-hand volume, transit, turns, prime x non-prime, aging inventory).

How You Can Be the Impact

• Support Regional and Global S&OP Supply Plan and translate into a domestic / imports replenishment plan in order to stablish and secure an uninterrupted customer order process.

• Develops a variety of business cases to senior leaders (mainly SC and BU) to make demand, allocation, supply, capacity, utilization, cost, and inventory decisions.

• Coordinates best inventory strategy and execution with the lowest impact on working capital (prime, slow moving and off spec).

• In-depth understanding of customers, products, markets, and trends in order to develop high-level supply plans into actionable and realistic fulfilment and inventory strategies.

• Balances commercial and market requirements with commodities operational rigor to create optimized supply strategies for Americas region.

• Reach expected levels of Production Plan Accuracy, managing and monitoring Push Heuristic planning model in SAP.

• Active member of GCGV Grade Slate & Production Planning Committee, facilitating the connections between all partners on Annual and Monthly cycles to deliver on time: Production Grade Wheel, Production Plan, Off Take plan and 3 month rolling forecast tactical plans.

• PE Plants Outages Planning and preparations (imports and local production GCGV).

• Lead or be team member on projects to drive improvements in service, cash, or cost.

What Matters to SABIC

• BS/BA Degree.

• Minimum 5 years of relevant working experience.

• Previous experience in Supply Chain, preferably in Planning, dealing with commodity industrial business.

• Demonstrated ability to use analytical tools to solve business problems.

• Proven expertise in SAP supply planning.

• Proven exceptional communication and interpersonal/influencing skills at all levels of an organization.

• Demonstrated leadership, team building, and organizational skills

• Demonstrated proficiency in Microsoft Excel.

• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple tasks, prioritize and execute to deadlines.

• Flexible in scheduling around quarterly planning process – able to work nights / weekends during this time due to communications with global teams.

• Mandatory fluency in English; Spanish desired.        

• Lean / Six Sigma Black Belt or Green Belt certified desired.

• Experience on Commodity (PE, PP) Materials Planning, Supply Planning, or manufacturing desired.

Physical Requirements: N/A                

Eligibility Requirements

• You must submit your application for employment online to be considered. Please submit your resume using the “Apply Now/Apply” option on this page.

• You must be 18 years or older

• Applicants must be currently authorized to work for SABIC in the United States on a full-time basis.

Work Availability

Regular, predictable attendance is an essential function of this position. Applicants must be regularly available and willing to work (e.g. Monday – Friday) during assigned hours of operation and such other hours as the company determines are necessary or desirable to meet business needs

We are proud to be a diverse and an equal opportunity employer. We are fully committed to a culture of respect and inclusion.