Senior Planner / Planner - Malaysia (On site)

Cricut makes smart cutting machines that work with an easy-to-use app, an ever-growing collection of materials, and crafting essentials to help you design and personalize almost anything.

As a Senior Planner / Planner, you will translate the demand forecast into an executable manufacturing plan, considering production lead times, inventory targets, capacity, material availability, and open supply.

Responsibilities:

• Simulate and recommend PO quantities by considering demand forecasts, inventory targets, lead times, open supply, supplier capacity, product and regional priorities, and potential supply risks.
• Monitor weekly contract-manufacturer supply commitments against purchase orders, production plans, and shipment schedules; identify gaps and follow up on recovery actions.
• Identify and escalate supply shortages, delayed shipments, excess inventory, and other risks in a timely manner; coordinate mitigation plans with Demand Planning, Sourcing, Manufacturing, and Logistics teams.
• Support new-product introductions, product transitions, and phase-outs by ensuring supply plans and inventory strategies are aligned with the product roadmap.
• Maintain supply-planning data in planning tools and ERP systems, including open PO status, inventory assumptions, and supplier commitments.
• Support the S&OP process by preparing Supply inputs, highlighting supply changes and identifying risks.
• Cultivate strong relationships with suppliers monitoring KPIs, understanding their constraints and bottlenecks.
• Analyze data to derive meaningful insights and make informed decisions that optimize the supply chain performance.
• Build effective working relationships with Demand Planning, Sourcing, Product Management, and Operations teams.
• Support for improvement in our end-to-end planning methods, processes and tools.

Qualifications:

• Degree or higher in an analytical discipline (supply chain, finance, economics, mathematics, statistics, data science, etc.)
• 5+ years proven experience in supply planning or similar role within supply chain management.
• Experience in ERP, MRP and capacity planning required.
• Strong analytical skills and proficiency in data analysis.
• Data visualization experience (Tableau/Domo etc.) preferred.
• High volume electronics manufacturing industry Preferred.
• Advanced Excel skills required.
• Be a self-starter that acts like an owner by seeking to learn/understand the business, actively pursuing opportunities for revenue growth and cost savings.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.