Sr Analyst, Planning

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Executing purchase order management strategies and actions plans to focus on day-to-day execution of buying plans to achieve overall organization’s objectives
• Implement the required action plan to ensure timely and accurate processing of purchase orders to support efforts to achieve to meet supply requirements, optimize supplier performance, and control costs.
• Flag delivery risks and escalate to Procurement Manager or Supply Planner.
• Coordinate with finance on unmatched POs or invoice issues
• Validate pricing changes or part updates with suppliers.
• Create and release purchase orders from MRP outputs or manual requisitions.
• Update PO lines based on supplier confirmations (dates, pricing).
• Track open orders, expedite or de-expedite based on inventory levels or demand shifts.
• Resolve PO/invoice mismatches (price, quantity, tax discrepancies).
• Maintain purchase info records and vendor master data.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with SIOP, suppliers and D&L warehouse teams to ensure buying and planning alignment.
• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives by sharing insights and proposing enhancements to buying processes or tools
• Participate in S&OP supply review meetings to represent supply capabilities and constraints

Keys to Success

• Lead with an outside in mindset to place customers in the center of everything we do.
• Exemplify Gates ethics and core values to develop talents with right skills, knowledge and behavior
• Be accountable for sustainable growth

Supervisory Responsibilities

• None
• Acts as a resource for colleagues with less experience

Requirements and Preferred Skills

• Degree in Supply Chain Management or equivalent
• 5-7 years of experience in procurement within manufacturing/engineering environment
• Good problem solving & decision making skills
• A collaborator with multidisciplinary team
• Transdisciplinary thinking