General Planning Support

Position Title: Lifecycle Specialist

Duration: 7 Months

Location: Tampa Florida 33617

Shift: Monday through Friday 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Job Description:

• We are looking for a Lifecycle Specialist to lead overall product lifecycle processes.
• This role will involve incorporating inputs from the commercial team regarding new promotional and exiting products in collaboration with supply planning procurement and commercial teams.

Roles and Responsibilities:

• Develop the work plan for new product introductions reformulations relaunches or production deletions after obtaining alignment for execution.
• Conduct early assessment and modeling of product innovations feasibility based on brand marketing insights external industry trends and business values.
• Facilitate and document discussions and communications related to all product introductions and deletions with relevant stakeholders.
• Evaluate forecast quality using trend analysis past product introduction learnings and commercial input.
• Proactively manage and evaluate the effectiveness of new product introductions providing recommendations for success measures and executional priorities.
• Lead SKU optimization process recommending product deletions considering customer and commercial inputs.
• Ensure timely flow of products for launch or reduction of inventory.
• Proactively evaluate risks in the product lifecycle process and manage within JDA process with appropriate forecast and migration of product demand needs.
• Collaborate with other planners to enable integrated planning activities and processes.
• Provide communication and direction to master data including authorized material list for all incoming and outgoing products.
• Support innovation and longrange forecast needs for promotional packaging.
• Provide feedback and recommendations for continuous improvement of the Commercial Lifecycle process.
• Support all related lifecycle demand forecast requirements and other assigned projects.
• Present information to large groups of associates regularly.
• Foster collaboration with Customer Management Field Sales and Marketing Leadership Teams to gain alignment on forecast recommendations.
• Influence others through teamwork and positivity demonstrating cultural norms daily.

Requirements:

• Bachelors degree preferably in Supply Chain Management Finance Operations Management or Engineering disciplines; or applicable supply chain experience.
• APICS certification is a plus.
• Five plus years of experience in Supply Chain Marketing Finance Procurement or Operations.
• Product lifecycle experience highly preferred.
• Progressive role progression and scope of responsibilities.
• Specific experience with JDA statistical modeling and demand planning.
• Ability to learn/use Company reporting sources for reliable data.
• Endtoend business understanding and business process orientation.
• Demonstrated business acumen and ability to provide insights based on various data points.
• Proven crossfunctional team collaboration at all levels of the business.