THE COMPANY
Little Rapids Corporation (LRC) is a specialty paper manufacturer and converter of paper, film, cotton, and nonwoven materials. The company's headquarters is in Green Bay and is privately held with annual sales of over $200 million and 450 employees at three Wisconsin locations. The business has two divisions that sell a wide variety of products in the healthcare, beauty, flexographic printing, and specialty paper markets. Rapids Green Bay supplies printed film, paper, and nonwovens. Rapids Shawano has three paper machines that manufacture tissue, machine glazed, and wet crepe paper. Graham Professional manufactures and sells one-time use products into the healthcare and beauty markets through a network of national and regional distributors.
With its family ownership dating back to 1947, the company is guided by a strong and positive culture. LRC's purpose is remarkably simple: to bring together all their people's talents and energies to create an outstanding organization that delivers true value to their customers. The four core values of the business are lived out by ownership and top leadership and serve as a guide to all interactions, behavior, expectations, and strategic initiatives. These values are:
- Care: Take Care of One Another & Always Be Transparent
- Act: Dream Big, Think Big, Act Big, Create Contagious Energy
- Learn: Improve Every Day while Being Humble
- Serve: Do Great Things & Be Easy to Work With
Position Summary:
Lead reporting and data analysis for key supply chain processes supporting the Sales Inventory and Operations Planning Process (SIOP). Power BI superuser for data mining and report templates supporting the Supply Chain function across all LRC Divisions.
Objectives:
- Achieving financial plan results including service and working capital improvement via SIOP Process
- In conjunction with the SI&OP leader, coordinate and manage the SIOP process across the corporation
- Lead demand analysis for all 3 divisions
- Work with Finance Partners to align financial forecasting with SIOP demand and inventory plans
- Work with Supply Chain and cross functional peers to deliver SIOP reporting and analysis to the management teams for each division and to the Senior Leadership Team.
- Highlight issues and make recommendations to close/ mitigate potential gaps identified thru the SIOP process.
- Other assignments as prioritized by management team
- Achieve plan results for gross margin expansion via Strategic Sourcing initiatives
- Support strategic sourcing team by providing reporting and spend analytics
- Support forecasting of costs thru market and macro-economic analysis
- Continuous improvement/ Process focus
- Facilitate data gathering in support of Supply Chain improvement activities and major initiatives
- Strive to improve the SIOP process via structured reviews to identify process gaps and improvement opportunities
Results:
- Achieve or exceed desired Little Rapids Corporation goals and objectives
- Meet or exceed margin, inventory and cash flow targets
- Operate as the Supply chain functional expert for reporting and data analysis and be a force multiplier in delivering against financial targets
Actions:
- Role is on site at Larsen Rd to support operations and supply chain activities with travel to other locations as needed.
- Schedule, attend, participate, and facilitate cross functional meetings that support the operational rhythm for each division
- Utilize various data sources to forecast and manage demand in support of the planning teams at each division
- Collaborate with commercial teams at each division to incorporate data and trends to develop a demand forecast on a rolling 12- month basis
- Communicate the demand plan as part of the SIOP process with a holistic approach focused on intercompany interactions
- Organize and analyze relevant data to support the broader supply chain team
- Understand how the JDE ERP and any other data source interacts with Power BI to deliver user friendly and appropriate reporting and analysis
- Collaborate with all internal parties to understand and pursue issue resolution
- Proactively support systems and process improvement for the SIOP process
This is not an exhaustive list of duties or functions and may not necessarily comprise all the "essential functions" for purposes of the ADA.
Education, Certifications, and Experience:
- BA or BS Degree in business with Supply Chain focus
- Knowledge and experience with forecasting and demand management processes required
- Power BI and/or other reporting systems experience a plus
- Knowledge of paper industry preferred
- ASCM certified or progress towards professional supply chain and/or purchasing certification a plus
Key Competencies:
- ERP knowledge at a transactional and process level
- Ability to analyze data and derive a demand/forecast plan
- Data supported problem solving
- Continuous improvement mindset
- Ability to create templates and reports utilizing Power BI
- Proficient computer skills and knowledge (MS Office suite, e-mail, etc.)
- Work under minimal supervision
Physical Requirements:
The ability to work in a normal manufacturing environment to include: sitting, standing, or walking for long periods of time; climbing stairs; operating various standard office equipment; carrying paper documents/files; reaching; bending; crawling; speaking on the telephone; wearing required personal protection gear (i.e. hearing, eye and foot protection); tolerating loud noise (maximum of 95 dB); tolerating extreme heat, cold and dusty environment.
EOE including disability/veteran
