Senior Materials Planning Analyst

Company Overview
At Motorola Solutions, we believe that everything starts with our people. We're a global close-knit community, united by the relentless pursuit to help keep people safer everywhere. Our critical communications, video security and command center technologies support public safety agencies and enterprises alike, enabling the coordination that's critical for safer communities, safer schools, safer hospitals and safer businesses. Connect with a career that matters, and help us build a safer future.

Department Overview
Strategic Inventory Organization

Job Description

• Key responsibility is to drive team business decisions with urgency to resolve LTB inventory related issues.
• Works closely with engineering, category management, and product business teams to reach optimal business decisions.
• Compiling and managing large data sets in a complex materials and fast pace technical environment is critical to success.
• This position requires a passion for execution excellence, and must be able to communicate to all levels of the organization.

Additional Details:

• Financial Management: Oversee and manage approximately $20 million in long-term buying (LTB) excess and obsolescence (E&O) reserves. This includes meticulous tracking, analysis, and strategic deployment of these reserves to minimize financial impact and optimize inventory health.
• Multi-Site Coordination: Effectively collaborate and manage inventory strategies across multiple sites, ensuring consistent practices and achieving inventory goals across diverse operational environments.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Spearhead and lead change initiatives by collaborating with key stakeholders across various departments, including Design Engineering (DE), Product Management (PdM), and Supply Chain. This involves driving process improvements and implementing new strategies for inventory optimization.
• Inventory Expertise: Possess in-depth knowledge and understanding of inventory ownership models, including those relevant to Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS) providers and Motorola Solutions Inc. (MSI) specific inventory processes.
• Innovative Solutions: Develop and implement creative ideas and strategies to achieve tangible inventory results, specifically focusing on meeting corporate objectives for E&O reduction. This involves identifying root causes, proposing innovative solutions, and driving their execution.
• Reporting and Analysis: Maintain consistency in updating quarterly cadence reports, providing accurate and insightful analysis of inventory performance, E&O trends, and the effectiveness of implemented strategies. This also includes preparing detailed presentations for management reviews.

Basic Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain, Business, Engineering, or related field
• 5+ years of relevant materials knowledge and experience required
• Ability to drive urgency within a cross-functional team
• Ability to multi-task and work independently
• Proven Excel skills, plus ability to create charts, graphs, and presentations
• Excellent written and clear verbal communication skills
• Experience developing a business decision based on analytics High level of curiosity and creative thinker preferred
• Develop and maintain process documentation

Travel Requirements
None

Relocation Provided
None

Position Type
Experienced

Referral Payment Plan
No

EEO Statement
Motorola Solutions is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion or belief, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other legally-protected characteristic.

We are proud of our people-first and community-focused culture, empowering every Motorolan to be their most authentic self and to do their best work to deliver on the promise of a safer world. If you'd like to join our team but feel that you don't quite meet all of the preferred skills, we'd still love to hear why you think you'd be a great addition to our team.