Join a Team That Sticks Together!

At Shurtape Technologies, we know how to make things stick. As a leading manufacturer and marketer of adhesive tape, we pride ourselves on creating innovative solutions for a variety of industries.

We have facilities all around the world, including in the U.S., U.K., Germany, Mexico, China, and more.

In addition to our specialty adhesive products, we offer well-known brands like Duck, FrogTape, Painter’s Mate, Shurtape, T-Rex, Kip, and Pro Tapes.

Why Work with Us

We encourage curiosity and creativity, working together to solve challenges and innovate. Our commitment to health, safety, and environmental responsibility means we make a positive impact on our communities and the world.

What We Offer:

• A company that truly values your contributions

• A place where you can grow, make an impact, and be part of something meaningful

• A focus on excellence and continuous improvement, ensuring we deliver top-quality, reliable solutions to our customers

• An environment where employees are encouraged to bring their best ideas forward and adopt a growth mindset

More Than Just Tapes...

In addition to being obsessed with our customers, Shurtape is committed to being socially and environmentally responsible. We recognize that our actions today affect our world tomorrow, and we are committed to responsible manufacturing processes that protect the communities in which we operate.

We Ask for the Best, and Offer the Best in Return

We are looking for passionate, innovative individuals who thrive in a dynamic environment to join the Shurtape team. If you’re looking to be part of a forward-thinking, fast-paced, and supportive team, we’d love to hear from you!

Our tapes may do the sticking, but it’s our people who hold it all together.

SUMMARY OF POSITION

The Strategic Account Planner encompass all the functions of sales forecasting associated with specific strategic accounts across our Industrial, Retail, and international businesses. This position is responsible for continuously improving the forecasting process and most importantly its accuracy, by facilitating the dialog with key counterparts in Sales, Customer Sales Operations, Product Marketing, Finance, Demand Planning, and Supply Planning. These critical activities will influence the shaping of the plan that drives the procurement, production/manufacturing processes of finished goods and raw materials in multiple different stocking setups, including but not limited to make to stock, make to order, etc. This position directly impacts customer service, vendor compliance chargebacks and the company cash flow. Responsible for decisions based on specific strategic accounts priorities to optimize supply and revenue opportunities and contribute to the long-term strategic business needs of an industry leading Demand Management Team. This function is highly analytical in nature and requires a strategic ability to collaborate with a diverse group of people. The Strategic Account Planner is empowered to make decisions on behalf of those strategic accounts.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Develop and maintain demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregations of a channel for 12 month periods to support the S&OP/IBP process, based on historical trends, demand drivers and/or business stakeholder’s knowledge
• Responsible for specific accounts identified by the company as strategic customers
• In conjunction with the Sales Management team, the Strategic Account Planner will support the account portfolio activities such as product life cycle management, buying strategies, promotion planning and customer-facing projects
• Lead the strategic account plan review to gain sales leadership alignment; this plan will serve as a critical input for the creation of the consensus plan. They will also assist the sales team in the preparation of materials for customer meetings

• Develop and maintain an account/unit forecast for the assigned strategic accounts at multiple levels of aggregation, leveraging assumptions from sales, global demand planning, product marketing, Finance and Supply Planning
• Integrate (and develop great intimacy with) POS-based analytics and inventory strategies in the planning process to deliver product availability, forecast accuracy, high service levels and channel health
• Lead and execute the collaborative planning process; prepare agenda and materials and lead the monthly strategic account planning reviews; perform consistency checks against targets; communicate the plans, identified gaps and recommendations to key stakeholders; and assist the account team in the development of financial targets
• Monitor the performance of the plan; monitor ongoing demand and inventory needs for strategic items; analyze POS data to identify opportunities and liabilities in customer inventory; root cause forecast deviations and drive corrective actions
• Provide relevant input for the consensus, S&OP/IBP and customer meetings
• Coordinate the planning and successful execution activities of promotions, new product launches & phase-out
• Work closely with Global Demand Planners to understand inventory risks and opportunities
• Act as a change agent to drive process improvements
• Support ad-hoc reporting/analysis requests & customer-facing projects
• Ensure business process documentation remains in line with the latest business practices

Develop and maintain demand forecasts at multiple levels of aggregations of a channel for 12 month periods to support the S&OP/ IBP process, based on historical trends, demand drivers and/or business stakeholder's knowledge Responsible for specific accounts identified by the company as strategic customers In conjunction with the Sales Management team, the Strategic Account Planner will support the account portfolio activities such as product life cycle management, buying strategies, promotion planning and customer-facing projects Lead the strategic account plan review to gain sales leadership alignment; this plan will serve as a critical input for the creation of the consensus plan. They will also assist the sales team in the preparation of materials for customer meetings Develop and maintain an account/unit forecast for the assigned strategic accounts at multiple levels of aggregation, leveraging assumptions from sales, global demand planning, product marketing, Finance and Supply Planning Integrate (and develop great intimacy with) POS-based analytics and inventory strategies in the planning process to deliver product availability, forecast accuracy, high service levels and channel health Lead and execute the collaborative planning process; prepare agenda and materials and lead the monthly strategic account planning reviews; perform consistency checks against targets; communicate the plans, identified gaps and recommendations to key stakeholders; and assist the account team in the development of financial targets Monitor the performance of the plan; monitor ongoing demand and inventory needs for strategic items; analyze POS data to identify opportunities and liabilities in customer inventory; root cause forecast deviations and drive corrective actions Provide relevant input for the consensus, S&OP/ IBP and customer meetings Coordinate the planning and successful execution activities of promotions, new product launches & phase-out Work closely with Global Demand Planners to understand inventory risks and opportunities Act as a change agent to drive process improvements Support ad-hoc reporting/analysis requests & customer-facing projects Ensure business process documentation remains in line with the latest business practices

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