Planner, Supply Planning

Job Summary:

We are seeking a supply planner to join our S&OP NARS team. The primary objectives of the Supply Planner are to ensure achievement of the below key metrics for inventory maintained at ADC (America Distribution Center)

• Service level (fill-rate) – both to external retailers + DTC channels
• Inventory optimization/coverage (days of coverage)
• Visibility to and disposition of Excess & Obsolete inventory

In addition, the candidate is expected to work closely with the Demand Planning and collaborate with international affiliates and domestic teams.

The ideal candidate has a problem-solving attitude to help understand root-cause issues and find proactive solutions. The candidate should have demonstrated an understanding of supply planning business processes and of the statistics-based stock policies, to facilitate the best use of net working capital (inventory, storage cost, logistics costs).

Primary Duties & Responsibilities: 

• Maintain master data (e.g.: Minimum Order Quantity, reorder points, lead time).
• Calculate and update regularly safety stock, ABC classification and allocation reserve for ecommerce website.
• Utilize inventory management systems to track and analyze stock levels.
• Collaborate closely with the web team to ensure stock availability, provide recommendations on required inventory level, run analysis, investigate out-of-stock root-cause and find proactive solutions for future demand.
• Assess short-term changes in forecast and advise on inventory availability.
• Review below target KPIs (fill rate and inventory coverage) and find problem-solving initiatives.
• suggesting improvements where necessary.
• Execute quality release in systems.
• Produce and share report of open orders.
• Gather information on item version switch, run analysis to estimate actual switch date and provide visibility on ATS (available to ship) dates.
• Help coordinate drop shipments.
• Review low inventory list and advise on item priorities with multiple teams (e.g.: production, quality, assembly, warehouse, transportation).
• Communicate out of stock reports and risk of shortage.
• Provide a list of excess stock and obsolete products and follow up with teams on key actions to reduce liabilities.
• Support the development and implementation of supply planning strategies to optimize inventory levels.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of supply chain processes and systems.

Qualifications & Competencies: 

• College degree in relevant field or related job experience (including internship and co-ops)
• Intermediate to advance skills in Excel is a must (e.g.: vlookup, pivot table, sumif, subtotal, conditional formatting, power query).
• 0-2 years of planning experience in a supply chain role, ideally in a manufacturing or supplier environment in consumer goods industry.
• APICS ASCM CPIM or CSCP certification is a plus.
• Lean Six-Sigma certification is a plus.
• Experience with an ERP system is a plus.
• SAP experience is a plus.
• Ability to do stock equations.
• Ability to understand the end-to-end supply chain functions and linkage.
• Ability to manage priorities and understand what is most important.
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally.

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