Supply Chain Planner

Supply Chain Planner II will be responsible for maintaining proper inventory to fulfill demand requirements, at a branch and SKU level. This may include purchasing full goods and/or performing branch replenishment activities. May occasionally perform production planning activities.

• Responsible for maintaining proper full goods inventory levels for assigned area/locations utilizing SAP and Blue Yonder Planning Modules.
• Creates replenishment loads (purchased or DRP) that are optimized to minimize logistical costs.
• Maintain PP and MRP profiles to ensure the integrity of the SAP Production and Capacity Modules are fully utilized for Purchased products.
• Must maintain SAP coverage profiles for each sales facilities within assigned area.
• Work with the Demand Manager, Sales Centers and operations teams to support the rollout of new products, promotional packaging, and holiday inventory planning on purchased products.
• Participate in the review of inventory levels and warehouse capacity, initiate and coordinate necessary product movements to prevent out of stocks and out of date issues as well as overstock/warehouse capacity issues
• Work with Demand Analyst on SAP material set-ups and sourcing changes for purchased products.
• Report on close dated inventory and work to reduce Breakage Damage and Loss (BDL) due to product age.
• Work with Demand Manager to improve the Business Unit's Uniform Forecasting Process
• Participate in SKU management analysis to help identify those sku's that are underperforming.
• Help provide good data to business unit and Area leadership to aid in decision making
• Host daily collaboration conference calls to communicate key product information across the business unit and treat immediate needs for product shortages where possible
• Maintain SAP system parameters for purchased and produced full goods
• Manage vendors' brands that have various lead times to maintain proper inventory levels

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required
• Minimum of 1 year of purchasing or planning responsibilities.
• Must have strong analytical skills and have the ability to work with Mathematical concepts.
• Must have knowledge of Microsoft office.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Bachelor's degree preferred.
• APICS certifications preferred