Inventory Planner

Job Duties

• Under broad direction, coordinates inventory planning requirements to provide seamless integration of supply chain and operations processes for one or more product service lines (PSLs)
• Gathers business outlook from PSLs and Business Development (BD) and executes the inventory plan against the PSL demand plan to achieve optimized inventory levels
• Responsible for planning activities such as review of forecasts and replenishment recommendations generated by inventory planning tools, leading inventory planning meetings and ensuring actions arising from these meetings are executed
• Additionally, the role will provide coaching and training to Material Control Specialists and in some cases serve as team lead for small work groups or project teams
• Will have direct impact and responsibility to meet financial goals and objectives for the business
• Requires completion of a two year degree; a four year undergraduate degree in supply chain, engineering/applied math, finance/accounting or business is preferred
• Six years related experience in materials management which includes experience in procurement or logistics or a four year degree plus 2 years related work experience required
• Strong computer skills and analytical abilities to resolve problems required

Qualifications