Distribution Planner - North America

Overview

The Planner is responsible for executing daily operational activities that drive regional distribution, sales enhancement and strategic inventory initiatives designed to optimize asset utilization across the Americas. Serving as the primary liaison for all retail branches and sales organizations, the incumbent provides critical stock analysis and comprehensive sales support. This role demands a balance of strategic foresight and hands-on execution, ensuring that operational milestones align with client centricity, workforce engagement, and brand desirability. Cultivating a transparent and collaborative environment, the Planner works cohesively across both central and localized teams. Furthermore, the ideal candidate must champion the organization's core philosophy—People Make the Difference—and actively embody the foundational values of innovation, excellence, and entrepreneurial spirit.

Key Requirements

Distribution:

Manage stock target based on inventory constraints, sales trends, merchandising initiatives, and strategic regional needs.
Monitor inventory levels in selling locations to optimize the company's inventory assets and meet availability targets.
Analyze allocations and partner with Merchandising team to review distribution/assortment.
Identify intra-regional rebalance opportunities. Execute rebalances to drive sales, support inventory turns objectives and maximize availability.
Drive support of new stores, product initiatives, new products, promotions and address regional trends and needs. Promote focus on best sellers and sales drivers.
Support market events through allocating and monitoring inventory movement across stores.

Reporting:

Proficiently utilize Reporting tools to analyze sales and inventory, optimize model accuracy, process rebalance and improve decision making.
Review and analyze inventory availability levels, constraints and opportunities on regional level. React to concerns and provide follow-up action points in a timely manner.
Tailor reporting to target audience and summarize actions and analysis.
Introduce new reporting to gain replenishment efficiencies.

Communication:
Share regional updates & business highlights to business partners (store & regional analysis, merchandise trend report analysis, new store updates, regional event/merchandising updates...)
Foster internal team environment: Share unique departmental/regional inventory issues or concerns with team and collaborate on analyses and procedural efficiencies. 
Communicate with stores, provide availability analysis and recovery projections

Qualifications

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent. 
2-4 years’ experience in Supply Chain, sales and stock analysis. 
Advanced proficiency in Excel, Power BI 
Excellent written/verbal communication and diplomacy skills. 
Strong analytical skills and detail oriented.
Knowledge of Analytics/Reporting tools and Retail Service Center Operations (such as Anaplan, Business Objects, Compass, Alteryx, MIPS, TTO, Python etc.

The hiring range for this position ranges between $92,000 to $97,000. The rate of pay offered will be dependent upon candidates’ relevant skills and experience. 

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