Associate Supply Planner, New Business Team

Martin Brower•Rosemont, IL

80d•Hybrid

About The Position

The Associate Supply Planner will be responsible for generating purchase orders, ensuring optimal inventory levels, and resolving stock issues to support the distribution center. This role involves collaboration with internal and external partners for promotions and new item launches, optimizing costs, and tracking purchase orders. The position requires a Bachelor's Degree with 0-2 years of experience or a High School Diploma/GED with 3-5 years of specific experience. The role is hybrid, requiring Monday through Thursday in the Rosemont office and remote work on Fridays.

Requirements

Bachelor's Degree with 0 to 2 plus years of related experience or High School Diploma/General Education Diploma with 3 to 5 plus years of specific experience.

Responsibilities

Generate purchase orders based on demand, capacity, and inventory, considering factors like cube, weight, and supplier schedules.
Ensure optimal inventory levels to meet metrics including in-stock percentage, customer fill rate, order change rates, distribution center capacity, intercompany transfers and liability.
Identify and resolve stock issues to ensure the distribution center has optimal inventory levels, focusing on minimizing shortage or overstock occurrences through analysis of data, review of safety stock levels, and evaluating contingency options such as internal transfers, line of supply changes, allocation to restaurants, etc.
Collaborate with both internal and external key partners for successful execution of promotions and new item launches.
Optimize costs by smoothing the inbound receipts across the week/month, working through capacity concerns, and avoiding costs such as spoilage due to ordering error.
Track purchase orders from supplier to receipt at distribution center. Adjust outstanding purchase orders as needed.
Resolve product and transportation issues.
Other projects or duties as assigned.