Buyer, Replenishment

SpartanNash • Norfolk, VA

9d • Onsite

About The Position

As a member of the C&S Wholesale Grocers family of companies, SpartanNash is a food solutions company that delivers the ingredients for a better life. A distributor, wholesaler and retailer with a global supply chain network, SpartanNash distributes grocery and household goods, including fresh produce and the Our Family® portfolio of products, to locations in all 50 states. Our braggingly happy team members — ranging from bakery managers to order selectors; from IT developers to vice presidents of finance; from HR Business Partners to export specialists — create braggingly happy customers spanning national accounts, independent and chain grocers, e-commerce retailers, U.S. military commissaries and exchanges, and the Company’s own brick-and-mortar grocery stores, pharmacies and fuel centers. Ready to contribute to the success of our food solutions company? Apply now!

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, business, logistics, or a related field.
• At least 3 years (5 years for Sr. Supply Planner role) of experience working in logistics or supply chain management.
• Detailed knowledge of logistics and inventory management.
• Advanced mathematical and analytical skills.
• Experience with statistical analysis.
• Ability to identify and anticipate inflation based on market trends.
• Great collaboration and negotiation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to write and present detailed inventory reports.

Responsibilities

• Deploy Supply Planning tactics to ensure a seamless flow of goods from vendor to Distribution Centers to support customers’ demand.
• Attain optimum inbound fill rate and on time delivery objectives based on the item class.
• Attain fill rate and inventory turn objectives for overall portfolio/category, sale items, turn, seasonal and promotional programs across the network.
• Optimize cost to deliver fill rate against inventory carrying cost and working capital impact.
• Achieve established KPI's.
• Work directly under the supervision of Supply Planning Manager to track inventory, anticipate demand, and suggest purchases to ensure optimal in stock position.
• Fully utilize the buying systems and processes to deliver best practice supply chain fill rate (service level) and inventory turn performance.
• Monitor inventory and manage the daily, weekly, and monthly purchase orders to support demand.
• Evaluate efficient order quantities at the item and vendor level.
• Weigh integral costs against service level needs, to ensure the facilities can efficiently receive while still achieving optimal fill rate.
• Address issues resulting in unproductive inventory, facilitate return to vendor on overstocks and discontinued items.
• Work with inventory services and merchandising groups to develop a plan to address overstocks and left over sale excess inventory.
• Assess the inventory capacity for Warehouse Operations.
• Track inbound inventory across multiple Distribution Centers and collaborate with expedite team.
• Anticipate inventory demand based on current and future business functions.
• Analyze and anticipate market trends for the best time to purchase inventory.
• Create inventory reports and present suggestions to the Supply Planning Manager.
• Ensure the business has a steady flow of inventory without over-extending on inventory.
• Suggest changes to Warehouse Slotting to meet increased or reduced demand.
• Negotiate with Vendors to ensure purchasing is done in the most efficient MOQ.
• Suggest alternate delivery routes to improve costs or reduce lead times.
• Collaborative Planning with Manufactures to build future state Supply plan.
• Communicate and collaborate with Demand planning team on a regular basis to resolve specific demand anomalies.
• Determine root cause of supply continuity or on-time performance issues.
• Work with suppliers to improve their fulfilment and on-time rates.
• Communicate ongoing supplier shortfalls to Merchandising as needed.
• Other duties assigned as needed.

Benefits

• Excellent benefits package
• 2+ weeks PTO
• 7 paid holidays
• Eligible for healthcare (single and family) first of the month following date of hire.
• 401(k) plan with employer match available.
• Employer-paid Life Insurance, Short Term and Long-Term Disability.
• Paid Parental Leave after six months.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level