Burt's Inventory Planner

Clorox • Alpharetta, GA

1d • Hybrid

About The Position

The Inventory Planner is responsible for short-term inventory management and execution to ensure product availability and optimal service across a multi-location distribution network. The role monitors inventory health, resolves time-sensitive issues, and coordinates with cross-functional teams to maintain alignment with supply and demand plans. It manages finished-goods inventory over a 0–2-month horizon, including selected customization items, and supports inventory policy, rebuilding plans, item transitions, data stewardship, production-plan adherence, customer operations, deployment coordination, capacity planning, and customer allocation.

Requirements

• Ability to manage multiple inventory-management variables to maximize service levels.
• Strong problem-solving skills, including proactively recognizing gaps and developing and implementing creative solutions.
• Ability to analyze data and trends, understand relationships among variables, and assess implications for inventory policy management.
• Exposure to customer operations and ability to understand and respond to changes in demand drivers and order patterns.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end supply chain operations, potential tradeoffs, and effects on short-term execution.
• Strong attention to detail.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment.
• Ability to rapidly prioritize and adapt to change.
• Strong communication skills.
• Ability to network cross-functionally.
• Ability to influence without authority.

Responsibilities

• Manage item-level finished-goods inventory, including selected customization items, across a mixed RDC network to support availability and maximize shipments at optimal service over a 0–2-month horizon.
• Use the Rapid alert system proactively to identify and manage inventory policy gaps.
• Recast near-term finished-goods inventory rebuild plans when supply or demand changes from the S&OE plan, in alignment with the S&OE Manager.
• Monitor forecast consumption, case fill, and item- or customer-level inventory health metrics; identify time-sensitive gaps and develop solutions.
• Execute item transitions and new item introductions, including distribution-network pipe fill, end-of-life inventory run-out plans, and customer inventory resets.
• Maintain item-location inventory settings and master data to enable systemic inventory management.
• Identify and escalate risks to anticipated item- or customer-level inventory needs to the S&OE Manager and help identify mitigation tactics.
• Coordinate with Manufacturing to support timely execution of production plans.
• Serve as the primary point of contact for Customer Ops on customer- and item-level order issues and systemic item lifecycle transitions.
• Work with Deployment and Logistics to monitor and validate inventory distribution across the network.
• Interface with Manufacturing Managers, the Network Planning Manager, Distribution, and Transportation teams regarding short-term capacity requirements.
• Collaborate with Sales as needed on customer allocation.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits that support wellbeing and flexibility.
• Robust health plans.
• Market-leading 401(k) program with a company match.
• Flexible time off benefits, including half-day summer Fridays depending on location.
• Inclusive fertility and adoption benefits.
• Eligibility to participate in Clorox incentive plans, subject to applicable plan terms and policies.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Education Level: No Education Listed