Inventory Planning Specialist

Iberdrola•Portland, OR

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inventory Planning Specialist is responsible for issuing, maintaining and closing purchase orders and for maximizing material availability to support Commercial Operations in the US. This role involves creating and executing buy plans, analyzing reorder points, and ensuring timely delivery of materials to remote wind parks. The specialist will collaborate with suppliers and internal teams to resolve inventory shortages, minimize delays, and maintain high data accuracy in the ERP system. Additionally, the role supports cost-saving initiatives, technology deployments, documentation, and internal audits.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in a Business, Logistics, or Supply Chain; or the equivalent combination of education and experience
Minimum of 5 years’ experience in inventory planning or purchasing.
Strong analytical, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
Demonstrated high performance working in cross-functional teams.
Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word, Outlook
Ability to travel (15%)

Nice To Haves

APICS certification
Experience with wind plant construction, operations, and maintenance.
Takes action beyond that required by explicit job responsibilities; sets high-performance goals and originates action rather than responding to the action of others.
Ability to foster and participate in a productive team environment by establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with co-workers, managers, customers, contractors, and vendors.
Stays on task, maintains effectiveness, and attempts to achieve goals even when obstacles are encountered.
Ability to efficiently manage multiple, concurrent, time sensitive projects and priorities.

Responsibilities

Create and execute buy plan for corrective materials.
Analyze reorder points and make adjustments as needed to ensure optimized inventory levels across the fleet.
Ensure maximized delivery performance for preventative materials to remote wind parks.
Work closely with suppliers and wind parks on eliminating any inventory shortages and minimizing impacts as a result of supplier delays.
Issue purchase orders, monitor delivery confirmation dates and coordinate with Internal customers.
Work with supplier on expediting purchase orders as needed.
Resolve invoice related issues with suppliers.
Maintain PO delivery dates and ensure high level of PO data accuracy in the ERP system.
Assist Regional Distribution Centers on resolving shipping errors and process returns to supplier.
Monitor supplier’s record of delivery issues, highlight areas of improvements and assist in improvement activities.
Participates in cost savings initiatives and in deployment of technology solutions.
Document best practices, update work instructions as needed.
Create ad-hoc inventory reporting
Support internal audits
Perform other related duties and responsibilities as assigned.