Senior Replenishment Analyst - Walmart

Medline • Bentonville, AR

7d • $79,000 - $119,000

About The Position

This position is responsible for managing item/inventory related tasks associated with the Walmart account. They will be responsible for overseeing weekly communications with the Walmart Replenishment Managers and Sourcing Managers for each category as well as other tasks assigned by the Account Director. They will be responsible for driving efficiencies in the Supply Chain and maintaining high levels of inventory that arrives On Time and In Full by collaborating with internal Supply Team and Operations team members.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, business, or other related fields
• 4-5 years of prior supply chain experience
• Requires thorough understanding of Walmart Replenishment processes and supply chain product flow
• Ability to combine large data sets from various sources for analyzing and simplify output for respective stakeholders
• Strong technical proficiency (Retail Link, Excel, SAP, Scintilla, Tableau, Power BI)
• Excellent analytical, problem solving and communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills and the ability to work cross functionally with stakeholders to solve business challenges

Nice To Haves

• Work experience at CPG organization working directly with Walmart in CPFR capacity
• Mastery utilizing Walmart systems (i.e. Retail Link, Scintilla)

Responsibilities

• Maintain key relationships with Walmart Replenishment teams by delivering required reporting while also proactively reporting any issues along with a plan of action to minimize risk to inventory levels.
• Utilize advanced planning, forecasting and replenishment techniques to drive sales, maintain high instocks, fine-tune forecast accuracy and optimize inventory levels for Medline items at Walmart. Critical activities include monitoring forecast, store instocks, case fill, network inventory position, and order patterns to provide recommendations on replenishment and forecast strategies.
• The role is responsible for building plans and executing key business activities such as new item launches, expanded distribution, promotional activity, transitions, and everyday replenishment needs.
• Store level inventory management to include finding opportunities where stores may not be ordering correctly and Store Specific Orders (SSO) may be needed.
• Monitor Walmart related fees and deductions (SQEP, etc) so plans can be made to reduce/eliminate future fees.
• Brick & Mortar Item maintenance: to include accurate item setup for new items, price changes, item information maintenance
• Other duties as assigned by Account Director/Manager
• Primary point of contact for Walmart Replenishment Team regarding Inventory Planning, Forecast and Replenishment functions.
• Develop strong collaborative relationships with Walmart Replenishment team and Medline Sales, Operations, Demand and Supply Planning teams.
• Lead the investigation and understanding of end-to-end Supply Chain processes with Walmart and identify continuous improvement and value creation opportunities.
• Leverage Walmart’s Retail Link (Scintilla)/Luminate data and Medline internal data to prepare and present recommendations that improve Instock, drive sales, forecast accuracy and right-size inventory.
• Use POS history, POS forecast, Inventory DOS targets, and Store/DC Inventory position to anticipate Medline monthly shipment volume. Collaborate with Sales and Planning to integrate these insights into the business plan.
• Owns and reports customer specific service metrics and provides proactive communication and action plans to mitigate service risk.
• Develops analysis and scorecards for communication to the customer and key cross-functional teams to improve overall supply chain compliance and effectiveness.
• Responsible for item set up and item maintenance including reporting of item content scores to flag opportunities for e-comm team item management.
• Manage internal timelines to ensure execution dates meet customer requirements/timelines/transitions.
• Responsible for the sell off of excess, surplus and obsolete inventory.

Benefits

• Medline Industries, LP, and its subsidiaries, offer a competitive total rewards package, continuing education & training, and tremendous potential with a growing worldwide organization.
• Our benefit package includes health insurance, life and disability, 401(k) contributions, paid time off, etc., for employees working 30 or more hours per week on average.
• For roles where employees work less than 30 hours per week, benefits include 401(k) contributions as well as access to the Employee Assistance Program, Employee Resource Groups and the Employee Service Corp.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees