Supply Chain Planner

Zurn Elkay Water Solutions • Downers Grove, IL

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About The Position

The Supply Chain Planner leads and executes supply planning processes, managing inventory levels and turns, meeting and improving customer service levels, mitigating inventory obsolescence, and partnering with purchasing to improve inbound service metrics and reduce end-to-end supply chain costs. The role applies analytics to supply chain decisions and works collaboratively across teams to recommend improvements.

The planner sets inventory levels for raw materials, work in process, and finished goods while considering demand, replenishment and delivery lead times, storage capacity, shelf life, and inventory cost. The position manages inventory plans and pre-builds, monitors planning parameters, identifies opportunities to improve inventory health and service levels, and manages at-risk inventory for assigned product categories. It also maintains planning data, helps determine supply-planning methods, develops planning metrics, and supports item-site planning based on manufacturing capabilities, transportation costs, and customer requirements.

The position reports to the Manager, Supply Chain – Drinking Water & Sinks. The salary range is $73,000–$90,000, with eligibility for an annual bonus.

Requirements

• At least two years of related supply chain experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, or a related field.
• Knowledge and understanding of supply chain concepts, inventory management, procurement, and their application.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office, particularly advanced Excel skills and analysis, including the ability to manipulate and manage large volumes of data.
• Experience working with a major ERP system.
• Strong problem-solving skills.
• Strong analytical, planning, and organizational skills.
• Ability to work effectively and efficiently in a collaborative team environment with frequent changes in deadlines and priorities.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills to communicate effectively with various departments and levels within the company.
• Self-starter able to operate effectively under pressure and manage a wide variety of tasks and priorities.

Nice To Haves

• Advanced degree.
• APICS exposure and CPIM or CSCP certification.
• Prior MRP planning system experience.

Responsibilities

• Establish appropriate inventory levels for raw materials, work in process, and finished goods, considering demand, replenishment or delivery lead time, storage capacity, shelf life, and inventory cost.
• Manage inventory levels and coordinate inventory pre-builds to address capacity limitations or extended supplier lead times.
• Monitor and adjust planning parameters based on recommended inventory plans to meet inventory planning goals.
• Identify opportunities and recommend actions to optimize inventory, improve inventory health, and improve service levels.
• Partner with demand planning, global sourcing, product management, procurement, and operations to drive supply chain improvements.
• Manage the at-risk inventory process for assigned product categories; identify root causes and drive corrective actions with suppliers or operations.
• Manage and maintain master planning data attributes to support effective use of the planning engine (ASCP).
• Work with the supply chain team to determine supply-planning methods, such as ROP, Min-Max, MTS, and MTO.
• Establish or enhance supply-planning metrics for inventory and distribution management in alignment with organizational strategy.
• Work with supply chain and operations teams to develop item-site plans based on manufacturing capabilities, inbound and outbound transportation costs, and customer requirements.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, short-term disability, long-term disability, AD&D, and life insurance.
• Matching 401(k) contribution.
• Health Savings Account.
• Up to 3 weeks of starting vacation, which may increase with tenure.
• 12 paid holidays.
• Annual bonus eligibility.
• Educational reimbursement.
• Matching Gift Program.
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan with the ability to purchase company stock at a discount.

What This Job Offers

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