Supply Planner, Market Supply Planning

Brooks Running • Seattle, WA

5h

About The Position

As the Supply Planner, Market Supply Planning at Brooks, you will lead the development of tactical and strategic supply plans and manage inventory levels to achieve customer service, supply chain, and financial objectives for key Brooks franchises. You are a key part of the team, considered as the Supply Chain Control Tower to connect all our supply chain teams from source to market, to meet service and inventory performance, while optimizing costs and asset utilization. You will partner closely with Transportation, Distribution Centers, international regions, factories, Demand Planning, Customer Service, Trade Compliance, and Sales to ensure the right product is in the right place at the right time in the right quantities to meet customer demand.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or related field; equivalent combination of education and years of experience can be considered in lieu of degree(s)
• 3+ years of experience in supply chain management, demand planning, or inventory management required
• Understanding of advanced planning systems, preferably experience using M3 related inventory planning tools
• Strong computer skills with expertise in Microsoft Excel required
• Strong organizational skills; the ability to manage multiple tasks simultaneously, and an analytical, investigative approach to problem-solving
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrating effective listening through concise, clear verbal and written communication
• Excellent interpersonal skills that inspire and build trust resulting in effective working relationships across the company
• Ability to understand and empathize with the runner to develop loyal, engaging relationships with our customers and the Brooks community
• Embraces and lives the Brooks values!

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain finished goods production plans and submit/monitor global purchase orders and regional distribution orders.
• Support the 18-month global supply plans to meet the demand forecast with cost, efficiency, and capacity restraints.
• Responsible for optimization of Service and Inventory Levels within the regional Distribution Network:
• Facilitate the monthly review to validate the stock equation to identify any service risk to meet demand and to compare inventory vs. target inventory levels (i.e., ideal inventory target per the demand and supply plans).
• Conduct RCA and bridge gaps when goals/targets are not met, and present mitigations plans with owner and by-whens.
• Accountable for providing short term (next 13 weeks) supply availability and effective risk communication on new product launches, MRAs, events, promotions, new/lost business, on-going and end of life products to Business and Supply chain teams (end to end scope) during S&OE; drive completion of follow-ups action and report to stakeholders.
• Support and leverage systems and processes to continuously optimize inventory and supply planning including:
• Prevent excess supply of on-going products by performing monthly reviews of productions yielding excess and potential batch size/MOQ reduction or discontinuation.
• Manage the discontinuation of end-of-life cycle materials as part of the EIA process (Excess Inactive Aged) in partnership with the Asia Manufacturing Planning team and our T1/T2 vendors.
• Participate in Global or Regional cross-functional projects.

Benefits

• Benefits- including a 401K Savings Plan and match, and transportation assistance.
• Bonus- In addition to base pay, Brooks employees may also be offered an annual bonus based on company performance.
• Paid Time Off- Brooks offers three paid holidays and paid sick leave. Part-time employees consistently working more than 20 hours per week will also accrue PTO and receive parental leave.
• Perks- including product discounts and giveaways, employee recognition, and fitness discounts

What This Job Offers

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