Supply Planner

Nutrabolt•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Supply Planner is a highly visible role responsible for managing day-to-day supply operations, including production planning for a segment, capacity and inventory planning, and production order management to ensure customer order fulfillment and on-time delivery. The position is accountable for Nutrabolt’s fill rate and gross inventory levels. The Supply Planner develops supply plans at multiple levels of aggregation, manages inventory and supplier purchasing recommendations, maintains MRP planning parameters, and works with purchasing, sourcing, commercial, supply chain, vendors, and 3PL partners to support service and inventory performance. The role also participates in monthly S&OP and continually pursues process improvements.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, or a related field.
At least 5 years of related, progressive professional supply chain experience in a global company with diverse product and sourcing portfolios.
At least 3 years of experience in supply planning, demand planning, or a similar position.
Exceptional organizational and planning skills.
Basic communication, negotiation, and facilitation skills.
Strong analytical skills, ability to gather data, and high attention to detail.
Ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment with multiple accountabilities and internal customers.
Strong sense of urgency and results orientation.
Proficiency in MS Office, with advanced Excel skills.

Nice To Haves

MBA or another advanced degree.
APICS or Six Sigma certification.
Basic knowledge of descriptive statistics, forecasting, or demand planning.

Responsibilities

Develop supply plans at multiple levels of aggregation to align demand and supply.
Review inventory profiles and recommend purchase orders with assigned suppliers to manage inventory levels at distribution centers.
Maintain planning parameters within MRP to optimize inventory turns while balancing cost, service, and delivery.
Work with purchasing and sourcing to review vendor allocations monthly and make changes based on long-term goals and strategies.
Collaborate with purchasing to identify and mitigate gaps, establish an early warning system for issues, and develop contingency plans to improve service.
Partner cross-functionally with Commercial and Supply Chain partners to maximize inventory performance and develop and execute actions for product launches, rollouts, shortages, excess inventory, and end-of-life product disposition.
Communicate inventory levels and key performance indicators in a timely manner to raise awareness of inventory issues and influence supply chain performance.
Participate and present in the monthly S&OP process with vendors and 3PL partners, providing reporting, root cause analysis, slide preparation, and KPI comments as required.
Initiate transfer orders to balance the network and mitigate risk.
Pursue process improvement to achieve high performance results.
Manage day-to-day supply operations, including segment production planning, capacity and inventory planning, and production order management to support customer fulfillment and on-time delivery.