Supply Planning Analyst

Brown‑Forman Corporation • Louisville, KY

5d • Hybrid

About The Position

We're currently hiring for two Supply Planning Analyst opportunities, offering a chance to make an immediate impact within Brown-Forman's global supply chain. As a member of the Supply Planning team, you will manage, facilitate, and coordinate inventory planning, reporting, and analysis across our network of bailment warehouses while playing a key role in the Sales & Operations Planning (S&OP) process. Partnering closely with Supply Chain, Production Operations, Marketing, Sales, Finance, and Customer Service teams, you will help ensure the right products are available at the right time to meet customer demand and business objectives. You'll be responsible for monitoring inventory levels and replenishment requirements across the network, balancing inventory investment targets with customer service goals through effective supply planning and execution. In this role, you will collaborate with demand planners and commercial teams to translate forecasts into supply requirements across Brown-Forman's diverse portfolio of brands. You'll also conduct ongoing inventory reconciliations and audits to ensure reporting accuracy and alignment with Brown-Forman's perpetual inventory records, providing critical insights that support operational excellence and informed decision-making.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 - 4 years planning or related business experience; or 4 - 6 years of combined education and supply planning experience.
• Demonstrated ability to understand and apply standard analytical concepts and inventory planning methodology.
• Basic understanding of inventory planning processes and how inventory planning supports the supply chain effort.
• Problem-solving skills with a heavy emphasis placed on the ability to diagnose and solve problems.
• Strong interpersonal skills with a demonstrated ability to develop effective working relationships with a broad range of business associates.
• Demonstrated ability to plan, prioritize, and complete work with speed and accuracy within established timeframes.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to perform and adapt in a rapidly changing environment as necessary.
• Ability and willingness to travel 5-10% of the time.
• Demonstrated commitment and ability to work necessary overtime to ensure successful accomplishment of assigned tasks.

Nice To Haves

• SAP R/3, Kinaxis experience
• Proficient in Excel
• Strong information technologies aptitude.
• Diverse logistics background (Production Planning / Inventory Planning / Operations Management / Distribution Planning)

Responsibilities

• Evaluate demand plans vs. actual activity, plan inventory replenishments to network distribution centers and bailment warehouses that meet supply chain goals and provide updated supply requirements to assigned production facilities and suppliers.
• Maintain ERP and the inventory planning model which includes SKU maintenance, parameter maintenance, and network maintenance.
• Measure and report inventory actual balances vs. targets. Report corrective action taken to alleviate out-of-tolerance conditions. Manage deployment of short-supply materials.
• Reconcile reported field inventories to Brown-Forman perpetual inventories. Periodically audit field inventories to ensure the accuracy of field-reported inventories.
• Audit warehousing invoices, allocating costs to various brands.
• Conduct Operational Analyses as requested by the Manager of USA&C Supply Planning.
• Participate in the Sales & Operations Planning process for the purpose of: reporting aged and un-saleable inventory, obsolete and/or de-listed materials to reach consensus on disposition, planning re-packs as required, planning deployment of short supply materials, re-defining inventory planning parameters, resolving other inventory exceptions and supply constraints.

Benefits

• equitable pay structures for individual and company performance
• premium employee experience
• range of premium benefits that reflect our company values and meet the needs of our diverse workforce

What This Job Offers

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