Demand Planner I

At Vestis®, we provide uniforms, workplace supplies, and professional cleaning that help businesses simplify their workday and keep their teams safe, confident, and focused on what matters most. More than a provider, we are a partner in productivity, trusted to keep you running. Join us and build a career supporting the people who make it all work.

About the role

The Demand Planner I is the primary information resource for finished goods inventories and unit fill rates. This role coordinates capacity planning, inventory planning, and order planning across multiple manufacturing facilities.

Responsibilities

• Develops, implements, and tracks the appropriate safety stock strategy to optimize service levels and inventory investment.
• Collaborates with all planning resources to leverage all company inventories to the maximum benefit of the company.
• Maintains a broad understanding and appreciation of the total supply chain, seeking to optimize it without being focused on silos at the expense of the whole.
• Identifies, negotiates, and implements strategies to lower inventory levels without negatively impacting service levels, such as:
  • Eliminating stocked inseams;
  • Selling off obsolete or dormant inventory;
  • Targeting lower service levels for products with robust backup sources of supply;
  • Consolidating inventories of some style/colors in one or two DCs;
  • Implementing shared-sourcing/manufacturing strategies for 100% full package sourced products.
• Responds to all available inventory queries (new account installations, backorders, shared inventory position, etc).
• Tracks outside purchases and works in coordination with other team members to publish metrics to influence profitable purchasing behaviors.
• On a monthly basis, adjusts capacities outside the current ordering quarter for all sources of supply, keeping capacities level in 13-week intervals and negotiating capacity plans as necessary.
• On a monthly basis, publishes capacity schedules for 6 months outside of the order planning quarter by style/color.
• Develops order plans using the order planning application or a “standardized” order plan when appropriate.
• Achieves service level objectives at the SKU level.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree – BS/BA in business, finance, marketing, industrial engineering, or Supply Chain Management.
• 3-6 years of analytical/systems experience.
• Excellent oral communication skills.
• Comfortable presenting in front of small to medium-sized groups.
• Sound project management skills – effectively handle multiple tasks at a time, meeting all commitments.
• Excellent analytical skills.
• Demonstrated success in problem-solving.
• Financial acumen coupled with an effective interpersonal style.
• Experienced using MS Office Programs.
• Able to function with a minimum amount of supervision.
• Self-starter.

Preferred Qualifications

• Practical experience in supply chain planning, purchasing, or distribution of product.
• Experience with statistical tools such as Mini-Tab.
• CPIM or CSCP certification.

Headquartered in Roswell, GA, Vestis® is the second largest provider in the industry with over 300,000 customer locations and approximately 20,000 teammates across North America. Vestis® provides clean and safe uniform services and workplace supplies to a broad range of customers from Fortune 500 companies to locally owned small businesses.