Planner Supply Chain

About the role

The Supply Chain Planner optimizes the flow of merchandise through a multi-echelon supply chain by balancing cost, capacity, and service level. This position identifies opportunities to improve landed margin, drive continuous improvement, and recommends changes to increase profitability. It drives collaboration across the supply chain to make effective decisions related to total landed cost, buying multiples, packaging, flow path, and channel management.

Responsibilities

• Leverages supply chain models to evaluate best flow pathing through distribution vs. customer direct as well as direct import, freight incoterms, and buying multiple analysis.
• Identifies opportunities to improve total landed cost, inventory flow, carrying cost, service level, lead times, handling, space utilization, packaging, risk mitigation, and profitability.
• Implements cost reduction and continuous improvements throughout the end-to-end value chain.
• Models forward distribution capacities and product stocking approvals.
• Collaborates with merchandise vendor partners to implement combined efficiencies, cost reductions, quality improvements, and vendor performance management.
• Provides strategic and tactical recommendations to senior management through the line review and assortment planning process.
• Works cross-functionally with the merchandise, planning, pricing, inventory management, sourcing, and logistics teams to plan merchandise flow and channel management.

Requirements

• 2-3 years’ experience in supply chain or merchandising.
• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, operations, or finance is preferred. Any suitable combination of education and experience will be considered.

Skills

• Proficiency with supply chain-related models and software.
• Advanced ability in Microsoft Excel, Snowflake, and Tableau.
• Strong communication, problem-solving, and interpersonal skills.
• Capable of working in a highly collaborative and cross-functional environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to interpret data, recommend actionable solutions, and perform data storytelling.
• Effective time and priority management in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment.
• Detail-oriented approach to work.
• Ability to travel 10% of the time.