Inventory Fulfilment Planner

Job Title: Inventory Fulfilment Planner

Location: Buffalo, NY

Contract length: 6 to 8 months

Hybrid: WFH on Mondays & Fridays

Job Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain management or related field.
• 3+ years of logistical planning experience preferred.
• Knowledge of manufacturing, distribution, and customer service.
• APICS certification or matriculation towards certification preferred.
• Strong statistical and spreadsheet analytical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to perform basic financial analysis.
• Strong written and interpersonal skills.
• Strong PC proficiency to include Microsoft Office Word, PowerPoint, Power BI advanced proficiency in Excel.
• Candidates with SAP experience is preferred (ECC and/or S4 Hana) and/or Blue Yonder experience
• Knowledge of Shipping, 3rd Party Transportation, Marketing, International Logistics, Procurement is preferred.

Job Responsibilities:

• Develop deployment strategy based on current demand and production plans at the SKU location level.
• Plan, create, change, and complete purchase orders within SAP. Leverage Blue Yonder for creation of Stock Transfer Orders.
• Manage warehouse space by projecting downstream requirements and monitor daily the 14-day outlooks to ensure there are gridlock issues. Planner will need to response if capacity concerns appear.
• Prioritize inbounds when there are inbound / outbound capacity constraints.
• Manage potential inventory shortage reports. Take action to reduce shortages to customers.
• Communicate customer shortages to Customer Service Representatives where appropriate.
• Communicate significant inventory shortages to Supply Planners and/or Sales Channel Service Managers.
• Report on inventory health and SKUs over / under safety stock targets.
• Update weekly reason codes for cutting in dashboards.