Supply Chain Specialist, Bailment

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Support supply chain operations and improve efficiency through data collection and analysis. You will manage importing, taxation, customer order entry, logistics, inventory, and warehouse processes, ensuring smooth and cost-effective operations.

Meaningful Work From Day One

In this role, you'll be responsible for administrative support and inventory replenishment planning for USA&C markets, gaining exposure to supply planning while providing crucial assistance for North American replenishment planning.  Responsibilities include managing supply chain inventory planning, coordinating with freight forwarders and shipping partners, and conducting administrative tasks as needed. You'll also manage inventory levels, communicate with demand planners, and ensure inventory reporting accuracy.

What You Can Expect

• Monitor dedicated inboxes and process daily, weekly and monthly receipts and invoices for the supply chain group

• Develop shipping documentation and support documentation for USA and Canada markets

• Execute and maintain weekly and monthly reports for Supply Chain Planning and Reporting 

• Update monthly data to support the inventory reconciliation process for USA and Canada markets 

• Evaluate demand plans vs. actual activity, plan inventory replenishments to international distribution warehouses that meet supply chain goals and provide updated supply requirements to assigned production facilities and suppliers

• Maintain 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.

• Participate in the Sales & Operations Planning process for the purpose of: planning deployment of short supply materials, re-defining inventory planning parameters, resolving other inventory exceptions and supply constraints, reporting aged and un-saleable inventory, obsolete and/or de-listed materials to reach consensus on disposition

• Planning re-packs as required

• Conduct Operational analyses as requested by the Manager of USA and Canada Supply Planning group

What You Bring to the Table

• Bachelor’s Degree with 2 - 4 years planning or related business experience; or 4 - 6 years of combined education and 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.

What Makes You Unique

• SAP R/3-APO experience; Kinaxis experience

• Strong information technologies aptitude

• Diverse logistics background (Production Planning / Inventory Planning / Operations Management / Distribution Planning)

Requisition Type:

Employee

Management Level:

Professional

Global Job Level:

P5

Number of Openings Available:

1