Inventory Planner (Dallas, TX)

Job Title: Inventory Planner

Job Type: Full-time; Hybrid

Responsibilities:

• Work with account implementation on inventory plans to support new

and existing customers

• Monitors and manages inventory service levels and fill rates for

branches and key customers

• Works with SIOP and Purchasing to ensure product flows through the

network as planned

• Works with SIOP, Inventory, Purchasing, and Transportation teams to

ensure orders arrive at the right place at the right time

• Promotes a safety and LEAN culture

• Performs other related duties as assigned

• Reviews inventory on scheduled basis for purposes of conducting

inventory smoothing and rebalancing activity

• Train personnel on mastered job processes and techniques

• Ensure in stock rate at assigned locations meet company targets for

service level

• Inventory at assigned locations achieving company targets for annual

inventory turns

• Customer order fill rate at assigned locations achieving company

targets

Experience:

• Prior leadership in an inventory planning capacity is preferred• Minimum 5 years of exceptional work within purchasing/inventory

planning in wholesale distribution

• Minimum 2 years of experience using inventory management/planning

software (GAINS software experience preferred)

• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel applications (tables, charts and

formulas, SUMIFS, SUMPRODUCT, pivot tables, etc.)

• General knowledge of ERP (Enterprise resource planning) Applications

(NetSuite preferred) within the accounting functionality, cross

functional transactional data flow, daily transactions, and extraction,

reporting, and uploading data

• Basic knowledge of battery industry and automotive field concepts,

practices, and procedures (language, technology, maintenance, etc.)

This position offers a competitive base salary.