Sr. Inventory Planner

Position Summary

Responsibilities

• Plan inventory levels across 2 locations for parts from assigned vendors and maintain master data such as lead time, minimum order quantities, box quantities and purchase price to ensure that planning levels are accurate.
• Order parts from assigned vendors and manage assigned vendor performance to maintain planned inventory levels and to meet customer expectations for unplanned demands (including rush orders, orders for slow moving parts, and other special circumstances).
• Co-ordinate deliveries with vendors, customer service and logistics and communicate part availability status and latest delivery information to Customer Service using various systems and tools.
• Manage slow moving inventory from assigned vendors and work with cross functional teams to minimize aging inventory using various strategies (returns, reconfigurations, sales, etc)
• Review and update governance reports to ensure that all target metrics are being met.
• Resolve in-transit and inventory accuracy discrepancies.
• Process stock transfers between plants as required.
• Investigate Non-Conformances and co-ordinate resolutions with other cross-functional teams.