Inventory Optimization Planner - Pittsburgh Paints Company

As an Inventory Optimization Planner, you will be the key consultant to business leaders ensuring adequate information is received from customers, sales, marketing, and other sources to construct appropriate demand and sales forecasts.

You will work a hybrid schedule and report to the Manager, Trade Demand & Replenishment Planning.

Key Responsibilities

• Establish metrics to determine bias and improve forecast accuracy.

• Develop rough-cut capacity plans to highlight demand vs. capacity to support make-to-stock and make-to-order environments.

• Ensure inventory level optimization to minimize cost.

• Incorporate demand and sales forecast information, capacity constraints, and inventory requirements into a comprehensive sales and operations planning (S&OP) process.

• Pull data from SAP, Microsoft Access, and SAP BI to provide inventory analysis and to plan store sales meetings.

• Maintain planning system/software by entering and modifying data, ensuring correctness and managing parameters that affect integrity of the POS forecast.

• Forecast accuracy measures including MAPE, bias, trend usage tracking, replenishment order acceptance, SLOB inventory, inventory targets and SKU in-stocks.

• Work with store sales teams to ensure inventory/forecast needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business or a related field.

• Minimum of 2 years' experience in Inventory, Supply, or Demand planning.

• Drive for sales results required.

• SAP and Power BI experience.

• Prior presentation experience.

• APICS certification as a CPIM preferred.

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About us:

Pittsburgh Paints Company, formerly part of PPG, is an industry leader in residential and commercial architectural coatings through its well-known portfolio of brands, including GLIDDEN, OLYMPIC, LIQUID NAILS, HOMAX, PITTSBURGH PAINTS & STAINS, Manor Hall, FLOOD, DULUX (in Canada), and SICO, among others. We manufacture and sells interior and exterior paints, stains, caulks, repair products, adhesives, and sealants for homeowners and professionals. It also includes certain light-duty protective coatings products that are primarily sold through company-owned stores and manufactured through a common factory footprint. In total, our distribution network includes more than 15,000 touchpoints through company-owned stores, independent dealer locations, and major home improvement centers and retailers across the U.S. and Canada.

Pittsburgh Paints Company provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.

Benefits will be discussed with you by your recruiter during the hiring process.

Przedziay pacowe i wysoko wiadcze PPG mog si roni w zalenoci od miejsca, dziki czemu moemy w sposob konkurencyjny wynagradza pracownikow na ronych rynkach geograficznych. Podejmujc decyzje dotyczce wynagrodzenia, firma PPG bierze pod uwag kilka czynnikow, w tym midzy innymi umiejtnoci, dowiadczenie i szkolenia, kwalifikacje i wyksztacenie, licencje i certyfikaty oraz inne potrzeby organizacyjne. Mog rownie obowizywa inne motywatory.

Nasze programy wiadcze pracowniczych maj na celu wspieranie zdrowia i dobrego samopoczucia pracownikow. Wobec ubezpiecze i wiadcze stosowane s warunki obowizujcych planow i powizanych dokumentow planu regulujcego.