Supply Chain Replenishment Planner
The Job
We are actively seeking analytical and customer service oriented individuals to begin a challenging career as a Supply Chain Replenishment Planner at our corporate office in Oak Brook, IL. The main objective for the Replenishment Planner position is to attain service level and inventory turnover goals for a portfolio of vendors by ensuring that we have the right inventory, in the right place, at the right time to service our retailers.
What you’ll do
- Create and monitor purchase orders to our Ace distribution centers
- Perform order process analysis to optimize purchase order cycles and operating costs
- Develop and execute promotional and seasonal sales plans
- Maintain relationships with suppliers and drive supply chain compliance
- Exemplify “Ace Helpful” by providing amazing customer service to our retailers, field staff, and cross functional departments
- Identify and address potential fill rate issues and impacts by performing root cause analysis and taking corrective action
- Participate in negotiations to relieve overstocks and coordinate merchandise returns
- Manage all aspects of the supply chain and drive continuous improvement for 80+ vendors and ~$100M in annual sales
What you need to succeed
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or an equivalent functional area
- Strong analytical, organizational, customer service and critical thinking skills
- Excellent verbal and written communication
- Self-motivated and able to work independently or in a group
- Advanced skills in Excel with competence in pivots and lookups – Access is a plus
- Experience in SAP, JDA Demand, JDA Fulfillment, E3/Advanced Warehouse Replenishment are a plus