PLANNING - Inventory Planner

Colonial Group; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Colonial Group is seeking an entry-level Inventory Planning professional to manage sales and operations planning for assigned product groups in Mississauga, Canada. The role offers exposure to replenishment processes and cross-functional collaboration with sales, program managers, and production.

The ideal candidate holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business/Finance/Manufacturing Planning and demonstrates strong analytical, mathematical, and communication skills, with proficiency in MS Office and ERP

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance or Manufacturing Planning is required.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office tools (Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Knowledge of ERP systems is an asset and beneficial for planning.
• StrongInventory control practices and supply chain management know-how.
• Understanding of warehouse operations and related technical aspects.
• Excellent coordination, organization, and time-management abilities.
• Highly analytical with strong mathematical Aptitude and data interpretation skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Manage sales and operations planning for assigned product and account groups.
• Review planning reports and execute replenishment to meet account requirements.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams (sales, program managers, customer service, purchasing, production).
• Analyze account ordering trends and create inventory plans to support requirements.
• Create and maintain inventory minimums and maximums for account groups.
• Coordinate monthly portfolio reviews with Program Managers for availability and demand changes.
• Create and distribute PO approval requests for account groups.
• Minimize excess/obsolete inventory by following planning guidelines.
• Support item setup, BOMs, and cost sheets in ERP systems.
• Support value-added creation and issue value adds per planning and ERP needs.
• Alert production and purchasing on potential demand and inventory issues.
• Identify planning roadblocks and work with teams for solutions.
• Share best practices and build relationships to improve products/services.
• Collaborate to resolve internal and external customer problems.
• Promote measurable improvement goals.

Skills

MS Office

Advanced Excel

Inventory control

Supply chain management

Analytical skills

Mathematics

Communication skills

Time management

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s Degree in Business, Finance or Manufacturing Planning

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

Job Summary:

Effectively manage sales and operations planning for assigned product and account groups. This entry level position is a great opportunity for recent graduates.

Primary Duties:

• • Ensure inventory requirements for specific product groups are met.
  • Review of planning reports and execute replenishment to fill account requirements.
  • Collaborate with cross functional teams including sales, program managers, customer service, purchasing and production to ensure inventory targets are met.
  • Proactively analyze account ordering trends and create inventory plans to support requirements.
  • Create, propose, and maintain contractual inventory minimum and maximum for specific account groups.
  • Coordinate monthly portfolio review with Program Managers to review product availability and demand/supply changes.
  • Create and distribute PO approval requests for specific account groups.
  • Reduce exposure to excess and obsolete inventory by observing strict planning guidelines.
  • Support item setup, BOMs and related cost sheets in ERP systems per new setup requests.
  • Support value add creation, entry, and issue all value add per planning and ERP requirements for stock and fulfill existing orders.
  • Proactively alert production and purchasing team on possible demand and inventory issues.
  • Highlight potential planning roadblocks and engage cross functional teams for possible solutions.
  • Seek and share best practices with others in the company.
  • Build and develop relationships with peers and others to exchange feedback on product/service issues, identify and/or solve problems, assess needs, and achieve business results.
  • Coordinate with co-workers to solve internal and external customer problems.
  • Promote setting measurable goals of improvement

Job Qualifications:

• • Bachelor’s Degree, Business, Finance or Manufacturing Planning.
  • Proficiency: Microsoft Office, including Outlook, Advanced Excel, Word, and PowerPoint.
  • Knowledge about ERP systems is considered an asset.
  • Strong knowledge of inventory control practices, processes, distribution, and supply chain management.
  • Understanding of technical aspects of warehouse operations
  • Strong coordination, organizational and time management skills
  • Extremely strong analytical and statistical skills.
  • Strong mathematical aptitude
  • Strong analytical skills to interpret data.
  • Ability to evaluate, prioritize and problem solve a variety of tasks to ensure their timely and accurate completion.
  • Detail oriented, with a high level of accuracy.
  • Excellent verbal and written communication skills

This role is for an existing vacancy