Director, Inventory Planning & Replenishment Tech (Hybrid)

Genuine Parts Company; Jacksonville (FL); Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Genuine Parts Company seeks a Director of Inventory Planning & Replenishment to own technology strategy, architecture and multi-year roadmaps for inventory planning platforms. You will lead engineering, data science and product teams, drive adoption, and partner with leaders across Inventory, Merchandising, Finance and Stores to deliver improved in-stock performance and supplier outcomes.

The role requires advanced technical leadership, cloud/data expertise and proven experience delivering

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or higher in a relevant field; advanced degree preferred.
• 12+ years of technology, product, engineering or supply chain systems experience with leadership responsibility.
• Experience implementing enterprise supply chain planning solutions in large retail/wholesale environments.
• Strong knowledge of demand forecasting, inventory optimization and multi-echelon planning.
• Experience leading major package implementations and migrations.

Responsibilities

• Own the technology strategy, roadmap and multi-year plans for Inventory Planning & Replenishment.
• Lead APS/RELEX implementation for forecasting, optimization and automated replenishment.
• Maintain DFIO during transition and retire legacy platforms as needed.
• Advance Pulse.ai for AI-guided assortment and inventory decisions.
• Define operating model across planning functions and drive adoption.
• Build and lead cross-functional engineering, data science, product and platform teams.
• Ensure data quality, governance and monitoring of critical data products.
• Drive process change and training to realize benefits.

Skills

Demand forecasting

Inventory optimization

Multi-echelon planning

AI/ML-enabled decision products

Vendor and partner collaboration

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, supply chain, operations research, analytics, business or related field

Tools

RELEX

Manhattan Associates

Blue Yonder

SAP IBP

Kinaxis

Job description

Genuine Parts Company seeks a Director of Inventory Planning & Replenishment to own technology strategy, architecture and multi-year roadmaps for inventory planning platforms. You will lead engineering, data science and product teams, drive adoption, and partner with leaders across Inventory, Merchandising, Finance and Stores to deliver improved in-stock performance and supplier outcomes.

The role requires advanced technical leadership, cloud/data expertise and proven experience delivering