Distribution Center Planner III

Rheem Manufacturing Company; Pine Brook (NJ); Hybrid; USD 80,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Rheem Manufacturing Company seeks a Distribution Center Planner to develop and execute stock distribution plans across the network, supporting local market supply chain and customer service, with a direct link to the Inventory Planning & Capacity Manager.

This role supports Rheem North America, based in San Antonio, TX, Fort Smith, AR, Lewisville, TX, Pine Brook, NJ, or Atlanta, GA, and follows a hybrid work arrangement with in-office Mondays through Thursdays and remote Fridays.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience.
• Minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience.
• Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of MS Office Suite, especially Excel.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy.
• Excellent problem-solving skills.
• Some work in non-climate-controlled facility.
• Sitting and walking for extended periods.
• Occasionally lifting up to 20lbs.

Responsibilities

• Creates and maintains Valid Achievable Distribution Requirement plans through reviewing SKU level MPS plans and capacity considerations from source of supply.
• Manages shelf-life and quality constraint requirement while balancing and moving stock in the network.
• Liaises with Demand Management, Logistics, Customer Service and Supply planning.
• Reviews the network to optimize distribution cost while maintaining service level, replenishment objectives and high product availability.
• Monitor inventory against stock targets and service levels; take swift actions during seasonal trends.
• Defines near-term distribution and warehousing requirements.
• Facilitate reduction of excess inventory and out-of-stocks; manage near-term issues.
• Provide view of warehouse capacity constraints, risks of violation, and opportunities to lift constraints.
• Maintain key master data elements and planning data to ensure streamlined planning.
• Identify issues in network activity and upcoming risks in S&OE horizon.
• Inform on transportation disruptions and options to ensure timely goods.
• Drive actionable plans for excess inventory, slow-movers, returns, and dysfunctional stock.
• Identify root causes of fill rate issues and drive corrective actions with cross-functional teams.
• Maintain item segmentation, target inventory levels and quality of inventory.
• Manage Finished Goods Inventory through lifecycle management.
• Track and report KPIs with Supply and Inventory Analysis Partner.
• Develop inventory targets and safety stock; publish reports and analyze KPIs.

Skills

Communication

Problem solving

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience

Minimum 5 years of relevant experience

Tools

MS Office Suite

Excel

Job description

The Distribution Center Planner develops, updates, generates, and executes the stock distribution requirement plan for the network while supporting the effectiveness of the local market supply chain and customer service. This role has a direct link to the Inventory Planning & Capacity Manager to represent distribution constraints for the purposes of Master Capacity Planning.

This position will support Rheem North America, based in San Antonio, TX, Fort Smith, AR, Lewisville, TX, Pine Brook, NJ, or Atlanta, GA. This role follows our hybrid work arrangement, with team members working in the office Monday through Thursday and remotely on Fridays.

Responsibilities

• Creates and Maintains Valid Achievable Distribution Requirement plans through reviewing SKU level MPS plans and capacity considerations from source of supply
• Manages shelf-life and quality constraint requirement while balancing and moving stock in the network
• Constant Liaison with Demand Management, Logistics, Customer Service and Supply planning
• Reviews the network to assess how to best optimize distribution cost while maintaining service level, replenishment objectives and high product availability
• Monitor inventory against stock targets, pre-build plans, and service levels during low and peak seasonality trends and takes swift actions
• Defines near term distribution and warehousing requirements
• Facilitate the reduction of excess inventory and out of stocks, and work to manage near term issues
• Accountable for providing a view of all the warehouse capacity constraints, risks of violation, and opportunities to lift these constraints
• Responsible for the upkeep and maintenance of key master data elements and planning data, not limited to planning parameters, to ensure planning is streamlined and effective
• Identify issues in the network activity, assess upcoming risks or issues in terms of execution or capacity in the S&OE horizon
• Accountable for informing on transportation disruptions and options to ensure the required goods are in place on time
• Drives actionable plans for excess inventory, slow-movers, no-movers, returns, dysfunctional stock
• Identify and prioritize root causes of fill rate issues and excess inventory, and drive corrective actions across cross-functional teams
• Maintain item segmentation, target inventory levels and quality of inventory
• Manage Finished Goods Inventory through the life cycle management process
• Track and report out key performance indicators (KPIs)
• Working with Supply and Inventory Analysis Partner:
• Review inventory policies and determine optimal updates on a monthly – quarterly basis
• Develop inventory targets and safety stock including min/max alongside reporting mechanisms to understand key KPIs and metrics
• Publish inventory reports and perform analysis on an as-needed basis
• Ongoing development of role in relation to business requirements is required as new tasks can be assigned

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 5 years of prior relevant experience
• Proficient computer skills and in-depth knowledge of relevant software such as MS Office Suite, especially Excel
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal, with attention to detail and accuracy
• Excellent problem-solving skills
• Some work in non-climate-controlled facility
• Sitting and walking for extended periods
• Occasionally lifting up to 20lbs

As a Leader At Rheem, How You Achieve Results Is As Important As The Results You Achieve. While LEADING OTHERS, You Will Be Expected To Demonstrate The Following Competencies And Behaviors

• Aligning Performance for Success
• Applying Business Knowledge
• Building Talent
• Building Trusting Relationships
• Communicating with Impact
• Customer-Orientation
• Delegating TasksExecuting/Leading the Team
• Facilitating Change
• Fostering Relationships/Emotional Intelligence
• Influencing
• Problem Solving & Decision Making
• Supporting Innovation

Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements.

About Us

At Rheem, we engineer products for life. For home life. For work life. For the life of the planet we all share. Backed by over 100 years of expertise, we’re passionate about product innovation and boldly committed to sustainability. Our full line of global air and water solutions deliver reliable performance, comfort and energy savings for residential and commercial applications worldwide. From engineers to accountants, sales professionals to support experts, Rheem depends on people to power our innovations. Join Rheem and help shape the future of products that impact lives—every day.

Our Behavior Based Values Set Us Apart

• Listening to Understand – Open mind, learning from others, accepting feedback, embracing the objective
• Contributing Respectfully - Sharing opinions, valuing ideas, sharing opposing perspectives with respect
• Thinking Creatively – Applying creativity, seeking improvements, understanding from the customers’ lens
• Acting with Responsibility – Owning decisions and actions, acting with integrity, embracing accountability

Rheem is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Rheem encourages all qualified candidates to apply, including those of any race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status. The job description above has been designed to indicate the general nature and level of work performed by employees within this classification. It is not designed to contain or be interpreted as a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities and qualifications required of employees assigned to this job. Equivalent combination of education, experience, and skills may supplement above minimum job requirements.

For U.S. Based jobs, please note that Rheem is unable to hire candidates to be employed in the following states: Alaska, District of Columbia, Hawaii, Idaho, Mississippi, Montana, New Mexico, North Dakota, or Vermont.