Distribution Planner

Molex; Hudson (WI); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Molex in Hudson, WI is seeking a Distribution Planner to coordinate incoming and outgoing shipments and align warehouse priorities to meet customer expectations.

You will partner with buyers, coordinators, customer service, and warehouse teams to create visibility around daily plans, capacity, and order fulfillment, driving continuous improvement and on-time performance at our Hudson distribution center.

Qualifications

• Experience using SAP or related systems.
• Proficient in Excel and Microsoft Outlook.
• Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Coordinate shipments with global planner to ensure timely material flow.
• Set and communicate the daily warehouse plan aligning resources with priorities.
• Monitor metrics to plan, prioritize, and adjust daily workload.
• Control and optimize material flow to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
• Plan daily picking, packing, and order fulfillment operations.
• Meet on-time shipping and receiving targets with minimal errors.
• Ensure warehouse team understands daily priorities and has resources.
• Identify and resolve bottlenecks in material flow.
• Use data and metrics to drive continuous improvements across warehouse operations.
• Promote accountability, safety, and teamwork in the warehouse.

Skills

SAP experience

Excel

Outlook / MS Office

Cross-functional communication

Tools

Power BI

SAP ERP

Job description

Your Job

The Distribution Planner is responsible for coordinating incoming and outgoing shipments, aligning warehouse priorities, and ensuring timely material flow to meet customer expectations. This role partners closely with buyers, coordinators, customer service, and warehouse teams to create visibility around daily plans, capacity, bandwidth, and order fulfillment needs.

Our Team

At Molex, we create connections for life by enabling technologies that transform the future and improve lives. With a presence in more than 40 countries, we offer a complete range of connectivity products, services, and solutions across various industries, including data communications, medical, industrial, automotive, and consumer electronics. This role will support our Hudson distribution center.

What You Will Do

• Coordinate incoming and outgoing shipments with the global planner to ensure timely, accurate material flow.
• Set and communicate the daily warehouse plan, aligning resources with business priorities and customer needs.
• Monitor key metrics to plan, prioritize, and adjust daily workload.
• Control and optimize material flow to reduce waste and improve efficiency.
• Plan and oversee daily picking, packing, and order fulfillment operations.
• Meet on-time shipping and receiving targets with minimal errors or delays.
• Ensure the warehouse team understands daily priorities and has the resources needed to execute.
• Proactively identify and resolve bottlenecks in material flow.
• Use data and metrics to drive continuous improvement across warehouse operations.
• Promote accountability, safety, and teamwork within the warehouse.

Who You Are (Basic Qualifications)

• Experience utilizing SAP or related system
• Ability to work in Excel, Outlook, Microsoft systems
• Excellent communication skills and ability to work cross-functionally

What Will Put You Ahead

• Power BI or related data tools

Hiring Philosophy

All Koch companies value diversity of thought, perspectives, aptitudes, experiences, and backgrounds. We are Military Ready and Second Chance employers. Learn more about our hiring philosophy here.

Who We Are

As a Koch company, Molex is a leading supplier of connectors and interconnect components, driving innovation in electronics and supporting industries from automotive to health care and consumer to data communications. The thousands of innovators who work for Molex have made us a global electronics leader. Our experienced people, groundbreaking products and leading-edge technologies help us deliver a wider array of solutions to more markets than ever before.

At Koch, employees are empowered to do what they do best to make life better. Learn how our business philosophy helps employees unleash their potential while creating value for themselves and the company.

Our Benefits

Our goal is for each employee, and their families, to live fulfilling and healthy lives. We provide essential resources and support to build and maintain physical, financial, and emotional strength - focusing on overall wellbeing so you can focus on what matters most. Our benefits plan includes - medical, dental, vision, flexible spending and health savings accounts, life insurance, ADD, disability, retirement, paid vacation/time off, educational assistance, and may also include infertility assistance, paid parental leave and adoption assistance. Specific eligibility criteria is set by the applicable Summary Plan Description, policy or guideline and benefits may vary by geographic region. If you have questions on what benefits apply to you, please speak to your recruiter.

Additionally, everyone has individual work and personal needs. We seek to enable the best work environment that helps you and the business work together to produce superior results.

Equal Opportunities

Equal Opportunity Employer, including disability and protected veteran status. Except where prohibited by state law, some offers of employment are conditioned upon successfully passing a drug test. This employer uses E-Verify. Please click here for additional information. (For Illinois E-Verify information click here, aqui, or tu).