Inventory and Planning Specialist

Quaker Houghton; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay programs

Volunteer time off

Dress for your day

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Quaker Houghton in the United States is seeking a role to lead analysis and management of problem inventory and aging across the supply chain network. Identify inventory at risk, drive mitigation with cross-functional teams, and provide visibility to stock health metrics to reduce financial exposure and improve working capital.

Role requires collaboration with planning, operations, and commercial teams to develop action plans for aging inventory and to support inventory disposition decisions,

Responsibilities

• Identify and manage slow-moving, excess, obsolete, expired, and at-risk inventory.
• Track and analyze inventory aging to prevent write-offs and reduce working capital exposure.
• Monitor inventory for potential expiration, demand changes, and excess stock accumulation.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Operations, and Commercial teams to develop action plans for aging inventory.
• Support inventory disposition decisions, including redeployment, repacking, customer opportunities, and scrap reduction.
• Develop and maintain reporting on inventory health, aging profiles, and inventory risk exposure.
• Drive actions that improve inventory turns while maintaining service levels.
• Provides critical backup support for the Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) process, helping ensure inventory deployment, replenishment planning, and network supply continuity across distribution centers.

Job description

Job Description Summary

Leads the analysis and management of problem inventory and inventory aging across the supply chain network. Identifies inventory at risk of obsolescence or expiration, drives mitigation actions with cross-functional teams, and provides visibility to inventory health metrics to reduce financial exposure and improve working capital performance.

Job Description

• Identify and manage slow-moving, excess, obsolete, expired, and at-risk inventory.
• Track and analyze inventory aging to prevent write-offs and reduce working capital exposure.
• Monitor inventory for potential expiration, demand changes, and excess stock accumulation.
• Partner with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Operations, and Commercial teams to develop action plans for aging inventory.
• Support inventory disposition decisions, including redeployment, repacking, customer opportunities, and scrap reduction initiatives.
• Develop and maintain reporting on inventory health, aging profiles, and inventory risk exposure.
• Drive actions that improve inventory turns while maintaining service levels.
• Provides critical backup support for the Distribution Requirements Planning (DRP) process, helping ensure inventory deployment, replenishment planning, and network supply continuity across distribution centers.

Additional Job Description

• Reduce inventory carrying costs.
• Minimize scrap and expired inventory.
• Improve inventory turns and working capital performance.
• Increase visibility to inventory risks before they become financial exposures.
• Support proactive decision-making regarding excess and aging materials.

About Us

At Quaker Houghton, we are experts in the development, production and application of industrial process fluids, lubricants and coatings for the manufacturing industry. We have been an integral part in the growth of the world’s largest industrial and manufacturing companies from aerospace and automotive to primary metal and energy. Today, we have a global presence, with our corporate headquarters located in Conshohocken, PA. Quaker Houghton is a global publicly traded company with a unique collaborative culture that supports career growth for its associates and offers competitive compensation and benefit programs.

What's In It For You

• Competitive pay programs with excellent career growth trajectory
• Paid time off for volunteerism
• Dress for your day; how you dress is determined by what your day may bring
• Opportunity to participate in comprehensive benefit options including: Medical, Dental, Vision, Parental Leave, Holiday Pay, Paid Time Off, Tuition Reimbursement, and Savings Plan
• Work for a global leader in the industrial process fluids industry

Quaker Houghton provides equal employment opportunity for all qualified candidates. Quaker Houghton does not discriminate against any candidate for employment based on race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, affectional or sexual orientation, pregnancy, age, creed, ancestry, national origin, citizenship, marital or domestic partnership or civil union status, veteran’s status, physical/mental disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by U.S federal, state, and/or local employment law. Furthermore, Quaker Houghton is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to qualified candidates with physical and/or mental disabilities.