Inventory & Demand Planner

FreshPoint Oahu, Ltd. (FreshPoint Hawaii, LLC); United States; On-site; USD 60,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Sysco is seeking an inventory planning professional to achieve company inventory management goals for assigned Planners, Suppliers or Categories, including exemplary customer service, PO accuracy, minimal spoilage, and maintaining the lowest possible DSO. You will influence inbound POs, forecasting, and KPI-driven performance.

You will review stock levels, manage fulfillment, and support product recalls and returns while coordinating with Sales, Supply Chain, and Suppliers.

Qualifications

• 1+ year professional business experience or relevant Bachelor's degree in lieu of experience.
• Experience working within a retail, wholesale or distribution environment
• Strong Excel skills
• Inventory Management/Purchasing experience in distributor with 10,000+ SKUs

Responsibilities

• Achieve planned inventory management service level, DSO, and spoilage goals while maximizing operational efficiencies
• Review critical items and take necessary action to support end customer service level
• Review daily out of stock report, communicate to sales as needed and expedite orders appropriately
• Manage inbound POs by confirming for cost, quantity and dates, overdue orders, overages, shorts, and damage, etc
• Maintain forecasting system parameters to manage demand changes due to customer events, business shifts, and seasonality changes as needed
• Demonstrate an intermediate level of proficiency with the DPR (demand planning system) to drive teams' performance
• Support returns to suppliers as required
• Support product recalls as required
• Manage purchase order costing and date accuracy through confirmations and alerts
• Follow supplier and corporate market conditions/trends to identify purchasing opportunities
• Provide basic demand planning support and field feedback to Corporate Planner for action and/or alignment

Skills

Inventory management

Excel skills

Cross-functional collaboration

Attention to detail

Education

High school diploma

Bachelor's degree

Job description

Sysco is seeking an inventory planning professional to achieve company inventory management goals for assigned Planners, Suppliers or Categories, including exemplary customer service, PO accuracy, minimal spoilage, and maintaining the lowest possible DSO. You will influence inbound POs, forecasting, and KPI-driven performance.

You will review stock levels, manage fulfillment, and support product recalls and returns while coordinating with Sales, Supply Chain, and Suppliers.