Inventory Health & 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

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,