Manufacturing Planner & Scheduler III

Lancesoft; Town of Grand Island (NY); Remote; USD 69,000 - 83,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical Insurance

Dental & Vision

401k Contributions

Critical Illness Insurance

Voluntary Life Insurance

Accident Insurance

Other Perks

Job summary

LanceSoft is seeking an experienced Global Inventory Transition Lead for an 8–10 month contract to support a global ERP deployment from a supply chain perspective. You will coordinate inventory movements across North America and EMEA, using demand data, on-hand inventory, expiry risk, and transportation choices while aligning with NA and EMEA business hours.

The role requires leading cross-functional plans, validating data with ERP teams, and ensuring customer service levels during cutover and

Qualifications

• Experience in supply chain, inventory management, logistics and ERP implementation.
• Ability to analyze large data sets and translate findings into inventory movement decisions.
• Experience evaluating demand, inventory position, stocking policies or categories, shelf life or expiry risk.
• Experience coordinating inventory transfers across multiple sites, regions, or distribution locations.
• Knowledge of ERP transactions to receive, transfer, reconcile, and manage inventory.
• Strong cross-functional collaboration with SCM, Planning, Logistics, Manufacturing, IT, and Finance.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and communication skills.
• Proficient with Excel; experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau is advantageous.

Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain coordination for inventory transitions during ERP deployment.
• Analyze large data sets to make data-based inventory movement recommendations.
• Evaluate demand, inventory position, shelf life, expiry risk, and transport options.
• Develop and maintain inventory movement plans across NA and EMEA.
• Coordinate movement plans with sites, distribution centers, planners, and carriers.
• Monitor product availability and service levels during transition and mitigate gaps.
• Assess expiry, excess, shortage, and obsolescence risks in transition decisions.
• Coordinate system transactions to receive, transfer, classify, reconcile inventory.
• Validate inventory data and process readiness with ERP and master data teams.
• Support testing, cutover planning, go-live, issues resolution, and post-go-live.

Skills

Supply chain

Inventory management

Logistics

ERP implementation

Data analysis

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

Cross-functional

Tools

Excel

SQL

Power BI

Tableau

ERP systems

Job description

Shift: Monday- Friday 8am-5pm, will need to be flexible for calls with contacts in different time zones. Duration: 8–10 month Pay range: $50.00 - $60.00 Hourly. This role is a 100% remote role and can sit anywhere in the United States.

Position Summary: We are seeking an experienced Global Inventory Transition Lead for an 8–10 month contract to support a global ERP implementation from a supply chain perspective. The role will use demand data, stocking categorization, inventory position, expiry exposure, and transportation data to determine what material should move, where it should move, and how it should be transported across North America and EMEA. The successful candidate will coordinate inventory transition plans and execution across sites and functions while maintaining customer service levels. They will also work with business and system teams to define, validate, and complete the transactions required to bring inventory into Client systems. The candidate must be willing to work standard business hours aligned with both North America and EMEA.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead supply chain coordination for inventory transitions throughout ERP deployment, cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization.
• Analyze large, complex data sets to develop data-based recommendations for inventory movement.
• Evaluate demand, stocking categorization, on-hand inventory, shelf life, expiry risk, and transportation modes when determining material quantities, destinations, timing, and movement priorities.
• Develop and maintain inventory movement plans across North America and EMEA, including risks, dependencies, timelines, approvals, and execution status.
• Coordinate movement plans with manufacturing sites, distribution centers, planners, logistics teams, carriers, and regional supply chain stakeholders.
• Monitor product availability and customer service levels throughout the transition;identify potential supply gaps and coordinate mitigation actions.
• Assess inventory for expiry, excess, shortage, and obsolescence exposure, and incorporate those risks into transition decisions.
• Coordinate cross-functional alignment on the system transactions needed to receive, transfer, classify, reconcile, and establish inventory in Client systems.
• Partner with ERP, business process, and master data teams to validate inventory data, transaction requirements, and process readiness.
• Support inventory data validation, transaction testing, end-to-end testing, cutover planning, reconciliation, go-live, and post-go-live issue resolution.
• Track physical inventory movements and system transaction completion;investigate discrepancies and coordinate resolution.
• Lead or support root-cause analysis for transition issues related to data, process, logistics, system transactions, or user execution.
• Prepare transition status updates, procedures, work instructions, and training materials for impacted teams.
• Support handoff of transition processes and open issues to steady-state supply chain operations.

Required Qualifications

• Strong experience in supply chain, inventory management, logistics and ERP implementation in a complex, multi-site environment.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze large, complex data sets and translate findings into practical inventory movement decisions.
• Experience evaluating demand, inventory position, stocking policies or categories, shelf life or expiry risk, and transportation considerations.
• Experience coordinating inventory transfers or other material movements across multiple sites, regions, or distribution locations.
• Understanding of inventory control processes and ERP transactions required to receive, transfer, reconcile, and manage inventory.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Supply Chain, Planning, Logistics, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, IT, Master Data, and ERP teams.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple priorities, timelines, and stakeholders across a regional and global footprint.
• Strong analytical, organizational, problem-solving, facilitation, and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Excel and experience using data analysis or visualization tools;experience with SQL, Power BI, or Tableau is an advantage.
• Ability to document processes, decisions, risks, and execution status clearly and accurately.
• Willingness to work standard business hours aligned with North America and EMEA regions.

Preferred Qualifications

• Previous experience supporting a global ERP implementation, transformation, rollout, or multi-site deployment.
• Experience with ERP inventory processes and transaction testing.
• Experience coordinating regional or cross-border transportation and understanding the operational considerations of different transportation modes.
• Experience supporting cutover, go-live, hypercare, and stabilization activities.
• Previous experience as an Inventory Transition Lead, Supply Chain Lead, Logistics Lead, or Inventory Management SME on a major ERP implementation.

Employee Benefits

At LanceSoft, full time regular employees who work a minimum of 30 hours a week or more are entitled to the following benefits: Four options of medical Insurance Dental and Vision Insurance 401k Contributions Critical Illness Insurance Voluntary Permanent Life Insurance Accident Insurance Other Employee Perks

About LanceSoft

LanceSoft is rated as one of the largest staffing firms in the US by SIA. Our mission is to establish global cross-culture human connections that further the careers of our employees and strengthen the businesses of our clients. We are driven to use the power of our global network to connect businesses with the right people, and people with the right businesses without bias. We provide Global Workforce Solutions with a human touch.