Strategic Inventory & Distribution Planner

Lincoln Electric; Cleveland (OH); Vor Ort; USD 69.000 - 90.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Lincoln Electric in Cleveland is seeking an analytical Inventory & Distribution Planner to support the US welding business with deployment, distribution planning, and network execution across the supply planning organization.

The role translates supply availability, demand priorities, inventory policies, service requirements, and logistics constraints into executable deployment actions that protect service, inventory health, and cost targets. Strong ERP/SAP experience is required.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, engineering, operations, analytics, or related field; in lieu of degree 7+ years experience is required.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills.
• Experience with ERP, inventory, deployment, transportation, and planning tools, including SAP or similar ERP systems.

Aufgaben

• Own inventory deployment and distribution planning activities for the assigned scope, including short-term execution priorities, inventory positioning, deployment exceptions, and coordination of actions across plants, warehouses, and distribution points.
• Translate supply availability, customer order priorities, inventory policies, transportation constraints, site capabilities, and network parameters into time-phased deployment and distribution recommendations.
• Coordinate inventory rebalancing activities across the network by identifying excess, shortages, aging inventory, regional imbalances, and service risks, then recommending and executing appropriate deployment actions.
• Own STO allocation planning and coordination, including prioritization logic, allocation recommendations, follow-up with sending and receiving locations, and escalation of constraints that impact service or inventory objectives.
• Lead E&O inventory review and disposition coordination by identifying excess and obsolete exposure, validating root causes, partnering with commercial, operations, finance, and supply planning stakeholders, and driving recommended actions through the appropriate governance process.
• Coordinate out-of-area shipment activity when required to protect service, manage inventory imbalances, or support business continuity, including alignment with Logistics, Customer Service, Supply Planning, Sales, and Operations on priorities, timing, and cost implications.
• Support business continuity response by developing and coordinating inventory deployment options during supply disruptions, capacity constraints, transportation interruptions, material shortages, plant outages, or other service-impacting events.
• Prepare clear inventory and deployment recommendations for the Manager, Supply Planning, including service risk, inventory impact, customer priority, logistics feasibility, cost considerations, and required decisions or escalations.
• Monitor inventory exceptions, distribution risks, STO constraints, deployment delays, service gaps, and network imbalances; validate root causes and coordinate mitigation options with Supply Planning, Manufacturing, Procurement, Logistics, Customer Service, Sales, and Finance.
• Partner with Supply Planners by providing inventory, deployment, and network execution visibility that informs the integrated supply plan, while taking ownership of execution-oriented inventory and distribution actions assigned to this role.

Jobbeschreibung

Lincoln Electric in Cleveland is seeking an analytical Inventory & Distribution Planner to support the US welding business with deployment, distribution planning, and network execution across the supply planning organization.

The role translates supply availability, demand priorities, inventory policies, service requirements, and logistics constraints into executable deployment actions that protect service, inventory health, and cost targets. Strong ERP/SAP experience is required.