Strategic Inventory & Planning Specialist

C100 Quaker Houghton PA, Inc.; Conshohocken (Montgomery County); Sur place; USD 60 000 - 90 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Quaker Houghton is seeking an Inventory and Planning Specialist to support the Production team by performing routine material resource planning activities, processing data into our Enterprise One planning system and coordinating scheduling to meet internal and external demand.

The role focuses on managing aging inventory, driving turns and reducing costs while collaborating with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Operations, and Commercial teams.

Responsabilités

• 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.
• Back up the DRP process to ensure inventory deployment, replenishment, and network continuity across distribution centers.
• 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.

Description du poste

Quaker Houghton is seeking an Inventory and Planning Specialist to support the Production team by performing routine material resource planning activities, processing data into our Enterprise One planning system and coordinating scheduling to meet internal and external demand.

The role focuses on managing aging inventory, driving turns and reducing costs while collaborating with Supply Planning, Demand Planning, Operations, and Commercial teams.