Supply Chain Planner

Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Coca-Cola Southwest Beverages in Texas seeks a Supply Chain Planner II to maintain inventory accuracy across branches and SKUs, coordinate purchasing of full goods, and support occasional production planning.

You will use SAP and Blue Yonder to manage inventory, run replenishment, monitor capacity, collaborate with Demand Management and Sales, and help prevent stockouts and overages while optimizing logistics costs.

Qualifications

• Must have strong analytical skills.
• Minimum of 1 year of purchasing or planning responsibilities.
• Must have knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain proper full goods inventory levels for assigned area/locations using SAP and Blue Yonder modules.
• Create replenishment loads (purchased or DRP) optimized to minimize logistics costs.
• Maintain PP and MRP profiles to ensure SAP Production and Capacity modules are fully utilized.
• Maintain SAP coverage profiles for each sales facility within assigned area.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Communication skills

Microsoft Office

Education

High School Diploma

Tools

SAP

Blue Yonder Planning

Microsoft Office

Job description

Supply Chain Planner II will be responsible for maintaining proper inventory to fulfill demand requirements, at a branch and SKU level. This may include purchasing full goods and/or performing branch replenishment activities. May occasionally perform production planning activities.

• Responsible for maintaining proper full goods inventory levels for assigned area/locations utilizing SAP and Blue Yonder Planning Modules.
• Creates replenishment loads (purchased or DRP) that are optimized to minimize logistical costs.
• Maintain PP and MRP profiles to ensure the integrity of the SAP Production and Capacity Modules are fully utilized for Purchased products.
• Must maintain SAP coverage profiles for each sales facilities within assigned area.
• Work with the Demand Manager, Sales Centers and operations teams to support the rollout of new products, promotional packaging, and holiday inventory planning on purchased products.
• Participate in the review of inventory levels and warehouse capacity, initiate and coordinate necessary product movements to prevent out of stocks and out of date issues as well as overstock/warehouse capacity issues
• Work with Demand Analyst on SAP material set-ups and sourcing changes for purchased products.
• Report on close dated inventory and work to reduce Breakage Damage and Loss (BDL) due to product age.
• Work with Demand Manager to improve the Business Unit's Uniform Forecasting Process
• Participate in SKU management analysis to help identify those sku's that are underperforming.
• Help provide good data to business unit and Area leadership to aid in decision making
• Host daily collaboration conference calls to communicate key product information across the business unit and treat immediate needs for product shortages where possible
• Maintain SAP system parameters for purchased and produced full goods
• Manage vendors' brands that have various lead times to maintain proper inventory levels

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required
• Minimum of 1 year of purchasing or planning responsibilities.
• Must have strong analytical skills and have the ability to work with Mathematical concepts.
• Must have knowledge of Microsoft office.
• Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions.
• Must have strong written and verbal communication skills.