Inventory Deployment Analyst - Raw Material/WIP

How You'll Have an Impact at Kinder’s:

As a Inventory Deployment Analyst, you'll serve as the primary point of contact to manage and coordinate the movement of inventory across our supply chain network. This role ensures the timely and cost-effective deployment of finished goods and raw ingredients from manufacturing plants and suppliers to distribution centers and customers. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, a solid understanding of supply chain processes, and experience with inventory and deployment systems. Your role will directly support Kinder's business objectives and growth, consistently reflecting our company values.

Key Responsibilities Include:

• Plan and coordinate deployment timelines, ensuring alignment with project deadlines.
• Schedule deployment windows to minimize business disruption.
• Communicate timelines and expectations with all involved teams.
• Analyze demand and inventory data to determine optimal deployment strategies across distribution centers, warehouses, or retail locations.
• Maintain and monitor inventory deployment plans to ensure product availability and service level targets.
• Identify and resolve imbalances in inventory across the network (e.g., overstock, out-of-stock, slow-moving inventory).
• Collaborate with demand planners, supply planners, logistics, and operations teams to ensure efficient inventory flow.
• Generate and present reports on inventory health, service levels, and deployment effectiveness.
• Support new product launches, seasonal events, and promotions by ensuring proper inventory positioning.
• Continuously improve inventory deployment processes and identify automation or optimization opportunities.
• Investigate root causes for deployment issues and recommend corrective actions

What You Bring to the Table

• Minimum of 3-5 years of experience in inventory deployment, preferably in consumer-packaged goods supply chain or operations.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams and external partners.
• Ability to set and achieve goals and engage in creative problem solving.
• Strong organization skills and attention to detail are necessary, as well as commitment to seeing tasks through to completion.
• Team player that works well cross functionally and seeks to collaborate across multiple functional areas in the organization.
• Flexible, efficient, and motivated self-starter that requires little direction, with a proven ability in creative problem solving and managing multiple priorities
• A commitment and passion for being an active participant in our fast-paced, high growth company.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, Word, Excel, PowerPoint) products. Familiarity with SAP a plus.
• Bachelor’s degree preferred but not required.

Things About the Way We Work

• No two days here are the same
• We try to be good team members and good communicators, but we don’t live by hierarchy and structure – everyone is a difference maker here
• We make a lot of decisions in the face of incomplete information – our team embraces ambiguity and tries to make good decisions fast rather than great decisions slow
• We believe our job is to take smart risk, not to eliminate risk
• We believe in growing our skills and becoming a better company with more managerial expertise, but we are an entrepreneurial company at heart
• We aren’t trying to be average – we want to do exceptional things, and we are willing to work hard to achieve them

Location & Pay Transparency

The position will be based out of our Walnut Creek, CA office.

The expected starting salary range for this role is $105,000- $115,000 per year. The salary range posted for this role reflects the good-faith base pay range Kinder’s reasonably expects to offer at the time of posting and may vary based on the location of the role. Individual compensation within the posted range will be determined based on factors such as relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, and business needs.