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Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Produce Inventory Planner

Inventory ManagementPosted on Nov 2
Full-timeUnited StatesIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • A high school diploma is required.
  • Three or more years of experience is required; an equivalent combination of education and experience may substitute for three years of Inventory Management/Purchasing experience. Candidates with a bachelor's degree need one or more years of Inventory Management/Purchasing experience.
  • Experience working within a retail, wholesale, or distribution environment.
  • Proficient Excel skills.
  • Communicate with stakeholders about gaps in product service levels.
  • Work cross-functionally across the enterprise.
  • Demonstrate attention to detail and follow up.
  • Proactively highlight and address issues as they arise.
  • Multitask in a fast-paced environment.
  • Adapt to changing company priorities and understand and execute standard replenishment processes and best practices.
  • Demonstrate tactical replenishment execution skills.
  • Demonstrate organizational and planning skills.
  • Negotiate with suppliers to execute the inventory depletion process.
  • Have knowledge of product forecasting.
  • Applicants must be currently authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

  • Maintain inventory levels strategically while maximizing customer service levels.
  • Manage Inventory Days Sales Outstanding (DSO), aged inventory, obsolete inventory, spoilage, and shrink to achieve company goals.
  • Collaborate with local, market, and corporate merchandising teams, suppliers, and other functional areas.
  • Use the Manhattan inventory planning tool Demand Planning Replenishment (DPR) at an intermediate to advanced level to drive team performance, as measured by DPR scorecards, dashboards, and merchandising key performance indicators (KPIs).
  • Work with the logistics team to maximize supply chain efficiencies.
  • Collaborate and strategize with Inbound Planning to develop programs that maximize receiving and warehousing efficiencies.
  • Manage stock keeping unit (SKU) counts (a minimum of 2,300–4,000 vendor-direct SKUs, 3,500 or more redistributed SKUs, or 750 weekly purchase-order perishable lines) and resolve replenishment issues as required.
  • Sustain performance at the specified level while meeting established KPIs.
  • Purchase new items and complete proper system setup promptly.
  • Process Salesforce 360 requests, including NISR and MSR requests, promptly.
  • Follow and respond to market conditions within established corporate and market guidelines.
  • Understand seasonal trends for aligned suppliers.
  • Manage and understand commodity purchasing dynamics.
  • Execute enterprise purchasing initiatives.
  • Confirm pricing and quantity for all purchase orders (POs).
  • Investigate and resolve late or missing POs.
  • Respond to and resolve Cora requests promptly.

Desired Qualifications

  • A bachelor's degree is preferred.
  • Inventory Management/Purchasing experience at a distributor with more than 10,000 SKUs is preferred.

About the Company

Sysco

Supplies food and kitchen goods to restaurants

Sysco buys, stores and delivers food, kitchen supplies and equipment to restaurants, hospitals, schools, hotels and other businesses that cook away from home. Alongside national brands, it sells its own Sysco Brand line of foods and supplies, which fills a large share of the cases it ships. Its biggest product groups are fresh and frozen meats, canned and dry goods, and frozen produce and baked goods. Customers order through Sysco sales representatives or online, and Sysco delivers from distribution centers across North America and Europe, earning money on the difference between what it pays suppliers and what customers pay for delivered goods. Sysco was founded in 1969, began public operations in 1970 and is based in Houston, Texas.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Houston, TX
Founded
1969

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