Supply Planner

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The Supply Planner position is a highly visible supply chain role that is responsible for overseeing inventory planning and procurement across the supply chain network. This individual needs to have the capability to balance the sometimes-conflicting goals of inventory targets, targeted customer service levels, forecast accuracy, and safety stock requirements for the allocated portfolio of SKUs for which he or she is assigned. This person is the key liaison to resolve supply issues and ensures the efficient delivery of inventory, service, and cost objectives. This role will identify ways to improve supply planning processes by utilizing current tools and systems. In addition, this person is responsible for ensuring the accuracy of all purchase order data to support the Sales, Operations, and Transportation Teams to meet customer demand and regional performance objectives.

Deliverables

Analysis and Planning:

• Responsible for maintaining inventories and executing the supply plan to minimize out of stocks across the supply chain network to increase service levels while reducing purchasing costs and capital employed.

• Proactively utilize MRP’s and other tools to review inventory projections & supply-demand summaries to prevent potential shortages or excessive inventory and demurrage.

• Monitors inventory levels and makes suggestions on inventory parameters (e.g. safety stock, forecast, etc.)

• Ability to assess purchasing options, optimizing loads via combining various products onto a single order, pre-ordering as needed to reduce costs. Works with Product Marketing Management on overall supply direction.

• Review out of stock situations or shortage of supply issues and recommend mitigations. Utilizes exception reports to identify and correct potential out of stock issues.

• Identifies and manages potential inventory obsolescence to minimize aged inventory and eventual write-offs.

Training and Development:

• The position will also include responsibility for mentoring less experienced supply planners related to supply chain concepts along with SAP functionality.

Inventory Review:

• Conducts business and performance reviews with key suppliers on an ad-hoc basis.

• Tracks and reconciles weekly/monthly metrics versus established targets.

• Responsible for maintaining into stock performance, if approaching out of stock situation, provides options to customer service to remedy situation.

• Purchase Order Creation.

• Converts SAP generated purchase requisitions into purchase orders.

Education/Experience/Training/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree preferred in Business, Supply Chain/Operations, or other related fields.

• APICS certification (CPIM), Supply Chain Management Professional (SCMP) designation considered an asset.

• SAP experience preferred, not required.

Where You'll Work:

Univar Solutions Canada Ltd, 4220 78th Avenue SE, Calgary, AB T2C2Z5. Univar Solutions is a leading, global distributor of chemicals and ingredients essential to the safety, health, and well-being of our daily lives - from life-saving medicines and vitamins to hand sanitizers and industrial materials used for cleaning, construction, and more. Our global team of more than 10,000 employees supports our vision to redefine distribution and be the most valued chemical and ingredient distributor on the planet!

We offer a Total Rewards package that includes market aligned pay and incentives as well as a diverse benefit offering to support our employees’ physical, emotional, and financial well-being. Univar Solutions supports sustainable solutions for the world around us so that we can do our part to help keep our communities healthy, fed, clean, and safe!