Inventory Planner Jobs

Who We Are

The Inventory Planner reports to the Inventory Planning Manager to support the business by developing and maintaining inventory policies and completing day-to-day tasks related to optimal inventory levels and customer demand. This role works with the Replenishment Planning team to determine appropriate inventory strategies for managed items. This role reports all recommendations, insights, and risks up to the Inventory Planning Manager for action.

What You Will Do

• Implement inventory planning strategies and plans to optimize inventory levels and meet customer demand and minimize product cuts throughout the network
• Define reorder points and quantities and safety stock levels for raw materials, and Retail/Away From Home (AFH) supplies
• Assist the manager in defining inventory planning policies, procedures, targets, and safety stocks levels for all channels and locations including the Alameda roasting plant, mixing Centers, DSD Central Warehouses, Overflow locations, etc.
• Provide support to the manager to prepare for S&OP and S&OE discussions
• Identify issues that arise on a day-to-day basis and escalate to the manager
• Monitor adherence to inventory policies by region or location
• Contribute to space capacity planning by working closely with manufacturing and distribution to maximize the trade-off between inventory and capacity
• Monitor Logility recommendations and maintain inventory policy parameters to optimize service and inventory levels
• Manage inventory levels for different products by analyzing metrics such as inventory on hand and inventory turns
• Monitor inventory holding units and costs across all facilities versus target levels and investigate and reconcile anomalies

Who You Are

• Outstanding critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Strong desire for continuous process improvement
• 2 - 5 years relevant experience (sourcing, procurement, planning)
• A deep understanding of how to use data to drive decisions
• Working knowledge/familiarity with supply chain / planning software
• Ability to develop, plan, organize and manage multiple priorities
• BA in business or related field (Operations/Supply Chain Management)

Preferred Qualifications

• BA in Operations/Supply Chain Management or related field
• 5+ years experience in a Buyer or Planning role
• Experience with Power BI, Microsoft D365, and Logility

Skills

• Problem solving skills
• Time management / organization / prioritization
• Communication written and verbal
• Attention to the right details
• Analytical skills

Peet’s Home Office is a Hybrid worksite, which requires any Home Office employees to work onsite (Emeryville, CA) 3 days a week with the exception of any fully-remote role.

At Peet’s we hire the best people and are committed to supporting our employees and rewarding them for their work. The target annual base salary range for this position is $85,000-100,000. The actual base salary offered depends on a variety of factors, which may include, as applicable, the applicant’s qualifications for the position; years of relevant experience; specific and unique skills; level of education attained; certifications or other professional licenses held; other legitimate, non-discriminatory business factors specific to the position; and the geographic location in which the applicant lives and/or from which they will perform the job. Peet’s offers a generous benefits package to full-time employees, which includes comprehensive health, dental and vision plans; a superior 401(k) plan, various paid time off programs; employee discount/perks; life insurance; disability insurance; flexible spending accounts; and an employee referral bonus program.