Buyer/Planners deliver service and inventory goals for a portfolio of vendors and/or warehouses by ensuring that we have the right inventory, in the right place, at the right time to service our customers. They work cross functionally with Customer Groups, Distribution Centers, Demand Planners and Sales Leaders to incorporate business strategy into their inventory plans while also maintaining strong partnerships with their suppliers.
Requirements
- Develop, purchase and complete inventory replenishment strategies that meet the aligned business strategy.
- Manage inventory replenishment settings and make adjustments to deliver targets.
- Ensure planned orders are processing from in line with expectations from inventory settings.
- Investigate and resolve order alignment issues.
- Design, implement and act on alerts that identify exceptional issues impacting service and/or inventory.
- Conduct replenishment data analysis to root cause current and future service failures then communicate and take action to fix service failures.
- Collaborate cross functionally and proactively connect with a large and varied audience.
- Serves as the first level check for inquiries about service failures and decides whether it can be resolved locally or another group needs to resolve.
- Proactively analyze business processes and develop solutions to improve team performance.
- Work with DC fulfillment to flow the product through Ferguson warehouses by using the optimal replenishment settings without impacting customer service.
- Monitor rebalancing of assigned inventory to ensure excess inventory is optimized.
- Cancel or expedite orders as necessary to deliver service targets.
- Use planning software to build optimal container and/or truckload orders to suppliers.
- Analyze, report, and act on replenishment planning KPIs (Instocks, Fill Rate, Days of Inventory, Inefficient Inventory) on a regular cadence.
- Coach and develop associates within and outside of their functional area.
Benefits
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
- Paid time off
- Life insurance
- 401(k) with a company match
- Mental health coverage
- Gender affirming and family building benefits
- Paid parental leave
- Associate discounts
- Community involvement opportunities
