Demand Planner - Electronics and General Merchandise

Address: 200 WILMOT RD,DEERFIELD,IL,60015-04620-00001-2

Job ID 1616463BR

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Basic Qualifications

Bachelor’s Degree and at least 2 years of experience in retail/wholesale planning OR a High School Diploma / GED and at least 4 years of experience in retail/wholesale planning.
Experience in negotiating operational aspects of business and understand the impact these decisions have to the overall company (for example: impact delivery lead time, purchasing minimums, shelf mins, etc. have on in stocks, inventory, & costs).
Knowledge of the impact that operational aspects of business have to the overall company (for example: impact delivery lead time, purchasing minimums, shelf minimums, etc. have on in stocks, inventory, & costs).
Knowledge of inventory management practices & definitions, such as safety stock, EOQ, carrying cost, etc.
Experience using time and project management skills such as prioritizing/organizing and tracking details and meeting deadlines of multiple projects with varying completion dates.
Experience identifying operational issues and recommending and implementing strategies to resolve problems.
Experience analyzing data to preform Root Cause Analysis, ROI, and Cost-Benefit Analysis.
Willing to travel up to 10% of the time for business purposes (within state and out of state).

Preferred Qualifications

Master’s degree in supply chain or MBA.
Basic level skill in SQL (for example: build queries, add, modify, and delete data; create and maintain tables, query and update databases using SQL statements, etc).
Immediate level skill in Microsoft Excel (for example: using SUM function, Vlookup, Pivot Tables)
Supply Chain/Logistics Certification - P.Log, CSCMP or APICS.
Previous experience in an S&OP environment.
Mathematical and statistical knowledge.
Experience in statistical modeling techniques and concepts of forecasting such as MAPE, WMAPE, and BIAS
Experience in Supply Chain or Inventory Management.
Experience analyzing and reporting data in order to identify issues, trends, or exceptions to drive improvement of results and find solutions.
Knowledge of costs, deals/terms and/or inventory processes related to Inventory Management in a retail environment.
Experience controlling inventory purchases and ensuring proper distribution center inventory levels.
Experience creating and issuing Purchase orders.

We will consider employment of qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Salary Range
$86400 - $138200 / Salaried

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