Inventory Planner

Continental Battery Systems is a rapidly growing North American PE-backed company looking to add a highly-skilled, energetic, and collaborative employee to our team. We are seeking a career-minded candidate looking for an exceptional opportunity for business contribution, professional development, and career progression. The right candidate will be energetic, customer-focused, and determined to add value within a fast-paced organization.

We offer great benefits, including:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision
• Substantial 401k match
• Robust voluntary benefits package
• PTO and paid holidays off
• Significant employee product discounts (up to 12% over cost!)

At Continental Battery Systems, we want to help you grow! We invest training and resources in our employees, because we know that our people are what make our company a unique and special place to work. We offer great company discounts and a competitive benefits package, while also offering lots of opportunities for you to be your best self! Our focus on safety, wellness, and teamwork are the foundations of how we operate every day. We invite you to see for yourself.

Whether in the warehouse or in an office, our dedication to excellent customer service is what binds all of our team members across the country. We also pride ourselves on providing renewable solutions and a battery recycling program that delivers reliable power to our communities while also reducing our carbon footprint. We value the positive impact our business brings to the communities we serve and are looking for a candidate to join our team that has the same outlook on customer service.

Summary:

A person in this position is responsible to be an integral part of the supply chain team. Great customer service depends on having inventory available at the right place at the right time. Inventory Planners are influencing and managing one of the largest assets of the organization. A Planner’s customers internal and external depend on timely communication and accurate information which in turn makes this a service focused position.

Essential Functions:

● Work with account implementation on inventory plans to support new and existing customers

● Monitors and manages inventory service levels and fill rates for branches and key customers

● Works with SIOP and Purchasing to ensure product flows through the network as planned

● Works with SIOP, Inventory, Purchasing, and Transportation teams to ensure orders arrive at the right place at the right time

● Promotes a safety and LEAN culture

● Performs other related duties as assigned

● Reviews inventory on scheduled basis for purposes of conducting inventory smoothing and rebalancing activity

● Train personnel on mastered job processes and techniques

● Ensure in stock rate at assigned locations meet company targets for service level

● Inventory at assigned locations achieving company targets for annual inventory turns

● Customer order fill rate at assigned locations achieving company targets

Preferred Skills and Experience:

● Prior leadership in an inventory planning capacity is preferred

● Minimum 5 years of exceptional work within purchasing/inventory planning in wholesale distribution

● Minimum 2 years of experience using inventory management/planning software (GAINS software experience preferred)

● Advanced knowledge of MS Excel applications (tables, charts and formulas, SUMIFS, SUMPRODUCT, pivot tables, etc.)

● General knowledge of ERP (Enterprise resource planning) Applications (NetSuite preferred) within the accounting functionality, cross functional transactional data flow, daily transactions, and extraction, reporting, and uploading data

● Basic knowledge of battery industry and automotive field concepts, practices, and procedures (language, technology, maintenance, etc.)