FleetPride is the largest after-market distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer parts in the U.S. with some of the best and brightest people in the business! Partner with the best in the heavy-duty industry and apply today!
Summary:
This is a strategic role that sits at the intersection of supply chain management, sales, category management, and business analytics. This role is tasked with forecasting customer demand and aligning product availability with customer needs. This role supports Fleetpride’s operational efficiency and financial performance by using a blend of quantitative data analysis and market intelligence to predict sales trends and make informed inventory decisions. Through insight, the Category Planner enables Fleetpride to optimize stock levels, minimize costs, and navigate the complexities of supply and demand dynamics in a constantly evolving marketplace.
Essential Responsibilities:
Forecast and Inventory Planning (85%):
· Monitor POS demand data to determine patterns, trends, variability to include but not limited to deviations in demand due to weather, competitive situations and customer's inventory strategies.
· Create and maintain forecast profiles best suited to provide the highest level of accuracy at the SKU, location, monthly level.
· Analyze and report forecast metric results. Make forecast adjustments and take corrective action in forecast process to minimize error in bias and accuracy.
· Capture risks and opportunities to the demand plan to communicate to key business partners.
· Regular collaboration with commercial sales partners and category managers to enhance statistical models with account specific business intelligence including, but not limited to, category strategies, new items, new item cannibalization, promotion plans, customer inventory levels, historical and current POS and shipment trends.
· Manage system generated alerts identifying trends and forecast bias for proactive actions.
· Provide input into the financial planning process through accurate demand insights and analysis.
· Frequent cross functional interaction with Category Management, Sales, Marketing, Supply Chain, Operations, and Customer Service to balance demand and supply.
· Perform analysis to determine the inventory investment required to ensure a high level of customer service at the lowest cost.
· Develop and maintain inventory targets and monitor performance against these goals.
· Work closely with supply chain, category management, and operations to align demand plans with inventory management and distribution strategies.
· Manage and prioritize multiple tasks to ensure timely completion in a fluid environment.
Assortment Planning & Management(15%):
· Implement product assortment plans that align with overall portfolio strategy, business goals and market trends.
· Implement tactical plans to facilitate product lifecycle changes, such as the introduction of new products and the phasing out of underperforming ones.
FleetPride is the leader in the industry comprised of retail, service, distribution and wholesale divisions.
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.
FleetPride Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about FleetPride and has not been reviewed or approved by FleetPride.
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Healthcare Strength — Medical, dental, and vision coverage with employer contribution are paired with telehealth, EAP, life/AD&D, and disability coverage. Many roles indicate day‑one eligibility for core benefits.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Paid vacation, paid sick leave, and paid holidays are included, with multiple sources indicating sick time is separate from vacation. Some roles indicate immediate access to PTO and holidays.
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Affordable Benefits — Health insurance costs are often characterized as manageable. This aligns with a conventional benefits menu that emphasizes practical affordability over premium extras.
FleetPride Insights
What We Do
FleetPride, Inc. Headquartered in Las Colinas, Texas (a Dallas suburb), we are the nation’s largest independent distributor of heavy-duty truck and trailer replacement parts. FleetPride needs exceptional people to support our ambitious growth plans! We offer competitive compensation and benefits, and exciting opportunities for career development. Company Profile Formed in 1999, FleetPride has grown rapidly and now has more than 300 branches across the country and more than 3,000 employees. Our mission is to be the most reliable parts supplier in every market we serve, and we’ve earned a loyal and growing customer base by providing outstanding service and value. FleetPride offers advantages to large fleets and small operators alike, and capabilities that no other distributor can match. Our local knowledge allows us to tailor products and services to the unique needs of area customers, while our national footprint allows for consistent, reliable service at every branch location. FleetPride’s supply chain expertise ensures that our customers get what they need, when and where they need it, and helps them keep their trucks where they belong – on the road! FleetPride serves a diverse customer base across multiple industries, including freight and shipping, leasing services, agriculture, food and beverage, construction and waste management.
