As a Planner you will be responsible for Demand Planning and/or Supply Planning Processes for the assigned business intersection. You will gather information from Sales, Category & Inventory Management, Purchasing, Operations and Finance to develop demand, improve statistical forecast models for customers/products and develop supply plans. You will work with these departments to balance cost, coordinate and optimize materials, create sourcing plans and leverage analytics to track key performance indicators to be shared with supply chain leaders.
Responsibilities:
- Engage with Sales, Category & Inventory Management, Purchasing, Operations and Finance teams to support world-class demand and/or supply planning processes.
- Maintain planning operating model integrity with quality inputs to Demand and/or Supply Planning decision support systems.
- Conduct reviews with cross-functional teams to reconcile variances between top down and bottom up forecasts to reach consensus (Demand), as well as to generate unconstrained and constrained forward looking projections (Supply) to ensure the right inventory based on the documented set of assumptions.
- Validate set of assumptions to support inventory investments related to project and programs from key accounts and/or suppliers.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to meet/exceed KPIs: forecast accuracy, inventory levels and availability, service level, and OTIF, among others.
- Enable an effective product lifecycle management, and SKU rationalization processes.
- Communicate exceptions to relevant process stakeholders, either demand and/or supply related.
- Maintain demand and/or supply data reporting: consensus and customer forecasts, inventory positions, inbound/outbound, shortage and excess lists.
- Be a change agent in adopting best-of-breed demand and supply planning tools to accelerate adoption and support the enterprise transformation goals.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s Degree – Supply Chain, Finance, or related.
- Licenses/Certificates/Designations – Institute for Supply Management (ISM), Blue Yonder (JDA) or other leading Advanced Planning System (APS), American Production and Inventory Control Society (APICS) Production and Inventory Management (CPIM) or Supply Chain Professional (CSCP) preferred.
- 3 - 5 years of experience in Demand and/or Supply Planning or Inventory Management.
- 2 - 3 years of experience in analyzing complex data, identifying patterns and analysis techniques to develop conclusions and insights used for the decision-making processes.
- 1 - 3 years of experience with Supply Chain applications for Demand & Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization and/or Network Design (Blue Yonder, Kinaxis, o9, OMP, Oracle, SAP, or other leading Advanced Planning System).
- Strong knowledge of Supply Chain processes, such as SIOP -Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning, Forecasting, Demand and Supply Planning, and Materials Management.
- Excellent communication and support skills. Ability to explain complex concepts and analytics to non-technical audience. Translate user requirements into actionable data.
- Aptitude for blending quantitative and qualitative data to tell relevant story.
- Proficient multi-tasking skills, ability to prioritize and handle many projects at once with ever shifting priorities and deadlines with ability to track and manage progress.
- Proficient in MS Excel, Access, and/or PowerBI or other Business Intelligence (BI) Tools, e.g. Tableau, or Qlik.
- Ability to travel up to 25%
About the TeamAt Wesco, we build, connect, power and protect the world. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on.
WESCO International Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about WESCO International and has not been reviewed or approved by WESCO International.
-
Retirement Support — Feedback suggests the 401(k) with company match is a relative strong point and is consistently part of the package. Retirement offerings are frequently cited as a solid element within the total rewards.
-
Leave & Time Off Breadth — Feedback suggests PTO policies are favorable, including self‑managed or generous banks in some roles along with paid holidays. Paid parental leave and related time‑off options add to the perceived strength of leave benefits.
-
Flexible Benefits — Feedback suggests employees have meaningful choice through medical plan options with HSA/FSA alongside ancillary programs like EAP, discounts, and supplemental coverages. The breadth of selectable add‑ons supports tailoring benefits to individual needs.
WESCO International Insights
Similar Jobs
What We Do
At Wesco, we believe life should run smoothly. As a leading provider of business-to-business distribution, logistics services and supply chain solutions, we create a world that you can depend on. Harnessing 100 years of ingenuity and expertise, we increase profitability, improve productivity and mitigate risk for approximately 150,000 customers worldwide. With nearly 1.5 million products and locations in more than 50 countries, Wesco is your partner in progress. Our company’s greatest asset is our people. From our corporate and field offices to our distribution sites, Wesco employs over 20,000 professionals around the globe. We’re committed to fostering diversity and inclusion across our workforce by embracing the unique perspectives, authenticity, and individuality our team members contribute to the company. Headquartered in Pittsburgh, Wesco is a publicly traded (NYSE: WCC) FORTUNE 500® company with 2022 net sales of $21.4 billion.
