Job Description

Through collaboration, you can turn good ideas into great outcomes
You believe that it often takes a variety of viewpoints to reach more informed outcomes. You’re energized by open dialogue and collaborative brainstorming. We encourage collaborations, with the understanding that different perspectives can lead to exciting outcomes for all. Let’s talk about how we can work together.

Collaborate, Participate, Create!

Some of our best work is born out of great collaborations between individuals, with other teams, and between anyone who wants to see an idea through. If you’re comfortable participating in brainstorming discussions, you’re a fit! Our safe, inclusive environment encourages every member of our diverse staff to speak out and share ideas. There are no limits to opportunities for anyone in our welcoming organization. Care to pitch in?

Summary of Position:

The Brand Deployment Analyst is responsible for managing the transfer of finished goods between manufacturing sites, distribution centers, and 3rd party facilities.  This includes managing systematic deployment orders to support downstream demand, at the lowest possible cost, while delivering the highest customer service possible.  The Brand Deployment Analyst will partner with production scheduling to ensure inventory is properly managed during constraints, and inventory targets are adhered to.

Key Responsibilities:

Manage all finished goods deployment activity for assigned brand(s).

Partner with production planning to ensure inventory is deployed according to plan.

Recommend production schedule changes to planners to avoid downstream shortages.

Proactively communicate with customer service teams to request order changes as needed, based on product availability.

Manage daily approvals and maintenance of deployment orders to meet customer service and cost objectives.

Monitor inventory levels at downstream DC’s, adhering to inventory days on-hand targets.

Maximize cost savings through deployment best practices and continuous improvement work (i.e. truck cube fill, optimized ship mode, regional source plans)

Drive master data integrity across assigned brand(s) to maximize system capabilities.

Monitor slow-moving or stranded inventory to avoid product obsolescence.

Support deployment activity for product launches, roll-overs, and promotional activities.  Actively participate in the event planning process to protect customer service.

Key customers/stakeholders include Production schedulers/planners, Transportation analysts, Distribution analysts, Customer service, and Brand teams.

Key metrics include:  On-Time In-Full % (OTIF), Deployment Optimization %, Conformance to Source Plan % (CTSP), Cube Utilization, Lead Time Compliance %, Intermodal Utilization Compliance %

Qualifications:

Bachelor’s Degree

Experience with SAP-APO (preferred)

Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills, with the ability to interpret data sets and trends

Experience managing customer expectations and service

Exposure to inventory management best practices and cost-savings initiatives

Experience with SAP master data and its effect on planning is preferred

Working knowledge of mill and DC operations

Excellent communication and collaboration skills