Inventory Planner - 1800108122

　　DESCRIPTION/RESPONSIBILITIES:As an Inventory Optimization Planner, you will be the main consultant to business leaders ensuring information is received from customers, sales, marketing, and other sources to construct appropriate demand and sales forecasts.

　　You will work a hybrid schedule in Cranberry Twp, PA and report to the Store Replenishment Planning Manager.

　　Responsibilities * Establish metrics to determine bias and improve forecast accuracy. * Develop rough-cut capacity plans to highlight demand vs. capacity to support make-to-stock and make-to-order environments. * Ensure inventory level optimization to minimize cost. * Incorporate demand and sales forecast information, capacity constraints, and inventory requirements into a comprehensive sales and operations planning (S&OP) process. * Pull data from SAP, Microsoft Access, and SAP BI to provide inventory analysis and to plan store sales meetings. * Maintain planning system/software by entering and modifying data, ensuring correctness and managing parameters that affect integrity of the POS forecast. * Forecast accuracy measures including MAPE, bias, trend usage tracking, replenishment order acceptance, SLOB inventory, inventory targets and SKU in-stocks. * Work with store sales teams to ensure inventory/forecast needs.

　　Qualifications * Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business or a related field. * 2 - 5 years' experience in Inventory, Supply, or Demand planning or a combination of education and internships. * SAP and Power BI experience. * Prior presentation experience. * APICS certification as a CPIM.

　　PPG provides equal opportunity to all candidates and employees. We offer an opportunity to grow and develop your career in an environment that provides a fulfilling workplace for employees, creates an environment for continuous learning, and embraces the ideas and diversity of others. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to sex, pregnancy, race, color, creed, religion, national origin, age, disability status, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression.