Inventory Planner

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Inventory Planner in Delaware, OH at Advance Auto Parts **Location:**

**Career Description**

****Job Description****

**WFH or Hybrid if in Raleigh, NC**

The Inventory/Store Planner role represents our Inventory Management organization in maintaining and replenishing specific categories of inventory for our retail stores

Day to Day:

* Identify, evaluate and develop customer inventory through analysis and operations of the replenishment system

* Maintain replenishment model information, including monitoring the accuracy of weekly data, history, network changes, lead-times, past and future promotional events, new product information, pricing, and customer service performance goals.

* Utilize Inventory systems, order forecasts and allocations.

* Achieve and maintain target in stock levels, vendor fill rates and planned inventory turns.

* Ensures availability of product through the monitoring and oversight of inventory systems

* Resolve any customer concerns as well as shipping issues between locations, carriers, receiving departments, analysts and buyers to ensure planned arrival of parts.

* Monitor and maintain sales and forecasts for accurate replenishment while adjusting to trends or business changes in a fast paced environment

* Advise on trends and/or shifts in demand that could impact the companys service level.

Qualifications:

* Advanced working knowledge in MS Excel (Pivot Tables, V-lookups, etc.)

* Strong analytical minded with the ability to understand trends from quantitative and qualitative data

* Must be able to manage multiple priorities and adapt when shifting priorities in a fast paced environment

* 1-2 years of experience in a retail environment (highly preferred)

Bachelor degree and 1-2 years of relevant work experience.

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