Sr Replenishment Planner

Job Location: Bentonville, AR

Summary:

On-site in Bentonville, AR, this position is accountable for the following:

• Ensure flawless everyday and seasonal executions for Hershey's Sam's Club business through proactive supply chain planning & monitoring. Drive corrective action with internal & external business owners to mitigate retail risk. Act as subject matter expert.
• Analyze established product lifecycle trends for all promotional events, modular transitions, and item changes. Trends will include point of sale retail take-away, inventory availability, historical promotional activity, and de-seasonalized demand.
• In a fast-paced environment, proactively analyze item-level forecasting and replenishment settings for Sam's Club using key supply chain metrics such as retail in-stock, retail on-hand & distributor pipeline inventory, and case fill to distributor and retailer. Execute item-level forecast adjustments and communicate to internal and external business partners.
• Investigate forecast exceptions and service gaps. Drive corrective actions upstream through Hershey supply chain to drive reliability/supportability and eliminate waste. Drive corrective actions downstream to retail with third-party distributors, and Sam's Club Replenishment Managers and Buyers to drive inventory and sales growth.
• Co-develop and co-communicate with Demand Planning partners accurate and timely factory shipment forecasts specific to promotional events, modular transitions, and item changes
• Build and maintain multiple customer-facing relationships, including Sam's Replenishment Managers and Buyers and third-party distributors. Build and maintain multiple internal relationships, including Sales, Category Management, Customer Service, Finance, Sales Planning, and supply chain partners.
• Participate in a limited number of select special projects and strategic initiatives, including promotional events and continuous improvement opportunities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Investigate, analyze, execute, and communicate forecast changes by exception to internal sales, Hershey supply chain, and Sam's replenishment
• Forecast, communicate, and monitor business segment promotions and modular volumes and timing.
• Manage the product life cycle for all promotional events, modular changes, and item changes.
• Weekly reporting of key performance measures to internal sales, Hershey supply and Sam's replenishment.
• Report against and drive corrective actions as necessary for all key performance measures.
• Actively participate in formal internal and external meetings to facilitate business planning.
• Actively lead weekly Collaborative Demand Alignment meetings with Demand Planning and internal sales.
• Represent, and lead as applicable, the Walmart & Sam's Team on assigned strategic initiatives, projects, policies, and industry groups.

Minimum Requirements and Education:

• Minimum Bachelor's degree
• Strong written and oral communication skills
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong Project Management skills