Supply Planner- Distrbuted Brands

Brief Description

WHO WE ARE:

Founded in 1947 and headquartered in Schofield, Wisconsin, Wausau Supply Company has a history of providing top-quality building materials to authorized retailers across the United States. As a proud 100% employee-owned company, we are dedicated to not only serving our customers but also ensuring that our employees have a direct stake in our success. We distribute building materials from the industry’s leading manufacturers to authorized retailers from the western Rocky Mountains to the east coast. In addition to our distribution capabilities, Wausau Supply Company is known for its high-quality manufactured brands, including Diamond Kote Siding System, Waudena, ChamClad and Taylor Entrance Systems. These brands reflect our commitment to innovation, safety, service and integrity. Our territory continues to expand as we continuously strive to meet the demands of our customers with nineteen distribution centers and five fabrication and finishing facilities across the United States.

At Wausau Supply Company, we are driven by a passion for excellence and a dedication to service, ensuring that we remain a trusted partner in the building materials industry for generations to come.

BENEFITS We Offer

• 3 weeks paid vacation within 1st year
• 9 paid holidays
• 100% Employee Owned
• Employee Stock Ownership Program
• 401K Retirement Fund - Additional opportunity for employee to contribute
• Health, Dental, Vision, Short Term/ Long Term Disability
• Employee Assistance Program
• Opportunity for advancement
• Training and development
• Employee Material Purchase Program
  
  

What This Role Will Be Doing

It is the responsibility of the Supply Planner to manage the inventory plan and strategy across the distribution network facilities to service demand for Distributed Brand Products. To be effective, the Supply Planner must demonstrate coherent communication and positive relations with all internal levels of the organization.

Duties To Include, (but Not Limited To)

• Implement inventory strategies to service demand and reduce out-of-stock issues
• Engage in the analysis and management of the Distribution Supply Model
• Monitor open orders to ensure fulfillment and on-time deliveries
• Maintain strong working relationships and communications with distribution centers and key suppliers to confirm production/shipping schedules
• Achieve/improve/exceed targeted fill rate metrics
• Internal item set-up/maintenance
• Plan and execute procurement of distributed brand products for our distribution locations
• Work with vendors to minimize lead times, reduce costs, and expedite orders as needed
• Proactively report product and material availability issues
• Ability to work on continuous improvement projects
  
  

A Distributed Brand Buyer/Planner Demonstrates

• Strong analytical skills, able to synthesize considerable and complex data.
• Knowledge of purchasing/supply chain/sourcing fundamental processes.
• Excellent interpersonal skills as well as developed oral and written communication skills to handle internal and external relationships.
• Remain highly organized, flexible, and able to react well to immediate issues with attention to detail and deadlines, which include prompt responses to daily emails and phone requests.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and meet expected goals on time
• Cross-functional teamwork and communication
• Motivated to go beyond the job description to ensure the work meets or exceeds expectations.
• Ability to modulate with a dynamic workload: from heavy multi-tasking during peak workloads to very focused, detail-oriented work during critical projects.
  
  

Education / Experience

• Experience in Supply Chain Planning, Production Planning, or Materials Planning
• Post-Secondary Education in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Operations Management, or related field, preferred
• APICS Certified (CPIM or CSCP) is a plus
• Microsoft Excel proficiency required
  
  

Reports to: Supply Chain Manager – Distributed Brands

Conclusion: The Supply Planner will exemplify the high standards that have come to be associated with WSC. As an ESOP owner cutting across all departments and levels of the organization, the Distributed Brand Buyer/Planner will demonstrate communication excellence, politeness, honor, integrity, and the willingness to do what our competition will not