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FOOT LOCKER RETAIL INC Distribution Center (DC) Planner in Spanish Springs, Nevada

POSITION:

Distribution Center (DC) Planner

SCHEDULE: Full time

LOCATION: Sparks, NV

SALARY:

$50,000 - $55,000 / year

TO APPLY:

Direct Link - https://careers.footlocker.com/jobs/59930?lang=en-usandpreviousLocale=en-US

Careers Page - https://careers.footlocker.com/jobs?stretchUnits=MILESandstretch=10andlat=39.4862266andlng=-119.7960597andcategories=Supply Chainandpage=1

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SUMMARY:

The Distribution Center (DC) Planner is responsible maximizing the delivery of orders for direct-to-consumer and retail stores to ensure they ship within 24 hours of receipt by analyzing historical data to wave/schedule orders in an efficient manner. This role focuses on optimizing logistics operations, inventory management, transportation planning, and coordinating with various departments to meet customer demand while minimizing costs. The ideal candidate will have strong analytical skills, experience in supply chain planning, and a proactive approach to problem-solving.

MINIMUM/PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS:

  • Bachelors degree in STEM related field or 4+ years of distribution planning experience required
  • Bachelors degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain/Logistics, Data analytics, and/or Finance/Accounting preferred
  • Must have strong excel experience, and ability to analyze large amounts of data required
  • Certifications in data analytics, APICs, Lean manufacturing, and/or 6-sigma preferred
  • Comprehensive experience working with Microsoft Office including Excel
  • Experience with WM (warehouse management) systems, specifically Manhattan preferred
  • Experience designing and implementing replenishment strategies preferred
  • Strong experience building reporting in Power BI, excel, SQL, and/or python highly preferred
  • High level language, presentation, and math skills required

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES/DUTIES:

Owns the execution of scheduling/waving product based on the direction of the Distribution Planning Manager to optimize delivery to our stores within 24-48 hours of demand generation.

Supports executing systematic waves for off-shifts to ensure there is a consistent flow of work for the production teams that matches the agreed upon capacity of each department.

Owns reviewing all orders aged greater than 24 hours, and investigating what is required to promptly ship the orders in partnership with operations leadership team.

Is the SME (subject-matter-expert) in the DCs waving strategy and implementation changes to waving templates as customer requirements change.

Must partner with other DCs operations leaders daily to align on capacity to ensure the correct number of orders are begin released and shipped in the correct order.

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