Inventory Planning Analyst - Americas
Emerson
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- Location
- Elyria, OH
- Job type
- Full time
- Posted
- Oct 12
- 8 days ago
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Emerson
Industrial automation · 10,001+ employees
What you'll do
- Develop and maintain the Americas inventory plan, inventory projections, targets, and Supply Chain Alignment Tool (SCAT) analysis.
- Analyze inventory and service performance across distribution centers to identify trends, risks, opportunities, inventory imbalances, and excess inventory while recommending actions to improve inventory positioning.
- Develop and maintain service-level reporting and analysis, including RDSL, stockouts, cancellations, backlog, and other key customer service performance indicators.
- Create and maintain intercompany transfer forecasts for global branches, partnering with regional teams to understand requirements and proactively identify supply risks.
- Analyze significant DRP and inventory changes, identify key drivers, and collaborate with Distribution Center Replenishment Managers, Sales Planning, and manufacturing teams to support alignment between demand and supply plans.
- Partner across distribution centers and business functions to identify inventory optimization opportunities, coordinate supply issue resolution, and support inventory readiness for promotions and changing demand patterns.
- Develop and maintain inventory, service, and supply reporting for S&OP, POR, month-end reviews, and other business planning activities while supporting continuous improvement initiatives across the Americas.
- Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Analytics, or a related field.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to analyze and reconcile large amounts of data.
- Strong Microsoft Excel skills.
- Understanding of inventory planning, replenishment, demand planning, or related supply chain processes.
- Ability to identify trends and discrepancies, investigate root causes, and develop clear recommendations.
- Ability to manage multiple priorities and recurring planning deadlines.
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively across distribution, manufacturing, Sales Planning, Sourcing, Product Management, and other functions.
- Experience in inventory planning, replenishment, demand planning, supply planning, or a related supply chain function.
- Experience working with distribution center inventory, service level analysis, and DRP or replenishment systems.
- Experience with forecasting or intercompany supply planning.
- Functional knowledge of ERP and business intelligence systems; Domo and JD Edwards experience preferred.
- Experience developing inventory and service reporting, dashboards, and business analysis.
- Experience supporting S&OP or other integrated planning processes.
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The Inventory Planning Analyst - Americas plays a key role in inventory and supply planning across the Americas, with responsibility for inventory analysis, service level performance tracking, intercompany transfer forecasting, and planning data accuracy. The role provides cross-distribution center visibility and analysis to help balance customer service, inventory investment, and excess inventory risk.
This role works closely with Distribution Center (DC) Replenishment Managers, Sales Planning, manufacturing plants, Sourcing, Product Management, and other cross-functional teams to identify inventory and service risks, improve inventory positioning, and ensure supply and inventory plans are aligned with expected demand.
The position also works across planning systems and data to identify discrepancies, improve data quality, and strengthen the information used for inventory, service, and replenishment decisions.
This position is based at our global headquarters in Elyria, Ohio.