3pl Planning And Inventory Specialist

Job Description
The 3PL Planning and Inventory Specialist role will be responsible for the forecasting of all value-add services and fulfillment orders at our 3PL providers and ensuring the execution of sales orders for our Retail and eComm customers. This is a hybrid role that integrates the planning and execution functions at our 3PL’s and therefore requires a candidate that can be the bridge between incoming inventory from our suppliers, sales orders from our Retail, D2C, and Amazon channels, and daily/weekly execution at our 3PL partners.
The role requires a team oriented, analytical individual with a bias to action. Strong process and systems skills (Netsuite, Amazon Seller Central, 3PL WMS, etc) are essential. Working and communicating with multiple internal and external stake holders to execute a 2-week locked, 4-week rolling forecast with precision is crucial to success.
Responsibilities:
Main point of contact for 3PL’s to manage daily/weekly fulfillment activities.
Build, maintain and provide 12-Mo rolling supply forecast’s to our 3PL’s on a monthly basis.
Provide 4-week rolling forecasts to our 3PL’s with granularity for Kitting/Bundling, D2C, Amazon, and B2B/Wholesale orders and execute on a rolling 2-week lock.
Lead the weekly Transfer Order process for Amazon, including updates to Netsuite and Seller Central and in close coordination with the eComm team.
Ensure forecasted orders are aligned with inventory availability to avoid backorders and order cancellations.
Monitor existing and incoming inventory, alert stakeholders on excess inventory as well as inventory shortages.
Responsible for evaluation of 3PL performance against orders and SLA’s
Support IBP (S&
OP) process;
Prepare Supply Review for monthly IBP (S&
OP) cycle and meetings.
Communicate to cross-functional teams and leadership on supply risks and opportunities, capacity planning, and inventory coverage projections.
Analyze inventory and supply issues for root causes and takes corrective actions to resolve.
Work cross-functionally with logistics, sales, customer experience and finance.