Healing Hands Scrubs Looking for PRODUCTION AND INVENTORY PLANNER at East Rutherford, New Jersey Full Time

Good Karma is our way of life. Our purpose is to make the day-to-day lives of healthcare workers better by boosting their confidence, helping them feel good and brightening their day through uniforms that are comfortable, fashionable, and loveable.

The Production and Inventory Planner’s role is to ensure the correct levels of inventory and WIP are maintained by generating and monitoring demand forecasts based on historical sales data, category level plans and insights from other departments within the organization. The candidate should be familiar with replenishable business model, and have a strong background in managing WIP for both apparel and underlying raw materials.

About the Role

• Create and maintain demand forecasts utilizing data and statistical models

• Monitor and improve forecast accuracy for their items/categories

• Maintain correct inventory, in transit, WIP and raw material positions for their items/categories

• Communicate with suppliers to issue POs and follow up on WIP through delivery to safeguard target levels required to fulfill demand on time

• Update VP sourcing on a weekly basis on exception items, like production delays or higher than anticipated demand items, which require special handling

• Recommend and quantify any air freight units to management, or communicate any extension requests to sales and CSRs, after weekly meeting with VP

• Conduct quarterly meetings with select management stakeholders to present variations observed between forecasted and actualized sales in their items/categories. Recommend forecast adjustments accordingly.

About You

• Excellent verbal and written communications skills

• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook, Teams, Excel, PowerPoint, Word)

• Proficiency in ERP systems 

• Superior analytical and time management skills

• Five years minimum related experience

• Bachelor’s degree in Business, Economics or related field preferred

Salary:  Competitive

Benefits:

• 401(k)

• 401(k) matching

• Dental insurance

• Flexible schedule

• Health insurance

• Life insurance

• Paid time off

• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday

COVID-19 considerations:

We are requiring mask use in our office at this time, regardless of vaccination status.

Ability to commute/relocate:

• East Rutherford, NJ 07073: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Preferred)

Education:

• Bachelor’s (Preferred)

Work Location: One location