Richs also known as Rich Products Corporation is a family-owned food company dedicated to inspiring possibilities. From cakes and icings to pizza appetizers and specialty toppings our products are used in homes restaurants and bakeries around the world. Beyond great food our customers also gain insights to help them stay competitive no matter their size. Our portfolio includes creative solutions geared at helping food industry professionals compete in foodservice retail in-store bakery deli and prepared foods among others. Working in 100 locations globally with annual sales exceeding $4 billion Richs is a global leader with a focus on everything that family makes possible. RichsInfinite Possibilities. One Family.
The Sr. Fulfillment Analyst will support the USC Fulfillment Manager and Team in thedevelopment and management the USC Finished Goods fulfillment and deploymentstrategy including the implementation of distribution optimization opportunities and thespend efficiency of the USC Region Stock Transfer freight. This role serves as a subjectmatter expert and voice of the Fulfillment Planning function that establishes bestpractices analyzes and suggest continuous improvement identifies and corrects dataintegrity issues and supports the implementation of new technology to optimizefulfillment management practices.
Support governance of supply and demand information received from Planning with the Fulfillment team and Customer Fulfillment function to ensure Fulfillment Execution to plan.
Serve as the voice of Fulfillment Planning across the business in the transition of fulfillment planning activity to ESO.
Responsible for summarizing USC shortage reason codes and corresponding actions on a recurring basis (ex: weekly).
Key analytical resource that drives data driven decisions to optimize plans and processes.
Supports USC Fulfillment Manager in the leadership of the Distribution Center Sales and Operations Planning (DC S&OP) process to ensure a balance between customer service inventory turn objectives transportation and distribution center efficiency. Serves as backup to USC Fulfillment Manager in the process. Works to resolve warehouse gridlock issues.
Supports USC Fulfillment Manager by working with Fulfillment Planners to identify lane leveltransportation utilization goals and works to drive STO utilization metrics.
Capability to manage or consult on International and/or co-manufacturing fulfillment processes.
Manage potential inventory shortage reports. Take action to reduce shortages to customers.
Collaborate with Customer Success such as communicate customer shortages to Customer
Success / Sales where appropriate.
Communicate significant inventory shortages to Supply Planners and/or Sales Channel ServiceManagers.
Attend and participate in IBP meetings and support STM.
Maintain distribution center inbound schedule database.
Maintain the plant outbound shipment load plan.
Maximize Stock transfer order freight utilization.
Analyze drivers and reduce out of route moves.
Manage the movement of DC to DC inventory transfers through the C-item deployment process.
Analyze and review inventory to minimize spoilage.
Develops actionable plans to improve customer order fill rate by segmentation.
Executes efficiency opportunities such as POM (point of manufacture) opportunities in
coordination with the strategy developed by the USC Fulfillment Manager.
Work across Customer Fulfillment team to proactively plan to mitigate warehouse congestion andgridlock issues and orchestrate all issue management activities.
Coordinate with Warehouse Management and 3PL providers to manage inbound schedules.
Utilize PowerBI and other reporting to improve STO Utilization Warehouse to Warehouse levelsWarehouse Space Utilization and DC Inventory Projection Accuracy. Provide feedback on theanalytics behind these tools to improve them.
Provide direction for the development and communication of Fulfillment Plan objectives.
Participate in governance and support the integration of Fulfillment Planning activities to RichProducts ESO partner(s)
Monitor and track the health of the master and transactional data inputs to Fulfillment applicationand utilize Data Doctor exceptions to resolve data issues identify root causes and resolutions andwork with data owners to prevent data issues.
Ability to leverage systems and data to quickly assess the business to improve results.
Complete gap analysis and understand areas where additional support is required.
Lead the Spoilage management process evaluate communicate and recommend efforts tominimize spoilage exposure.
TPM Fulfillment Representative ensuring right product is at the right DC at the right time.
Analyze Cost Impact when making scenario decisions.
Capability to manage or consult on international and/or co-manufacturing fulfillment processes.
C Daily/Weekly support of tactical Fulfillment/Deployment activities to support service attainment.
Quality checks and review of Fulfillment team planning and deployment for accuracy and efficiency.
Bachelors degree in Business or Logistics required
3-5 years of planning or supply chain experience; 4 years preferred
Strong statistical and spreadsheet analytical skills.
Knowledge of manufacturing distribution and customer service.
Continuous Improvement and Process Improvement mindset
Good communication presentation interpersonal and listening skills.
Demonstrated ability in use of PC based work processing spreadsheets and presentation software. (MS Word MS Excel and MS PowerPoint)
Maintain understanding of industry inventory management techniques. (ex: APICS certification)
Quantitative and qualitative data analysis including business process metrics and measures linking to business KPIs
Knowledge of SAP Blue Yonder PowerBI preferred
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Required Experience:
Senior IC