Inventory Planner

Imperial Dade, a leading North American distributor, has an Inventory Planner role available      ON-SITE in Loma Linda, CA! Join a strong and continuously evolving group, helping to continue to grow our business. If you’re eager for your next opportunity, Imperial Dade is a great place to take that next step.

The Purchasing Department is hiring an Inventory Planner who will play a key role in Imperial Dade’s success by ensuring routing optimization and integrity across our multiple-site distribution network. 

Schedule: Monday to Friday, 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Salary: $70,000 - $90,000

Imperial Dade is the leading independently owned and operated distributor of foodservice packaging and janitorial supplies in North America. As a provider of customized supply chain solutions, we serve customers in many business-to-business market segments including restaurants, grocery stores, healthcare, sports and entertainment, and cruise lines. Founded in 1935 and headquartered in New Jersey, Imperial Dade serves as a mission-critical partner to more than 120,000 customers through our footprint of 130+ branches.

**All correspondence will come directly from Imperial Dade and not a personal email address.*

You will:

• Analyze and forecast sales and inventory needs at the item/location level for key items to ensure optimal inventory and safety stock levels and providing order plans to the buyers.
• Utilize historical, seasonal and current selling trends to determine product needs
• Collaborate with members of our Buying team to better understand our products, our customer’s needs, and the relationships in place with our source suppliers.
• Create and maintain item plans for customer programs deemed critical 
• Forecast sales and inventory needs in alignment with company strategies
• Build all new Victoria Bay transitional codes on ladder plans and layer in history of its replacement item codes
• Work with counterpart teams on capacity challenged warehouses. Suggest items to move to temporary off-site storage location and advise on expected transfer back dates if applicable
• Refine existing tools and methods to continually improve forecasts and processes to proactively anticipate our customer’s needs and regularly communicate with Buying and counterpart teams

You have:

• 2 to 3+ years of experience in a related position (inventory, purchasing, supply chain) 
• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Solid knowledge of data analysis and forecasting techniques
• Able to use logic and innovative methods to solve problems and identify effective solutions.
• Highly proficient in Microsoft Excel.

We offer a dynamic environment for our more than 7,500 employees to work, learn, and grow professionally. We value our people and strive to create rewarding career opportunities by offering competitive salaries and benefits (medical, dental, vision), a 401(k) program with company match, a shared ownership program, life insurance, a generous paid time off package, educational reimbursement, paid family leave, and adoption assistance. We are excited to invite talented individuals with a passion for excellence to join our team.

Imperial Dade is an EEO Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, pregnancy, status as a parent, national origin, age, disability (physical or mental), family medical history, or genetic information, political affiliation, military service, or other non-merit-based factors.