Forecast Planner

Corporate Headquarters

12575 Uline Drive, Pleasant Prairie, WI 53158

At Uline, our products are always in stock, ready to ship. As a Forecast Planner, you'll make sure every location has enough supply to deliver on our service promise to customers, even with growing demand.

Better together! This position is on-site, and we are looking for people who share our passion.

Position Responsibilities

• Develop and monitor supply plan to best fill the forecasted demand for assigned vendors.

• Manage and improve all replenishment planning parameters (lead time, safety stock, order cycles, etc.) for a specific distribution center and region.

• Identify stock out and overage risks. Ensure supply chain backorders are minimized. 

• Establish and implement seasonal pre-buy strategies and provide ramp-up / ramp-down timing for both a specific distribution center and region.

• Identify and manage distribution constraints and vendor capacities.

• Provide projections to key vendors and monitor performance.

• Collaborate with Demand Planning and Distribution Operations on supply and inventory strategies.

Minimum Requirements

• Bachelor's degree. 

• 2 - 3 years’ experience in supply chain, purchasing, demand forecasting or related fields. 

• Working knowledge of inventory planning / replenishment software a plus.