Distribution Center (dc) Planner

$50,000 - $55,000/Yr

Foot Locker

Full-time - Entry Level

Clothing, Clothing Accessories, Shoe, and Jewelry Retailers

About the position

The Distribution Center (DC) Planner at Foot Locker is responsible for maximizing the delivery of orders for direct-to-consumer and retail stores, ensuring they ship within 24 hours of receipt. This role involves analyzing historical data to efficiently wave and schedule orders, optimizing logistics operations, inventory management, and transportation planning. The ideal candidate will possess strong analytical skills and experience in supply chain planning, with a proactive approach to problem-solving.

Responsibilities

• Owns the execution of scheduling/waving product based on the direction of the Distribution Planning Manager to optimize delivery to stores within 24-48 hours of demand generation.
• Supports executing systematic waves for off-shifts to ensure a consistent flow of work for production teams that matches the agreed capacity of each department.
• Reviews all orders aged greater than 24 hours and investigates what is required to promptly ship the orders in partnership with the operations leadership team.
• Acts as the subject-matter-expert (SME) in the DC's waving strategy and implements changes to waving templates as customer requirements change.
• Partners with other DC operations leaders daily to align on capacity to ensure the correct number of orders are released and shipped in the correct order.
• Reviews the site's capacity plan to provide feedback to the operations leadership team if there is a risk it will not support customer demand.
• Supports reviewing supplies weekly to provide feedback to the procurement manager on any risks of product that might run out and needs to be re-ordered.
• Assists with departmental workflow as needed by the site leadership team.
• Drives continuous improvement strategies within the department and across the entire network.
• Communicates issues or problems quickly to supervisors and operations managers.
• Assists in resolving issues and solving problems by making suggestions and partnering with supervisors, operations managers, and other departments.
• Assists in Sneaker Finder and DTC when needed.
• Becomes the onsite WM SME for operations and develops expertise within the production control team.
• Responds with a sense of urgency and works in a fast-paced environment.
• Works with co-workers in a professional, respectful, cooperative, and courteous manner.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in a STEM-related field or 4+ years of distribution planning experience required.
• Strong Excel experience and ability to analyze large amounts of data required.
• Comprehensive experience working with Microsoft Office including Excel.
• Experience with WM (warehouse management) systems, specifically Manhattan preferred.
• Strong experience building reporting in Power BI, Excel, SQL, and/or Python highly preferred.
• High level language, presentation, and math skills required.

Nice-to-haves

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain/Logistics, Data analytics, and/or Finance/Accounting preferred.
• Certifications in data analytics, APICs, Lean manufacturing, and/or 6-sigma preferred.
• Experience designing and implementing replenishment strategies preferred.

Benefits

• Employee Discount
• Paid Time Off
• Medical | Dental | Vision Coverage
• 401(k) | Roth 401(k)
• Stock Purchase Plan
• Life Insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Opportunities for Advancement
• Tuition Reimbursement for Qualified Courses
• Strong Company Culture
• Employee Resource Groups