Assistant Inventory Planner Jobs in Colorado (NOW HIRING)

Description

Inventory & Distribution Planner

Purpose and Scope/General Summary: We are looking for an Inventory and Distribution Coordinator to join our team at the Corporate Office in Greeley, CO. This position is responsible for managing inventory movement, distribution planning, and cold storage operations to ensure product availability and customer fulfillment. The role partners closely with sales, operations, and warehouse teams to maintain inventory accuracy, coordinate stock transfers, support key customer accounts, and optimize product distribution across the network.

Responsibilities:

• Creates distribution strategies for product placement to cold storages based off demand, optimization and rotation practices. 
• Manages key-customer and national accounts with a focus on product age and distribution. 
• Works closely with sales and other internal departments to collaborate on key-customer accounts to ensure customer needs are met effectively 
• Reviews daily inventory reports so that fulfillment of customer demand is achieved 
• Generates stock transfer transactions between cold storages to maintain stock balances across network
• Works jointly with internal departments and distribution centers to guarantee the prompt and accurate movement of stock transfers and sales orders 
• Responsible of managing the 3rd party cold storage with the department’s highest volume of throughput 
• Generate inventory transactions, which includes receipts, postings, holds, and adjustments that occur between production plants and external cold storage facilities 
• Generates weekly, monthly and quarterly reporting as it relates to inventory control processes 
• Maintains real time inventory accuracy and traceability between SAP and third-party WMS systems 
• Invoices external warehouses for damage claims and cycle count adjustments 
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 2 years of Inventory Control or Distribution Planning experience preferred 
• College Degree Preferred 
• Experience with MS Office Suite - Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint. Intermediate to advanced Excel skills 
• SAP experience preferred 
• Ability to multi-task and prioritize 
• Strong organizational skills 
• Can perform the functions of the job with or without a reasonable accommodation 
• As a salaried position with the company, you may be required to travel at some point to other facilities, to attend Company events, or as a representative of the Company in other situations. Unless otherwise specified in this posting, the amount of travel may vary and the most qualified candidate must be willing and able to travel as business needs dictate.

The applicant who fills this position will be eligible for the following compensation and benefits:

• Benefits: Vision, Medical, and Dental coverage begin after 60 days of employment;
• Paid Time Off: sick leave, vacation, and 6 company observed holidays;
• 401(k): company match begins after the first year of service and follows the company vesting schedule;
• Base salary range of $59,000-$63,000;
• Incentive Pay: This position is eligible to participate in the Company’s annual bonus plan, the amount of bonus varies and is subject to the standard terms and conditions of the incentive program; and

• Career Development: Our company is dedicated to supporting professional growth by offering continuous learning opportunities and a focus on career growth through various learning and development programs.

For individuals assigned and/or hired to work in states where it is required by law to include a reasonable estimate of the compensation for any given position, compensation ranges are specific to those states and takes into account various factors that are considered in making compensation decisions, including but not limited to a candidate’s relevant experience, qualifications, skills, competencies, and proficiencies for the role.

The posted salary range represents the Company’s good faith estimate of the compensation that the Company reasonably expects to pay for this role at the time of posting. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including, but not limited to, relevant experience, skills, qualifications, tenure, internal equity, market data, and may vary accordingly.

This position does not have an application deadline. We will continue to recruit until the position has been filled.

The Company is dedicated to ensuring a safe and secure environment for our team members and visitors. To assist in achieving that goal, we conduct drug, alcohol, and background checks for all new team members post-offer and prior to the start of employment. The Immigration Reform and Control Act requires that verification of employment eligibility be documented for all new employees by the end of the third day of work.

About us: Pilgrim’s is a leading global food company with more than 62,000 team members worldwide. The company processes, prepares, packages, and delivers fresh, frozen, and value-added food products for customers in more than 100 countries. Pilgrim’s operates protein processing plants and prepared foods facilities in 14 states, Puerto Rico, Mexico, the U.K, the Republic of Ireland and continental Europe. Pilgrim’s is headquartered in beautiful Greeley, Colorado, at the JBS USA corporate office where our 1,200 employees enjoy more than 300 days of sunshine a year.

Our mission: To be the best in all that we do, completely focused on our business, ensuring the best products and services to our customers, a relationship of trust with our suppliers, profitability for our shareholders and the opportunity of a better future for all of our team members.

Our core values are: Availability, Determination, Discipline, Humility, Ownership, Simplicity, Sincerity

EOE, including disability/vets 

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