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Supply Chain Planner

Position Summary

Famous Supply is seeking a Supply Chain Planner to manage supplier relationships, inventory investments, and supply planning activities that support service level and inventory objectives. This role is responsible for purchasing products, developing inventory strategies, monitoring demand trends, and ensuring the right products are available at the right time and location to meet customer needs.

The Supply Chain Planner partners closely with suppliers, branch operations, sales, inventory management, and distribution teams to optimize inventory performance, improve service levels, and maximize return on inventory investment.

Primary Responsibilities

Supply Planning & Inventory Management

· Develop and maintain inventory replenishment strategies that support targeted service levels and inventory investment goals.

· Analyze demand patterns, seasonality, market trends, and customer behavior to improve inventory availability.

· Review forecasting exceptions and adjust planning parameters as needed.

· Manage safety stock settings, lead-time variability, order cycles, and inventory policies.

· Monitor inventory health and take proactive action to reduce excess, obsolete, and slow-moving inventory.

· Collaborate with branch operations and sales teams to align inventory strategies with business needs.

· Support supply chain planning tools, forecasting systems, and inventory optimization platforms.

Purchasing & Supplier Management

· Review requisitions and release purchase orders in a timely manner to meet customer requirements.

· Evaluate supplier performance and drive improvements in delivery, lead times, fill rates, and responsiveness.

· Expedite deliveries and maintain accurate delivery information for purchase orders.

· Establish and maintain purchasing master data including pricing, lead times, order quantities, sourcing information, and product attributes.

· Support supplier onboarding, product transitions, and product phase-outs.

Analytics & Continuous Improvement

· Measure and monitor key performance indicators, including:

o Service Level

o Inventory Turns

o Backorders

o Forecast Accuracy

o Supplier On-Time Delivery

o Inventory Investment

· Identify opportunities to improve planning processes, inventory performance, and supplier execution.

· Utilize planning systems to support data-driven decision making.

· Develop reporting and analysis to support inventory and procurement strategies.

Recommended Qualifications

· Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, Business, Operations, or a related field preferred.

· 3+ years of purchasing, inventory planning, supply planning, or procurement experience.

· Strong analytical and problem-solving skills.

· Advanced Excel skills including data analysis and reporting.

· Ability to prioritize multiple responsibilities in a fast-paced environment.

· Strong communication and collaboration skills.

Additional Preferred Qualifications

· HVAC or Plumbing Distribution industry experience

· Experience with Epicor Eclipse ERP

· Experience with GAINS (Supply Chain Planning Platform)

· Experience with inventory optimization and forecasting

· Knowledge of supply planning, demand forecasting, and inventory management principles.

· Understanding of supplier performance measurement and inventory planning metrics.

· Knowledge of international freight and import compliance.

What Makes Us Famous!

• Health, Vision, and Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off (Vacation and Holidays)
• Paid Maternity and Paternity Leave
• 401K Employer Match
• Bonus Opportunity
• Strong Culture through our 40 Fundamentals
• Family Atmosphere
• Fitness Reimbursement Program
• Associate Referral Bonus Program
• Learning and Development Opportunities
• Leadership Development Program
• Career Growth Opportunities

Famous Supply is a wholesale distributor committed to serving contractors, builders and remodelers in the HVAC, Plumbing, Building Products, Lighting, and Industrial/PVF segments.

Since 1933, Famous has been a family-owned business that treats its associates like family. Our 5 Core Values are Family, Trust, Communication, Teamwork, and Continuous Improvement. We bring those Core Values to life every day by practicing our 40 Fundamentals for Living the Famous Way (https://famous-supply.com/famous-40-fundamentals/)!

To learn more about what makes us Famous, visit Famous-Supply.com!

We continually strive to create a diverse work culture and seek applicants from all backgrounds to ensure we hire the best, most creative talent on our team. Famous Supply provides equal employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, military service, or veteran status, or other legally protected characteristic under federal, state and local law, and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type. Applicants must be lawfully authorized to work in the United States.

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