Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
• Represent the Wave Planning and Routing functions to ensure capacity utilization and service levels are met while maintaining optimal flow of the Distribution Center over the weekends.
• Support and contribute to the end-to-end process of planning, waving, routing and the outbound scheduling of daily orders and waves.
• Assist in the compilation, adjustments and release of all weekend orders and waves to ensure accurate and timely outbound shipments.
• Work autonomously and collaboratively in a demanding and often ambiguous environment with strong attention to detail and effective prioritization.
Key Responsibilities:
• Monitor the shipment schedule with outbound operations to ensure timely and accurate shipments for all accounts.
• Build and oversee daily wave release plans to ensure orders are available to the operation to meet expected service level agreements, DC KPIs and Performance Metrics.
• Ensure order flow and consolidation are optimized to support DC efficiency and initiatives.
• Work closely and collaboratively with other Distribution departments to refine the tools and processes for overall throughput and execution.
• Maintain full working knowledge of the WCS and WMS platforms.
• Triage, resolve and create transparency to problem orders, in a proactive and timely manner, while working to resolve and communicate issues to both internal and external partners for assistance and future prevention.
• Associated ad-hoc responsibilities supporting US Distribution operations.
Key Relationships:
• Distribution: Routing, Wave Planning, Productivity Planning, DC Operations, Reporting & Analytics, Inventory Control
• Supply Chain Management: Compliance and Transportation.
• Customer Service / Sales
• Brand Operations and Top Account Logistics Partners.
• Transportation Partners
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
• Working knowledge of Distribution processes with Logistics and/or Planning / Shipping emphasis.
• Strong analytical capabilities including handling large and complex data sets.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal, across different levels of the organization / business.
• Proven ability to achieve and exceed goals, objectives and critical deadlines with good planning and organizational skills.
• Ability to perform in a fast-paced setting, constantly adapting to a change-oriented environment.
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications: