Buyer / Planner Job at Ferguson in Newport News

Overview

Since 1953, Ferguson has been a source of quality supplies for a variety of industries. Together We Build Better infrastructure, better homes and better businesses. We exist to make our customers’ complex projects simple, successful, and sustainable. Ferguson, a Fortune 500 company, is proud to provide best-in-class products, service and capabilities across the following industries: Commercial / Mechanical, Facilities Supply, Fire and Fabrication, HVAC, Industrial, Residential Trade, Residential Building and Remodel, Waterworks and Residential Digital Commerce. Ferguson has approximately 36,000 associates across 1,700 locations. Ferguson is a community of proud associates who operate with the shared purpose of building something meaningful. You will build a career that you are proud of, at a company you can believe in.

Job Title: Buyer / Planner

Location: This role is based out of our Newport News, VA Headquarters. We offer a hybrid work schedule of Tue, Wed, Thu in office and Mon, Fri Remote.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing, purchasing and completing inventory replenishment strategies that meet the aligned business strategy.
• Manages inventory replenishment settings and makes adjustments to deliver targets.
• Ensures planned orders are processing from in line with expectations from inventory settings. Investigates and resolves order alignment issues.
• Designs, implements, and actions alerts that identify exceptional issues impacting service and / or inventory.
• Conducts replenishment data analysis to root cause current and future service failures then communicates and takes action to fix service failures.
• Collaborates cross functionally and proactively connects with a large and varied audience i.e. Customer Groups, Branches, Sourcing, Demand Planning, Warehouses, and applies a high level of communication skills to gather information, alignment and / or provide education on replenishment process.
• Applies high-level of communication skills to proactively connect with large and varied audience.
• Serves as the first level check for inquiries about service failures and decides whether it can be resolved locally or another group needs to resolve (demand planning, strategic settings, etc.).
• Proactively analyzes business processes and develops solutions to improve team performance.
• Works with DC fulfillment to flow the product through Ferguson warehouses by using the optimal replenishment settings without impacting customer service.
• Monitors rebalancing of assigned inventory to ensure excess inventory is optimized.
• Cancels or expedites orders as necessary to deliver service targets.
• Uses planning software to build optimal container and / or truckload orders to suppliers.
• Analyze, report, and act on replenishment planning KPIs (Instocks, Fill Rate, Days of Inventory, Inefficient Inventory) on a regular cadence.
• Coaches and develops associates within and outside of their functional area.

Qualifications

• Preferred Qualifications include:
• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, Analytics, Mathematics, Industrial Engineering, Economics, or an equivalent functional area.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a high attention to detail and ownership.
• Ability to identify and solve issues using root cause analysis.
• Ability to multi-task and make data-driven decisions in a timely manner.
• Ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Ability to effectively communicate in writing and verbally.
• Ability to make sound decisions with limited direction.
• Accountable for decisions, actions and results.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office software (Outlook, Word, Excel, Powerpoint, etc.).
• Advanced skills in Excel (pivots, lookups) preferred.
• Database query languages (such as SQL) and data visualization skills (such as Power BI) a plus.
• Experience working in a supply chain planning software a plus.

Benefits and Compensation

Our benefits and compensation package includes health, dental, vision, paid time off, life insurance and a 401(k) with company match, plus additional inclusive enhancements such as mental health coverage, gender affirming and family building benefits, paid parental leave, associate discounts, community involvement opportunities and more.

Pay Range: 3,375.00 - $8,433.70

This role is Bonus or Incentive Plan eligible.

Ferguson complies with all wage regulations. The starting wage may be higher in certain locations based on local or state wage requirements.