Inventory & Deployment Planner

This is where your work makes a difference.

At Baxter, we believe every person—regardless of who they are or where they are from—deserves a chance to live a healthy life. It was our founding belief in 1931 and continues to be our guiding principle. We are redefining healthcare delivery to make a greater impact today, tomorrow, and beyond.

Our Baxter colleagues are united by our Mission to Save and Sustain Lives. Together, our community is driven by a culture of courage, trust, and collaboration. Every individual is empowered to take ownership and make a meaningful impact. We strive for efficient and effective operations, and we hold each other accountable for delivering exceptional results.

Here, you will find more than just a job—you will find purpose and pride. 

Your role at Baxter

This position is responsible for the daily replenishment planning and management of product deployments to local Distribution Centers within Canada. Provides support to ensure the daily deployment plan is executed and responsible for working closely with the Network Planners, Replenishment Centers, Transportation, 3PL, and Carriers. This role will maintain, manage and execute the deployment plan to support needs and meet objectives. 

What you'll be doing

• Execute the daily deployment plan.  Determine finished good inventory levels based upon inventory strategies and business rules.
• Monitor code level inventory at the Replenishment Centers and Distribution Centers to meet service targets and business level objectives.
• Manage the deployment of short supply product to ensure quick recovery of inventory position in the network. Manage product conversion, new product launch into the distribution network.
• Manage inbound and outbound deployments in 3PL facilities as required.
• Partner with planning and Replenishment teams to better understand forecast and determine appropriate distribution plans.
• Ensure replenishment load trailers are fully utilized based upon freight requirements by manually managing product deployment. Work to develop shipping schedules for replenishment loads to optimize truck load replenishment and meet service targets.
• Interact with Customer Service and Marketing regarding product EDAVs to minimize expedited shipping cost and customer impact.
• Work with the Transportation and Logistics to minimize freight and handling costs based on business requirements.
• Ensure that new employees are properly trained. May be involved in delivering training to staff as needed. Monitor team KPI’s and Metrics
• Receive and answer inquiries from key stakeholders and other internal departments.  Use sound judgment, skills and knowledge when communicating.
• Supporting role on project teams and/or help develop new processes and procedures for the overall team.
• Conducts analysis and prepares business recommendations or corrective actions based on analysis results. (Collapse Network, Open Network, Appointments within Network, Rebalance Inventory, Direct Shipments….. etc.)
• Summarizes data for use in reports, as well as identifying future opportunities.
• Continuously audits internal systems to ensure compliance.
• Serves as a key escalation point for Deployment issues.

What you'll bring

• Bachelor’s degree / 2+ years of applicable professional experience required.
• Strong interpersonal and leadership skills. 
• Demonstrated ability to interact at multiple levels of the organization and function as a liaison with internal and external customers
• Must have a general understanding of the business and strategic plan
• Ability to produce results with minimal supervision
• Strong transportation knowledge
• Ability to multi-task, prioritize, execute daily tasks on a timely basis, and project management skills
• Exceptional and strong organizational, problem solving, written and verbal communications skills
• Proficiency in MS Excel, Word and Access, JDE, Lean, WMS, APS and demonstrated ability to perform advanced analytics
• Must be able to work with a high degree of independence

Equal Employment Opportunity

Baxter is an equal opportunity employer. Baxter evaluates qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, protected veteran status, disability/handicap status or any other legally protected characteristic.

Reasonable Accommodations

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