Wave Planner

Company: 5.11, Inc.
Location: Manteca
Posted on: February 23, 2021

Job Description:

If you are a job seeker with a disability and require a reasonable accommodation to apply for one of our jobs, you will find the contact information to request the appropriate accommodation by visiting the following page: 5.11 is the fastest-growing and most well-known brand of purpose-built apparel, footwear and gear designed specifically to enhance the safety, accuracy, speed and performance of tactical professionals and technical enthusiasts worldwide. With offices around the globe, 5.11 works directly with end users to create products that exceed rigorous standards and has allowed the brand to establish a reputation for innovation and authenticity, and become the premier choice for those who always have to be ready. Our purpose-built gear has developed strong consumer demand, creating a direct-to-consumer business that is now our largest growth engine. 5.11 products can be purchased online, through authorized dealers and retailers, as well as at 5.11 company-owned retail stores. We process and ship all orders bound for the Americas in our Operations Center located in Manteca, CA. Our long-term vision is to build an iconic global brand rooted in innovating purpose-built gear for the most demand missions, inspiring the world to always be ready. POSITION SUMMARY: The distribution/wave planner has the primary responsibility for managing and building workflow for the DC including release of work to warehouse floor, balancing workflow, and ensuring optimal outbound workflow levels within the facility. The planner will also conduct studies to discover ways to reduce costs, improve processes and optimize output.The planner also ensures order errors are found & corrected without interruption to workflow and reply to internal requests for order tracking and status requests. RESPONSIBILITIES: -- Employ wave planning processes and tools to build customer orders into waves that ensures customer service level targets are met and maintained while at the same time balance workflow and optimal output across work shifts. -- Assign and monitor the work including staging, wave times and pick assignments across multiple workflows. -- Analyze and prepare replenishment waves to support and ensure full inventory availability for all shifts to optimize pick efficiency. -- Works with operations managers and supervisors to level workload. -- Controls the priority and pick levels of each order and maintain priority of emergency orders. -- Ensures communication between picking and replenishment teams for stock replenishment needs and troubleshoot as needed. -- Develops or assists with continuous improvement initiatives to increase efficiency, productivity, and customer services. -- Stay up to date with target customers, global market, and supply chains. -- Plan and coordinate with Manager product distribution activities to meet or exceed customer demands. -- Investigate and resolve workflow/delivery issues in a timely fashion. -- Reviews and recommends improvements to current product distribution parameters. -- Follow all safety guidelines and perform duties in a safe and careful manner -- Other duties as assigned by supervisor or manager QUALIFICATIONS: To perform the job successfully, an individual should have the following qualifications and experience: -- 6-10 years experience in a Distribution Center or Manufacturing environment.Familiarity with roles and processes from inbound, put-away, replenishment, picking to outbound management. -- Previous wave planning/production planning experience required. -- Strong analytical skills.Able to manage large amounts of data to analyze and determine optimal workflow that optimizes customer service levels and workflow efficiency. -- Strong communication skills to effectively communicate with various warehouse teams on priorities, process, troubleshooting & problem-solving -- Strong understanding and knowledge of WMS wave planning and other WMS capabilities. -- Experience with analytical tools and reporting systems (eg. PowerBI, Business Objects, Tableau). -- Ability to evaluate workload issues and to maximize efficiency -- Ability to multi-task in a fast-paced environment. -- Problem-solving mindset and working knowledge of all DC operations
Experience in evaluating DC work processes for efficiency. ETHOS: At 5.11, everyone has the opportunity to be a leader and perform in an exceptional manner. We strive to uphold our Ethos which defines our culture - Trusted, Responsive, Accountable and Committed.

• Strive to create trust in everything we do, starting with self-trust and relationship trust. We work on the components of integrity, intent, capability, and results.
• Responsive
• Listen to the needs of our end-user Professionals, then develop, produce and deliver solutions to their problems. Each of us chooses to be a leader and takes charge of what is within our circle of influence.
• Accountable
• Seek to achieve results with a bias for action. We like to compete and be measured against the most demanding standards to ensure our continued success.
• Overcome obstacles to accomplish our goals and support our team members when challenges arise. We complete commitments and seek to 'over-deliver" relative to expectations. It is 5.11 practice to hire at age 18 and older Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

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