Supply Planner I

Description ReaderLink. We Link. Publishers. Books. Retailers. Customers. We are North America's largest book distributor with over 70,000 customer store locations. We move over 325,000,000 books per year and work with over 700 retailers and 500 publishers. If you want to end every day knowing that you helped deliver a book into the hands of readers across America, let's talk. We are currently recruiting for a Supply Planner I for our Oak Brook, IL office. The Supply Planner I will create, manage and maintain purchase orders and inventory across all Readerlink distribution centers. What You Will Be Doing: Create, maintain and track purchase orders across all publishers and Readerlink distribution centers to ensure on-time and accurate delivery. Review and resolve quarantine inventory. Enter and maintain items into F&O. Communication of all product discrepancies between Supply Planning, Sales and Marketing teams. Help build and maintain long-term relationships with our publishers, and licensors. Must be able to handle multiple tasks and work extra hours to keep projects on schedule. Other duties may be assigned, directed or requested. What You Will Be Doing: Bachelor's degree in business or arelated field is required. Previous buying or inventory experience desired is preferred. Experience with working with the F&O system is preferred. Strong to advanced experience in Microsoft Excel, Word, PowerPoint, and Outlook is preferred. High energy level with the ability to keep multiple projects on schedule. Excellent communication skills both verbal and written. Proficiency in Microsoft Outlook. Ability to speak to all levels of the organization and to customers. Must have excellent mathematical and analytical skills. Must be able to maintain an inventory plan and forecast inventory needs based on current sales trends. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Must have excellent mathematical and analytical skills. Must be able to maintain an inventory plan and forecast inventory needs based on current sales trends. No travel required. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, team environment. The work performed is in an office environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate at low decibels. Salary Range: $55,000.00 - $65,000.00 ReaderLink is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, protected veteran status, or status as an individual with a disability. EOE/Minority/Female/Disabled/Veteran. ReaderLink is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please email your request to [emailprotected], or call: (708) . ReaderLink is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, protected veteran status, or disability status. EOE/Minorities/Female/Disabled/Veteran. ReaderLink is committed to recruiting, hiring and promoting people with disabilities and veterans. If you need an accommodation to assist with completing the electronic application, please email your request to [emailprotected], or call: (708) .

Created: 2024-11-05