Wave Planner

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Come explore opportunities within Brunswick, a global marine leader committed to challenging conventions and innovating next-generation technologies that transform experiences on the water and beyond. Brunswick believes "Next Never Rests™," and we offer a variety of exciting careers and growth opportunities within united teams defining the future of marine recreation.

Please note: This is for mid/2nd shift (11 am - 8 pm ET), Monday- Friday onsite.

This role is focused on daily order volume and coordinates the efficient release of orders to satisfy customer demand and provides for effective order throughput. Collaborates with supply chain, transportation, and export functions to ensure that orders are waved with a methodology that results in on time shipping of customer and distribution orders. Able to apply Manhattan Warehouse Management waving and advanced materials management concepts to insure continual flow of the pick, pack, and ship processes inside the distribution center.

Key Responsibilities:

• Monitors and assesses Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) process to determine efficiency of workflow
• Translate projected order forecasts, incoming volume, and work scopes into daily outbound production plan with a time-phased output driven by targeted fulfillment dates
• Interface with material planning team, export sales team, US sales team, and interplants to best schedule the workflow.
• Monitors, analyzes and reports availability fill rates for the distribution center operation.
• Identifies inefficiencies in workflow between replenishment, picking, put away, packing, and shipping; further making configuration changes to waving software to improve operational material flow.
• Monitors order queue and ensures balance between replenishment, picking, put away packing, and shipping.
• Assists distribution leads with assigning shipment priorities and monitoring each wave.
• Responsible for task rules, outbound rules and wave template design in the warehouse management system to optimize operations.
• Ensures daily waving is executed timely with work being available for all shifts.
• Provide evening and weekend rotational on call distribution support remotely for shipment waving and WMS applications.

Experience and Skills:

• Associates Degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, or Engineering Technology.
• 2 years materials management and/or supply chain experience
• Strong Cross Functional/Team Leadership and Communication Skills.
• Planning with ERP software are well as PC skills in Excel, PowerPoint, and Word
• Good Organization skills with strong attention to detail
• Technical and logical capability to solve problems
• Must be able to coordinate and manage multiple projects simultaneously.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and writing skills.
• Ability to work independently with minimal oversight required.
• Ability to occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 pounds.
• Some weekends required per operation needs.

Preferred Skills

• BA/BS in Business, Operation or Supply Chain preferred.
• Previous experience working in a distribution warehouse or manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge in Lean Six Sigma methodology, Green Belt certification
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS); Manhattan

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We value growth and development, recognizing that people come with a wealth of experience and talent beyond just the technical requirements of a job. If your experience is close to what you see listed here, please still consider applying. Diversity of experience and skills combined with passion is a key to innovation and inspiration. Therefore, we encourage people from all backgrounds to apply to our positions. Please let us know if you require accommodations during the interview process.

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