Senior Replenishment Analyst - Abbott Nutrition - Bentonville, AR

Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. Our portfolio of life-changing technologies spans the spectrum of healthcare, with leading businesses and products in diagnostics, medical devices, nutritionals and branded generic medicines. Our 114,000 colleagues serve people in more than 160 countries.

     

JOB DESCRIPTION:

Senior Replenishment Analyst

Working at Abbott

Our nutrition business develops science-based nutrition products for people of all ages, from helping babies and children grow to keeping adult bodies strong and active. Millions of people around the world count on our leading brands – including Similac®, PediaSure®, Pedialyte®, Ensure®, and Glucerna® – to help them get the nutrients they need to live their healthiest lives.

At Abbott, you can do work that matters, grow, and learn, care for yourself and your family, be your true self, and live a full life. You’ll also have access to:

• Career development with an international company where you can grow the career you dream of.
• An excellent retirement savings plan with a high employer contribution
• Tuition reimbursement, the Freedom 2 Save student debt program, and FreeU education benefit - an affordable and convenient path to getting a bachelor’s degree.
• A company recognized as a great place to work in dozens of countries worldwide and named one of the most admired companies in the world by Fortune.
• A company that is recognized as one of the best big companies to work for as well as the best place to work for diversity, working mothers, female executives, and scientists.

The Opportunity

This position works out of our Bentonville, AR location in the Nutrition Division.

Primary Job Function

Sr. Replenishment Analyst is responsible for utilizing advanced planning, forecasting and replenishment techniques to drive sales, maintain high instocks, fine-tune forecast accuracy, right size store and DC inventory for Abbott items at Walmart. Critical activities include monitoring forecast, store instocks, network inventory position, and order patterns to provide recommendations on replenishment strategies and estimate monthly shipment volume. The role is responsible for executing key business activities such as new item launches, promotional activity, item discontinuations, etc. Keep track of trends developing in carrier on time performance across all Walmart DC networks to identify areas of improvement for carrier management team and drive healthy 1 Day Delivery Window performance. Analyst also manages replenishment activities for Abbott items on Walmart.Com.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead the investigation and understanding of DC - to Shelf Supply Chain processes with Walmart and identify opportunities for improvement and value creation
• Utilize Walmart’s Retail Link data to prepare and present recommendations that drive sales, improve instock, right-size inventory, and improve forecast accuracy
• Lead efforts to drive results through the CPFR process from forecasting POS to DC/Store replenishment
• Lead the collaborative relationship with Walmart Replenishment Manager that positions Abbott as Supplier of Choice
• Use POS history, POS forecast, Inventory DOS targets, and Store/DC Inventory position to anticipate Abbott’s monthly shipment volume. Collaborate with Abbott National Sales Manager to integrate these insights to the business plan
• Develop replenishment strategies to maintain high instocks on key strategic items
• Identify opportunities through Abbott’s Cost to Serve model to streamline product flow and drive waste reduction
• Understand Abbott’s supply/Fill rate risk and implement strategies that balance available supply while protecting instock levels at shelf
• Work very closely with Customer Service and Transportation team to drive high on time performance for Abbott within Walmart’s 1 Day Delivery Window program
• Provide event stewardship for new product introductions, product conversions, promotional events, and unsaleable returns.  Must present findings and recommendations to mid-level and senior level (internal and external) managers and executives

Required Qualifications

Required

• Bachelo