Lead, Global Fulfillment Planner

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Our pursuit of better begins with innovation and with our team's mission of being the best. With us, you get the freedom to go further - no matter your role. That means developing, delivering, and selling the state-of-the-art products and digital tools that make top performers even better.

 

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Purpose of Role

The Lead, Global Fulfillment Planner plays a pivotal role in supporting Under Armour’s global fulfillment operations by ensuring inventory accuracy, system integrity, and cross-functional operational excellence. This role utilizes Blue Yonder planning tools to optimize inventory availability, fill rates, and replenishment strategies across global distribution centers and direct-to-store channels. The planner is responsible for managing safety stock parameters and aligning fulfillment strategies to enable seamless execution through end-to-end planning.

Your Impact

Fulfillment & Inventory Strategy

•    Lead the design, execution and adoption of global inventory planning strategies using the Blue Yonder Fulfillment module.
•    Manage Global replenishment parameters, including safety stock parameters, calendars and fulfillment rules while optimizing inventory and service for those core replenishment SKU’s
•    Optimize key parameters such as safety stock and reorder points to balance service levels, while collaborating with demand planning globally & regionally
•    Monitor and adjust safety stock levels to balance service levels and carrying costs. 
•    Maintain Global fulfillment calendars and ensure readiness for product launches and seasonal campaigns.
•    Manage system parameters and capabilities to resolve unmet demand to optimize revenue, aligning demand and supply signals while partnering with supply planning and regional demand planning teams. 
•    Cross functional partnership where supply chain constraints exist 

Blue Yonder System Ownership
•    Serve as the global owner of Blue Yonder Fulfillment planning parameters and configuration integrity.
•    Serve as the product owner of Global Fulfillment Solutions.  Partner with Supply Chain Ops & IT and business teams to ensure system stability, upgrades, and alignment with evolving business needs.
•    Drive enhancements and automation within BY Control Tower, Demand Planning, and Fulfillment modules.

Data Fluency & Advanced Analytics
•    Utilize BY’s data models and external data sources to generate insights and optimize inventory 
•    Collaborate with Global Demand Planning & data science teams to build predictive models and simulations for inventory optimization.

Global Collaboration & Governance
•    Establish governance frameworks and documented SOPs for parameter management across regions and business units.
•    Collaborate with global fulfillment, regional fulfillment & global supply chain to enable a robust monthly S&OP process with inventory KPIs & service. 
Performance Monitoring & Continuous Improvement
•    Define and monitor KPIs such as inventory turns/DFC, fill rate, forecast accuracy, and system performance.
•    Lead root cause analysis and continuous improvement initiatives using BY analytics and external tools 

AI, Machine Learning & Automation
•    Lead initiatives to embed intelligent automation into planning processes, reducing manual interventions and increasing agility.
•    Serve as the reporting subject matter expert by building custom reports, supporting testing initiatives, and training cross-functional partners.

Qualifications

•    Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Operations, Supply Chain Management, or a related field (Master’s a bonus).
•    4+ years of supply chain experience, including a minimum of 1 year in inventory/fulfillment planning.
•    Strong understanding of Blue Yonder or similar advanced planning modules including Fulfillment, Demand Planning, and Control Tower.
•    Proficient MS Suite knowledge with advanced Excel skills (pivot