Network Planning Specialist

This role acts as the single point of decision-making authority across deployment, order fulfillment, and network strategy, balancing trade-offs between service levels, working capital, capacity, and waste. The Network Planner Specialist owns end-to-end inventory deployment, allocation, and network planning decisions to consistently achieve service, cost, and inventory targets.

Job Title- Network Planning Specialist
Duration- 06 Month+ Contract
WORK Location: Solon, OH
Work Schedule: FT, Mon - Fri

Position Summary
The Network Planner Specialist owns end-to-end inventory deployment, allocation, and network planning decisions to consistently achieve service, cost, and inventory targets.

This role acts as the single point of decision-making authority across deployment, order fulfillment, and network strategy, balancing trade-offs between service levels, working capital, capacity, and waste.

Operating across planning, logistics, and execution teams, this role drives timely, data-informed decisions under uncertainty and ensures alignment between planning assumptions, operational constraints, and business priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage inventory deployment and allocation across plants, DCs, and regions.
• Identify supply risks, inventory imbalances, and service issues.
• Develop allocation and mitigation strategies during supply constraints.
• Analyze KPIs and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Perform scenario/what-if analysis and root-cause analysis.
• Maintain planning master data and improve planning systems/processes.

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 2–5+ years in supply chain, demand/supply planning, transportation, or customer service.
• Strong Excel and analytical skills; Power BI preferred.
• Experience with SAP, OMP, or similar planning systems.
• Strong communication and problem-solving skills.