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Replenishment Analyst

WiltonCakes Wilton Brands

Wilton Brands encourages customers across the nation to make meaningful and lasting memories through special event celebration and shared craft creation with family and friends.

Wilton’s Journey So Far
Wilton is a heritage US brand with a 90-year history in baking and decorating. After fifteen years of private equity ownership, the company was acquired by Dr. Oetker (family owned German conglomerate) as an expansion into the US market. Eighteen months after the acquisition, Dr. Oetker and the new leadership are looking to define the future of Wilton brands to become the most important, influential and successful cake and dessert brand in the USA. Learn more about Wilton at https://www.wilton.com .

The Replenishment Analyst will be a member of the Demand Planning team and work closely with the Walmart Replenishment Manager, Sales Team, and the Supply Planning team. In this role, you will have responsibility for developing and maintaining demand driven POS forecasts for Walmart, driving supply plans and increasing sales. You will work with the team to drive incremental sales and ensure Walmart has the right product, in the right quantity, at the right time.

  • Provide weekly reporting, daily instock recaps, fill rate updates and recovery timelines to Sales partners and Walmart
  • Oversee weekly order management process and communicate fill rate challenges to Sales and Walmart
  • Review and recommend sales forecast adjustments at the item level using historical data, POS and market trends
  • Identify and address future or potential inventory shortage and overstock situations through ongoing weekly communication with the Supply Planners and provide updates to Sales regarding potential replenishment concerns
  • Be the point person for execution of all customer reset (new item introductions) changes, working jointly with the Walmart Replenishment Planner
  • Create an execution plan for customer resets and coordinate internally with all stakeholders to ensure a seamless transition to the new reset
  • Manage pre-season and in-season replenishment activities by providing item forecasts, reviewing profiles for seasonality, making recommendations to forecasts and safety stock, PO tracking, manual order recommendations to support sales/instock/build for peak season, and end of season life cycle management
  • Initiate regular touch base with Walmart Replenishment Manager to collaborate on strategies for pre-season and in-season replenishment
  • Collaborate in monthly planning process to ensure cohesive replenishment and ladder plans with sales and planning partners
  • Participate in the development of drivers for the Wilton monthly S&OP process

Education and Experience

  • Bachelor degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Finance, or related field preferred
  • 4+ years in Replenishment, Forecasting, Buying, or Planning in the consumer products industry required
  • Experience working in a high volume, SKU-intensive, fast paced environment

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

  • Walmart experience highly preferred
  • Strong analytical and communication skills
  • Proficiency in MS Office with advanced Excel skills
  • Experience with data warehouse analytics

Physical Demands/Work Requirements:

  • Ability to travel, minimum of four trips per year

Wilton Brands LLC is an equal employment opportunity employer. We attract and retain the best qualified people without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, individuals with disability or veteran status as provided by law. Wilton Brands LLC is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer/Disability/Veteran.

If you need accommodation to access the information provided on our website, please contact us at 630-810-2416 or send an e-mail to: careers@wilton.com We will be happy to help you!

On behalf of all of us at Wilton Brands, we hope this update finds you well during these unprecedented times. As an iconic brand, our top priorities remain keeping our associates healthy and ensuring our ability to serve our retailers and customers. Our recruitment efforts will continue and be conducted in ways that safeguard both the health of our associates and candidates. We hope that you, your family, and your friends stay safe and healthy.

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Wilton Brands encourages customers across the nation to make meaningful and lasting memories through special event celebration and shared craft creation with family and friends.

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