GeoCentral Inventory Planner

About GeoCentral GeoCentral is a wholesale consumer goods company specializing in gifts, jewelry, décor, garden, and souvenir products. Founded in 1978, the company creates nature-inspired products that encourage discovery, joy, and wellness. The GEO brand family includes GeoCentral, Shoppe Geo, PURE Earth Collection, and RCS Gifts, offering products ranging from children’s enrichment kits, crystals, jewelry, and natural home décor to garden accents and seasonal giftware. With a small, collaborative team, GeoCentral values new ideas, continuous improvement, accountability, and individuals who are eager to make an impact. Primary Focus Inventory health, replenishment planning, forecast support, and inventory performance improvement. --- Position Summary The Inventory Planner supports inventory health, replenishment planning, forecast maintenance, and inventory performance improvement. This role analyzes demand patterns, sales trends, stock levels, and item performance to identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. The Inventory Planner works closely with the Senior Planning Manager and cross-functional teams to support purchasing recommendations, inventory reporting, and timely follow-up on inventory-related priorities. While inventory planning is the primary focus of this position, the role is expected to maintain proficiency in Assistant Planner responsibilities and provide operational planning support as business needs require. This cross-functional capability ensures business continuity, workload flexibility, and seamless support across the Planning team. --- Core Ownership Areas · Forecast maintenance · Inventory analysis · Monthly purchasing recommendations · Safety stock management · Re-order point management · Backorder analysis · Inventory reporting · Inventory review meetings · New item forecasting · Out-of-stock reporting · Inventory optimization projects · Digital platform order review and inventory availability for Amazon and drop ship accounts · Assist with product check-in --- Responsibilities Inventory Planning & Analysis · Analyze sales trends, demand patterns, and inventory performance to identify risks, opportunities, and recommended actions. · Prepare purchase quantity recommendations for review and approval by the Senior Planning Manager. · Monitor inventory levels, stock health, back-orders, out-of-stock items, safety stock, reorder points, and months of supply to support replenishment planning. · Maintain forecasting and planning tools, including forecast updates, item-level assumptions, and supporting planning data. · Support new item forecast setup and ongoing forecast maintenance based on sales history, launch plans, and cross-functional input. · Prepare reporting and analysis for inventory review meetings, including key trends, exceptions, and recommended follow-up actions. · Support inventory optimization projects through analysis, reporting, and execution of approved actions. · Collaborate with Sales and Product Development to gather forecast input and recommend updates for Senior Planning Manager review. · Analyze inventory risks and opportunities and communicate recommendations to support inventory health and service level goals. · Support purchasing recommendations through inventory analysis, forecast maintenance, and replenishment planning activities. Digital Platform Inventory Management · Review and approve order requests for Amazon, including weekly orders and monthly bulk orders, to confirm inventory availability, order accuracy, and planning impact. · Maintain accurate inventory availability for Amazon and drop ship accounts, identifying inventory risks, exceptions, and replenishment needs. · Analyze current sales trends for Amazon and drop ship accounts and communicate the impact…

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