Inventory Deployment Planner

Planner, Inventory Deployment

The Planner, Inventory Deployment plays a pivotal role within the Integrated Business Planning process. This position is responsible for creating an optimized inventory deployment plan for the short-term horizon, ensuring efficient inventory distribution from our breweries to our distribution center (DC) network in a cost-effective manner. The Deployment Planner will work cross-functionally to monitor plan adherence, manage exceptions and identify process improvements.

Responsibilities

• Oversee inventory distribution across the network, including allocations from multiple production facilities, DCs, and direct-to-wholesaler assignments, considering network constraints, forecasted billings, and inventory levels.
• Perform analysis to identify and implement best practices for balancing cost-effective shipping strategies with maintaining optimal customer service levels, ensuring both customer satisfaction and operational efficiencies are prioritized.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to assess real-world constraints and align deployment strategies for the upcoming production cycle.
• Maintain planning parameters within systems to ensure the creation of viable shipment plans that reflect real-world constraints.
• Review system generated shipment recommendations and generated SAP transactions be executed by brewery operations.
• Assist in cost-saving initiatives to enhance overall efficiency.
• Coordinate with brewery operations to create a feasible shipment plan.

Performance Monitoring & Analytics

• Continuously monitor and report on brewery execution against shipment plans.
• Analyze trends impacting adherence to shipment plan, proactively identifying areas of improvement and leading initiatives to enhance efficiency and increase on-time delivery performance.
• Mitigate network imbalances by executing rebalancing strategies to maintain optimal distribution.
• Support innovation initiatives by providing weekly planning updates and scenario planning as required.

Continuous Improvement & Collaboration

• Support the Deployment Planning Manager in advancing continuous improvement initiatives that enhance performance on key metrics
• Foster a culture of collaboration across teams to drive process innovation and ensure alignment with broader business objectives.

Working Relationships

• Reports to Sr. Manager, Network Supply Planning
• Interface with Brewery Operations, Transportation and Logistics, Finance, IBP planning teams.

Role Expertise

• B.A./B.S. in Supply Chain, Operations, or a business-related field, or equivalent experience.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in planning, finance, supply chain, production, or optimization roles.
• Experience with ERP and APS software, as well as business intelligence and analytics tools.
• Strong quantitative and analytical skills with the ability to translate data into actionable insights for inventory planning.
• Proven knowledge and understanding of standard inventory deployment practices, technology and supporting industry principles.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively across all organizational levels.
• Strong customer service skills, with the ability to engage with both internal and external stakeholders.
• Ability to independently make decisions and recommend solutions to complex issues, as well as manage and mediate conflicts to successful resolutions.
• Willingness to learn and acquire new skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work collaboratively across teams and with external partners.
• Proven ability to drive process improvements and deliver tangible results.
• APICS certification is a plus.
• Bilingual (English/Spanish) is a plus.

Individual Skills

• Challenge -Mindset: Ability to reframe obstacles as opportunities for growth rather than threats to avoid, staying curious and action-oriented even under pressure or uncertainty. It combines cognitive, behavioral, and reflective skills that turn difficulty into fuel for learning and progress.
• Structured Storytelling: Ability to shape information into a clear, compelling narrative that makes complex ideas memorable and drives people to understand, believe, or act.
• Influencing W/O Authority: Ability to move people toward a desired outcome through trust, credibility, and strategic communication rather than relying on rank, title, or formal power.
• Resilience under pressure: Ability to remain composed, focused, and effective when facing stress, setbacks, or high-stakes situations recovering quickly without losing momentum or judgment.
• Intellectual Curiosity: Drive to ask better questions, seek out new perspectives, and continuously learn turning the unknown into an advantage rather than a source of discomfort.
• Business/Financial Acumen: Ability to connect decisions, ideas, and actions to real-world outcomes understanding how value is created, resources are allocated, and trade-offs are made to drive results that matter to the organization.
• Proactive Thinking: Ability to anticipate needs, risks, and opportunities before they surface taking initiative and shaping outcomes rather than simply responding to what's already in front of you.
• Executive Presence: Ability to command attention, inspire confidence, and influence others through a combination of how you communicate, carry yourself, and connect with people making others believe you are capable, credible, and worth following.

Mindsets & Behaviors

• Passion to challenge the status quo and find new solutions loves and embraces change.
• Believes in a non-hierarchical culture of collaboration, transparency, safety, and trust.
• Comfortable bringing structure to ambiguity across a multi-layered ecosystem.
• Empowers others to fail, learn, and grow.
• Possesses a spirit of intellectual curiosity, creativity, and innovation.

Physical Requirements/Work Environment

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods and work on a computer for long durations. Lifting may be required, and reasonable accommodation may be made for individuals with disabilities.
• Travel <10%
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Location

Chicago, Illinois

Additional Locations

Job Type

Full time

Job Area

Supply Chain

The salary range for this role is:

$69,500.00 - $102,100.00

This is the lowest to highest salary we in good faith believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. Our compensation is based on cost of labor. For remote locations or positions open to multiple locations, the pay range may reflect several US geographic markets, including the lowest geographic market minimum to the highest geographic market maximum. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee's pay position within the salary range will be based on several factors including, but not limited to, the prevailing minimum wage for the location, relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, any collective bargaining agreements, and business or organizational needs. At Constellation Brands, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at the high end of the range for their role, and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each position and candidate. We offer comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, 401(k), and any other benefits to eligible employees.

Note: No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until such amount is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or any other form of compensation that are allocable to a particular employee remains in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company's sole discretion, consistent with the law.

Equal Opportunity

Constellation Brands is committed to a continuing program of equal employment opportunity. All persons have equal employment opportunities with Constellation Brands, regardless of their sex, race, color, age, religion, creed, sexual orientation, national origin or citizenship, ancestry, physical or mental disability, medical condition (cancer or genetic characteristics), marital status, gender (including gender identity or gender expression), familial status, military or veteran status, genetic information, pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related conditions (or any other group or category within the framework of the applicable discrimination laws and regulations).