Replenishment Lead

Job Description

Job Description

What You Need To Know

Shape a remarkable future with us. Build a career working for an industry leader that truly invests in their people – and equips them with leading technology, continuous learning, and the ability to bring their best selves to work. As North America's largest total beverage distributor, Southern Glazer’s isn't just one of Forbes’ Top Private Companies; it's a family-owned business with deep roots dating back to 1933.

Southern Glazer’s is proud of its well-earned positive reputation, continually achieving accolades for our outstanding workplace culture. We take pride in creating a culture where our people are valued, supported, and provided opportunities for growth and belonging.

As a full-time employee, you can choose from a wide-ranging menu of our Top Shelf Benefits, including comprehensive medical and prescription drug coverage, dental and vision plans, tax-saving Flexible Spending Accounts, disability coverage, life insurance plans, and a 401(k) plan. We also offer tuition assistance, a wellness program, parental leave, vacation accrual, paid sick leave, and more.

By joining Southern Glazer’s, you would be part of a team that values excellence, innovation, and community. This is more than just a job – it's an opportunity to build the future of beverage distribution and grow with a company that truly cares about its people.

Overview

The Replenishment Lead is responsible for leading the replenishment strategy and execution, ensuring optimal inventory health and service levels. This role leads a team of Replenishment Analysts and is accountable for inventory planning, replenishment, and performance. The Replenishment Lead will partner closely with cross-functional Supply Chain teams, Commercial, and our Supplier Partners to proactively manage inventory health, mitigate out-of-stocks and excess inventory, improve execution, and drive continuous process improvements.

Applicants must be legally authorized to work in the United States without the need for employer sponsorship now or in the future.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead, coach, and develop a team of Replenishment Analysts, fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Own inventory health and end-to-end supply chain logistics execution by proactively optimizing inventory levels, service, and replenishment performance.
• Proactively identify and mitigate out-of-stock risks through data-driven analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
• Monitor key inventory and replenishment metrics, identify trends, and implement corrective actions to improve performance.
• Partner closely internal Supply Chain teams, Commercial and our Supplier Partners to align strategies and actions with business objectives.
• Build strong relationships with supplier partners to improve replenishment execution, inventory visibility, and service levels.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives that simplify, standardize, and enhance replenishment processes and workflows.
• Coordinate and manage new product introduction and special projects, from a replenishment and execution perspective.
• Provide training and mentoring, through data-driven insights and best practices, to team members and peers.
• Collaborate with management regarding team performance and current issues.
• Monitor, create, and analyze day-to-day creation of purchase orders using a various replenishment & purchase order system to effectively flow inventory to warehouses.
• Ensure optimal inventory levels in the market to avoid out of stocks, mitigating them proactively where they do occur, and preventing excess inventory builds.
• Own and continuously improve Available-to-Promise (ATP) supplier programs to improve inventory accuracy and health.
• Drive root cause analysis for inventory challenges and implement sustainable solutions.
• Communicate inventory risks, opportunities, and performance insights to leadership through regular reporting and business reviews.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business, Engineering, or related field.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Progressive supply chain experience with significant exposure to replenishment, inventory planning, and logistics execution.
• Experience with continuous improvement, advanced supply chain tools, analytics platforms, ERP systems and complex data.
• Deep understanding of end-to-end supply chain synchronization and processes.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive transformation, including change management and adoption.
• Strong organization, multi-tasking and time management skills.
• Exceptional customer service and written/verbal communication skills.

Physical Demands:

• Physical demands with activity or condition for a considerable amount of time include sitting and typing/keyboarding using a computer (e.g., keyboard, mouse, and monitor) or adding machine.
• Physical demands with activity or condition may include occasional to rare amount of time include walking, bending, reaching, standing, and stooping.
• May require occasional lifting/lowering, pushing, carrying, or pulling up to 15lbs.

EEO Statement

Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits, an Affirmative Action/EEO employer, prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training. SGWS complies with all federal, state and local laws concerning consideration of a qualified applicant's arrest and/or criminal conviction records. Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits provides competitive compensation based on estimated performance level consistent with the past relevant experience, knowledge, skills, abilities and education of employees. Unless otherwise expressly stated, any pay ranges posted here are estimates from outside of Southern Glazer's Wine and Spirits and do not reflect Southern Glazer's pay bands or ranges.