Planning Manager - Supply Chain

The Company

About Quench

Quench’s purpose is to impact people’s lives and improve the earth by helping to eliminate the 500 million plastic bottles consumed each year.  We play a front-line role in the battle against single-use plastic water bottles by delivering on-demand filtered water solutions to more than 150,000 healthy and environmentally conscious customers across North America.  Quench bottle-free water coolers, ice machines, sparkling water dispensers and coffee brewers purify the existing water supply, providing an endless supply of clean water and water-based beverages for a fixed monthly fee, typically under a long term bundled service and rental subscription agreement.  Quench has grown from a small regional company to an international leader that had a successful NYSE public offering in 2016 and is now a strategic company owned by private equity backed Culligan.  Headquartered in King of Prussia, PA, Quench has more than 1,400 team members operating out of more than 90 locations across North America and Puerto Rico. For more information visit www.quenchwater.com.

About Culligan

Founded by Emmett Culligan in 1936, Culligan is a world leader in delivering superior water solutions that will make a real difference in improving the health and wellness of consumers. The company offers some of the most technologically advanced, state-of-the-art water filtration and treatment products. These products include water softeners, drinking water systems, whole-house systems and solutions for businesses. Culligan’s network of franchise dealers is the largest in the world, with over 900 dealers in 90 countries. Many Culligan dealers have valuable equity in their local communities as multigenerational family owners of their franchises. For more information visit www.culligan.com.

Values: 5Cs

Culligan as One

Consumer’s come first

Commitment to Innovation

Courage to do what’s right

Consistently deliver exceptional results

• Key areas of responsibility include:
• Demand planning
• Working directly with the Sales Team and other key stakeholders to build and revise demand forecasts for equipment across multiple brands
• Leveraging data and apply the most optimal forecasting techniques to create demand plans for filters & spare parts across all brands and channels
• Supply planning and execution
• Development of supply plans that align with consensus forecasts and inventory budget
• Supplier production prioritization as necessary
• Ensure short-term and long-term sustainability of suppliers through growth and downturns in demand.
• Involvement in new product launches and transition management of inventory
• Provide buyer support and analysis of re-directing orders as required.
• Improve inventory turns and OTIF
• Maintenance of the analytical tools and modeling tools, “DRP”, to align with business needs
• Reporting and analysis
• Responsible for development of reports tracking critical KPIs and other metrics
• Inventory, On Time delivery, other critical KPI’s
• Product retirement strategies
• Work in concert with product management, sales, supply chain to optimize End of Life programs
• Budgeting
• Inventory, rental capex, freight on yearly basis with quarterly updates to forecast

• Three or more years’ experience as a demand and/or supply planner.
• Strong experience with utilization of DRP/MRP systems.
• Proven experience developing custom replenishment and forecast models.
• Advanced knowledge of MS Excel
• Proficient with or able to learn SQL
• Bachelor’s degree (Business Administration, Economics, or another STEM / technically related degree preferred)
• CPIM a plus
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.

At Quench, there are plenty of opportunities for people who: 

Communicate; collaborate; share ideas, successes and failures equally 

Are dependable, committed, energetic and up-beat 

Look to solve problems, go the extra mile, are team players 

We call this “Quenchiness” -- it’s rewarded openly and tangibly. We work hard while having fun every chance we get. 

Quench offers competitive salary and benefits, performance bonuses, and incentive awards. We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Quench provides equal opportunity in all of our employment practices to all qualified employees and applicants without regard to sex, sexual orientation, race, color, religion, gender, national origin, ethnicity, age, disability, marital or family status, pregnancy, military status, veteran status, genetic information or any other category protected by federal, state and local laws. This policy applies to all aspects of the employment relationship, including recruitment, hiring, compensation, promotion, transfer, disciplinary action, layoff, return from layoff, benefits, training, social and recreational programs. All such employment decisions will be made without unlawfully discriminating on any prohibited basis.