Inventory Planning Analyst

Inventory Planning Analyst

Location:

Kennewick, WA

Job Type: Full time

You’ve probably enjoyed our fries without even knowing it! As a leading manufacturer in our industry, we inspire and bring people together with foods they love and trust. Our customer base includes international food service providers, restaurants, and households in over 100 countries.

The Inventory Analyst supports inventory planning and performance management by analyzing inventory positions, trends, and drivers to improve service, working capital, and inventory health. This role focuses on analysis, monitoring, and issue identification within defined inventory policies and governance.

• Monitor inventory levels, coverage, and health across assigned products, locations, or networks.
• Analyze inventory drivers including demand variability, supply performance, and planning parameters.
• Identify risks such as excess, obsolescence, or service exposure and escalate with supporting data.

• Support inventory performance metrics including days of supply, turns, and policy adherence.
• Prepare clear inventory storytelling to support supply and IBP discussions.
• Maintain inventory dashboards and standard reports.

• Support inventory policies, safety stock parameters, and replenishment settings.
• Validate master data inputs including lead times, lot sizes, and service levels.
• Reduce reliance on manual analysis through digitally enabled inventory workflows.

• Partner with Customer Service, Sales, Supply Planning, Deployment, Procurement, and Manufacturing teams to resolve inventory issues.
• Support alignment on inventory assumptions and targets.
• Communicate inventory risks and insights clearly and timely.

• Leverage planning tools and analytics to improve inventory insight quality.
• Perform routine inventory segregation tasks in SAP.
• Facilitate special inventory requests and streamline processes to promote efficiency.
• Monitor inventories, provide insights/resources to appropriate work groups and inspire them to take ownership over process gaps and monitoring.
• Follow standard work and contribute to continuous improvement initiatives.
• Build foundational systems thinking and planning capabilities.

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Analytics, Finance, or related field required.
• 1–4 years of experience in Inventory Planning, Supply Chain Analytics, or related roles.
• Strong analytical skills with ability to interpret inventory data and trends.
• Working knowledge of inventory metrics, replenishment concepts, and planning parameters.
• Ability to communicate insights through clear, concise storytelling.
• Comfortable working within structured processes and defined systems.
• Demonstrated interest in developing planning and digital capabilities.
• ASCM inventory or CPIM coursework or certifications a plus.

Some travel may be required. Most work is performed in a temperature‑controlled office environment. Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal. The employee is regularly required to sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear. Incumbent may use calculators, keyboards, telephone and other office equipment in the course of normal workday.

Stooping, bending, twisting and reaching may be required in completion of job duties.

Industry‑competitive benefits include health insurance (medical, dental, vision), flexible spending accounts, and health reimbursement accounts. Well‑being programs and a wellness incentive program. Paid time off. 401(k) plan with generous company contributions, financial planning services, employee stock purchase program, and health savings accounts. Life and accident insurance. Family‑friendly employee events. Employee assistance program services. Benefits may vary based on location, job role/level, job status, and/or the terms of any applicable collective bargaining agreements.

Lamb Weston is an Equal Opportunity Employer and considers qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, age, disability, veteran status or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.