Inventory Planner

**Inventory Planner**

**Scarborough, Ontario (Hybrid)**

Toyota Canada Inc. (TCI) is the exclusive Canadian distributor of Toyota and Lexus vehicles. Toyota Canada's head office is in Toronto, with regional offices in Vancouver, Calgary, Montreal and Halifax. Toyota parts and accessories are distributed through TCI's Parts Distribution Centres in Bowmanville and Vancouver. TCI supports over 287 Toyota and Lexus dealers in Canada with services that include training, sales, marketing, environmental and customer satisfaction initiatives.

**What Sets Us Apart?**

A focus on People, Passion for Toyota, Innovation and Make Things Better has made us an award-winning company, recognized worldwide for our technological leadership and superior standards of quality, community involvement and environmental responsibility.

**Job Summary**:
**What We’ll Bring**:

- A hybrid work environment
- A work environment built on teamwork, flexibility and respect
- Competitive compensation package including health and dental benefits, and bonus
- Health and dental benefits effective immediately
- Company pension plan with matched contribution
- Associate vehicle discount program
- Professional growth and development programs to help advance your career, as well as tuition reimbursement
- Fitness reimbursement
- Great company culture - Respect for people and continuous improvement is at our core
- Paid holiday shutdown and competitive paid time off benefits
- Summer Hours - condensed work week during the summer
- Sabbatical Leave Program

**What You’ll Be Doing**:

- Communication & strategy planning for national vehicle allocation
- Zone/Sales Division communication on SAP, SOPP, ICL, ETAs, shipments, mix, SE, production cuts/replacement vehicles/handling of sold orders, and general inquiries
- Participation in cross-functional “Launch Committees” for new or refreshed models with a focus on ordering/allocation strategy to meet corporate goals for the new model
- Special handling of hybrid distribution with different battery types for different regions
- Supports the 3-year outlook on Nenkei production request
- Assistance in preparation of necessary files and complete tasks required to fulfill monthly production ordering and allocation cycle
- Supplementary inventory and bank monthly process
- Conduct a range of studies and analysis to support production planning processes.
- Maintain and distribute various Daily/Monthly reports with a focus on efficient inventory management. Serve as expert for key inventory management sales and inventory visualization and ordering tools.
- Assistance in sold order input into FOT master file (monthly) & trade in APP
- S4/IBP/BI: Sold order exclusion table checks and updates. Maintenance of PASS calendar in S4. BI reports support. Handling of mis-builds and mis-label support.
- PDCA/Kaizen of ordering and/or allocation process/templates between monthly rounds
- Other duties as requested or required

**What You’ll Bring**:

- College/University degree/diploma in business, automotive marketing, or similar discipline
- Preferably three years’ related experience in Automotive Sales / Inventory / Marketing or similar discipline
- Knowledge of vehicle ordering and distribution
- Good knowledge of MS Office with advanced Excel skills including formula building, pivot tables and understanding macros
- Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
- Excellent oral and written communication skills
- Proven ability to initiate & improve processes to increase efficiencies

**What You Should Know**:
Our success begins and ends with our people. We embrace diverse perspectives and value unique human experiences. We are proud to be an equal opportunity employer that celebrates the diversity of the communities where we live and do business. Applicants for our positions are considered without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, religion, or any other characteristics protected by law.

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Dental care
- Extended health care
- RRSP match
- Tuition reimbursement
- Vision care
- Wellness program
- Work from home

Schedule:

- Monday to Friday

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay
- Overtime pay