Recommend new initiatives and processes based on industry best practices to enable efficient use of primary forecasting, fulfillment and safety stock systems.
Participate in weekly senior leadership meetings to communicate results of root cause/ad-hoc analyses and identify any potential flow risks or forecasting gaps and recommends solutions.
Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate and/or perform analysis of potential business needs impacting fulfillment activities, processes or business requirements.
Work closely with business to ensure all factors are accounted for within our multiechelon Safety Stock
Establish KPI’s and gain alignment on success measures cross functionally to have more accurate and healthy inventory levels (over/under stocking of product).
Establish processes to ensure data is migrating accurately to and from JDA systems.
Monitor and adjust, as needed, customer inventory levels after transition to meet customer demand by channel.
Determine demand that should transitioned from building consolidation and adjust accordingly.
Offer frequent feedback and coaching in order to develop direct reports.
Provide relevant forecast information and insights that help the Forecast Managers/Analysts understand and act upon sales opportunities and category objectives.
Serve as the primary support/back-up for the Sr. Director of Supply Chain Forecasting and represents the team for internal functions/meetings as well as industry trade shows.
Requirements
Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Accounting, Applied Mathematics, Management Information Systems or similar
Minimum 10 years experience in related field (Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Forecasting Analytics)
Technical competencies in JDA, SQL, SSIS, MS Excel, Mathematics and Statistics is a plus as is any sort of coding (any language)
Retail experience is a must
Proficient in MS Excel
Communication and customer service skills
Basic retail buying/planning industry knowledge
Close eye to detail and follow through skills needed
Must be able to troubleshoot issues and think ahead
Strong analytical and problem solving skills
Team Player
Strong partnerships/relationship building
Organizational skills
Multi task orientated
Self-starter
Leadership
Benefits
Competitive salaries
401(k) and more
Plenty of opportunity to move and grow within the organization
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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communication skillscustomer service skillsattention to detailproblem solving skillsanalytical skillsteam playerrelationship buildingorganizational skillsmulti-taskingself-starter