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Form of workJob Title: Senior Supply and Inventory Planner
Job Location: Beaverton, OR
Job Duration: 12 Months on W2
Job Description:
Become a Part of the our client, Inc. Team
our client, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At our client, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
The North America (NA) Supply & Inventory Planning Team owns inventory for the NA marketplace end-to-end (E2E); combining marketplace insights, inventory goals, and product hierarchy to shape supply in support of Consumer demand; and is a key partner on supply delivery, purchasing, inventory forecasting and Inventory health. It has interaction across various stakeholders in the NA organization and our client's Global Supply & Inventory Planning teams.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a North America (NA) Senior Supply & Inventory Planner, who will support E2E Supply & Inventory Planning by a specific consumer segment.
This role will support and participate in the planning execution, serving as the planning team's primary point of contact for all inventory planning needs. This candidate will ensure that products are planned, evaluate risks and opportunities, escalate issues, and communicate all relevant information within Supply & Inventory Planning and Consumer Planning/Marketplace Planning teams to drive positive business results. This role partners cross functionally, representing IP, and explaining key metrics and actions.
The candidate needs to have proven track record of information seeking, analytical skills, resolving complex business issues and making sound decisions as well as the ability to communicate complex and/or business critical topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience. This person will need to successfully collaborate with cross-functional team members on a regular basis and proactively address, resolve, and/or escalate any operational issues affecting the on-time purchasing of product and E2E inventory health.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
A typical day/week revolves around facilitating twice/month delivery planning process and ensure that materials are planned & purchased on the appropriate timelines under Demand Supply Management (DSM) function while supporting the marketplace supply strategy supporting global inventory health targets.
You will be responsible for executing and managing supply commitments through creation of purchase orders (POs) for procurement of our client's finished goods and the management of buy exceptions. You will maintain any changes to POs, including product movement from factory to distribution center. You will review POs for conformance to company policy and may address issues related to delivery.
You'll be conducting analysis to proactively identify challenges, at the same time be able to tell a story, driving clarity for your key stakeholders thru key business metrics. You will be asked to be the subject matter expert (SME) on projects and support key initiatives that have an impact to our day-to-day business.
You will proactively drive actions to keep a healthy inventory position in the assigned business. You will leverage multiple reports and dashboards to review key metrics, escalate any issues that will cause unfulfilled demand and/or a delay to the expected timelines. You will report and communicate to consumer planning teams delivery expectations, solutions to risks and opportunities and driving inventory health/productivity.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will report into the Supply & Inventory Planning Director, working closely with Consumer teams and Inventory Operations team to ensure your inventory ownership supports our client, Inc. E2E targets. You will also work closely with the Consumer Planning team, including Assortment Planning, Integrated Marketplace Planning and Merchandise Financial Planning as well as Global Supply Planning and Merchandising.
WHAT YOU BRING
Minimum of 5 years of supply/inventory planning, or supply chain experience required
Excellent written, spoken, and visual communication skills. Specifically, well demonstrated capability in converting complex concepts into easy-to-interpret stories that resonate across a varied audience
Flexibility in switching from strategic to tactical and operational levels of thinking and working, specifically in strategy deployment.
Superior interpersonal, influencing, and facilitation skills with the ability to work both cross-functionally and cross-culturally, specifically fostering productive relationships between key players and immediate team
Validated analytical skills, finding relevant information within large data sets and creating executive story
Strong knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, formulas, macros)
Prior SAP ERP experience preferred
Microsoft Power Business Intelligence experience preferred
Strong knowledge of Tableau & Cognos
Must have tolerance for a complex, ever-changing, and dynamic work environment
Ability to demonstrate good decision-making in ambiguous circumstances
Participate in projects, including system releases, as assigned
Duties:
Determine inventory strategy by understanding category/product initiatives and demand to manage inventory strategy and targets in order to develop the buying strategy. Develop inventory plan by setting and maintaining parameters/buffers and review and update the delivery plan. Manage inventory and measure performance. Ensure the accuracy and control of inventory balances through the development, implementation, and administration of effective measurements and processes. Continual evaluation and assessment of internal and external data, plans, capabilities, and constraints to understand the impact of effective inventory management execution.
Skills:
Experience in a forecasting or buying capacity. Project management experience preferred. Typical Office: This is a typical office job, with no special physical requirements or unusual work environment.
Job Location: Beaverton, OR
Job Duration: 12 Months on W2
Job Description:
Become a Part of the our client, Inc. Team
our client, Inc. does more than outfit the world's best athletes. It is a place to explore potential, obliterate boundaries and push out the edges of what can be. The company looks for people who can grow, think, dream and create. Its culture thrives by embracing diversity and rewarding imagination. The brand seeks achievers, leaders and visionaries. At our client, it's about each person bringing skills and passion to a challenging and constantly evolving game.
The North America (NA) Supply & Inventory Planning Team owns inventory for the NA marketplace end-to-end (E2E); combining marketplace insights, inventory goals, and product hierarchy to shape supply in support of Consumer demand; and is a key partner on supply delivery, purchasing, inventory forecasting and Inventory health. It has interaction across various stakeholders in the NA organization and our client's Global Supply & Inventory Planning teams.
WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR
We're looking for a North America (NA) Senior Supply & Inventory Planner, who will support E2E Supply & Inventory Planning by a specific consumer segment.
This role will support and participate in the planning execution, serving as the planning team's primary point of contact for all inventory planning needs. This candidate will ensure that products are planned, evaluate risks and opportunities, escalate issues, and communicate all relevant information within Supply & Inventory Planning and Consumer Planning/Marketplace Planning teams to drive positive business results. This role partners cross functionally, representing IP, and explaining key metrics and actions.
The candidate needs to have proven track record of information seeking, analytical skills, resolving complex business issues and making sound decisions as well as the ability to communicate complex and/or business critical topics and concepts to a wide and diverse audience. This person will need to successfully collaborate with cross-functional team members on a regular basis and proactively address, resolve, and/or escalate any operational issues affecting the on-time purchasing of product and E2E inventory health.
WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON
A typical day/week revolves around facilitating twice/month delivery planning process and ensure that materials are planned & purchased on the appropriate timelines under Demand Supply Management (DSM) function while supporting the marketplace supply strategy supporting global inventory health targets.
You will be responsible for executing and managing supply commitments through creation of purchase orders (POs) for procurement of our client's finished goods and the management of buy exceptions. You will maintain any changes to POs, including product movement from factory to distribution center. You will review POs for conformance to company policy and may address issues related to delivery.
You'll be conducting analysis to proactively identify challenges, at the same time be able to tell a story, driving clarity for your key stakeholders thru key business metrics. You will be asked to be the subject matter expert (SME) on projects and support key initiatives that have an impact to our day-to-day business.
You will proactively drive actions to keep a healthy inventory position in the assigned business. You will leverage multiple reports and dashboards to review key metrics, escalate any issues that will cause unfulfilled demand and/or a delay to the expected timelines. You will report and communicate to consumer planning teams delivery expectations, solutions to risks and opportunities and driving inventory health/productivity.
WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH
You will report into the Supply & Inventory Planning Director, working closely with Consumer teams and Inventory Operations team to ensure your inventory ownership supports our client, Inc. E2E targets. You will also work closely with the Consumer Planning team, including Assortment Planning, Integrated Marketplace Planning and Merchandise Financial Planning as well as Global Supply Planning and Merchandising.
WHAT YOU BRING
Minimum of 5 years of supply/inventory planning, or supply chain experience required
Excellent written, spoken, and visual communication skills. Specifically, well demonstrated capability in converting complex concepts into easy-to-interpret stories that resonate across a varied audience
Flexibility in switching from strategic to tactical and operational levels of thinking and working, specifically in strategy deployment.
Superior interpersonal, influencing, and facilitation skills with the ability to work both cross-functionally and cross-culturally, specifically fostering productive relationships between key players and immediate team
Validated analytical skills, finding relevant information within large data sets and creating executive story
Strong knowledge of Excel (pivot tables, formulas, macros)
Prior SAP ERP experience preferred
Microsoft Power Business Intelligence experience preferred
Strong knowledge of Tableau & Cognos
Must have tolerance for a complex, ever-changing, and dynamic work environment
Ability to demonstrate good decision-making in ambiguous circumstances
Participate in projects, including system releases, as assigned
Duties:
Determine inventory strategy by understanding category/product initiatives and demand to manage inventory strategy and targets in order to develop the buying strategy. Develop inventory plan by setting and maintaining parameters/buffers and review and update the delivery plan. Manage inventory and measure performance. Ensure the accuracy and control of inventory balances through the development, implementation, and administration of effective measurements and processes. Continual evaluation and assessment of internal and external data, plans, capabilities, and constraints to understand the impact of effective inventory management execution.
Skills:
Experience in a forecasting or buying capacity. Project management experience preferred. Typical Office: This is a typical office job, with no special physical requirements or unusual work environment.
