We are hiring a Inventory Planner to join a top consumer goods company in Port Washington, NY. This position will be running for 4 months with potential to extend and will be hybrid in their Port Washington office (2 days a week onsite, 3 days remote)
Responsibilities:
- Projects inventory based on forecasted sales, planned purchases and other adjustments to provide Sales and Finance with data for capital analysis and budgeting.
- Allocates inventory based upon the most urgent demand source
- Prepares daily, weekly, and monthly analysis and reports as required.
- Conducts and provides analysis of key performance indicators (KPIs) among level of stock and in transit quantities.
- Monitors product flows from sources and provides visibility of future product availability.
- Promotes and activates special actions to reduce obsolescence and excess inventory (Retail, one off sales, other subsidiaries…).
- Monitors fulfillment activities and proactively manages exceptions for inventory shortages and delays, including aging of inventory, which may occur.
- Supports Inventory and Allocation team by taking existing reports and reducing the time to analyze the data through macros and queries.
- Identifies issues that impact Operations/Allocation productivity and effectiveness. Identifies solutions.
- Supports and assists project teams with data collection, analysis and presentation/reporting.
- Research backorder and out of stock issues, works with supply chain teams to correct.
- Makes recommendations to maximize profitability and productivity.
Required Qualifications:
- 2+ years' experience in similar roles
- Bachelor's Degree in Business Administration or in Finance, Mathematics, Economics, Supply Chain
- Robust quantitative approach to discussions
- Strong analytical and mathematical skills to provide statistics and metrics
- Ability to turn data into useful insights
- Excellent PC skills including MS Office and SAP
- Excel – ability/aptitude to learn/create spreadsheets using advanced formulas (V-lookups, IF statements, pivot tables, macros)
- Experience working on a legacy/enterprise database system and input and retrieve data
- Database – ability/aptitude to access reports, build and manipulate queries
- Excellent communication skills and coordination capabilities
- Ability to drive conversation and influence peers
- Openness to change and confidence within both mature and non-mature environments
- Able to work under high stress and tight deadlines
- Experience with fashion sales cycles and department store buying practices ideal
- SAP AFS1 and ability to create and update reports intelligence reports (Business Objects) ideal
If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.
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