Senior Inventory Planner

Title: Inventory Planner 2

Location : Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Duration: 6 Months Contract - extendable

WHAT YOU WILL WORK ON

If this is you, you’ll be working with the NA Inventory Team and be the owner of short lead time process management, evaluating the current process and partnering with team members and cross functional stakeholders on process improvements and process documentation.

A typical day/week looks like checking in on updates to KPIs, engaging with stakeholders to learn all needed perspectives and roles impacting the buying processes, managing production orders with our trading company, and doing continuous inventory analysis and decision making to drive opportunity and service levels. Most importantly, this role will be asking “why” and looking for areas of opportunity for process improvements daily.

Additionally, this role will work both internally in the Inventory Management team and with several cross functional partners to drive data governance and create new reporting and data views for Inventory and Inventory KPIs.

WHO YOU WILL WORK WITH

You will be reporting to the North America Inventory Manager on the North America Operations team. You will proactively collaborate with many groups throughout, including but not limited to, Integrated Marketplace Planning, Commercial, Finance, Direct to Consumer, and Global Supply Planning. You will also work very closely with our distribution center and trading company.

WHAT YOU BRING

· 4-year Degree

· 2+ years of related experience in forecasting, purchasing, planning, inventory management or replenishment in a consumer goods company

· Above average Excel and Power Point skills

· SAP experience required

· Alteryx experience strongly preferred.

· Strong analytical skills, ability to generate and use quantitative, as well as qualitative data for analysis and decision-making purposes.

· Excellent written and verbal communication skills to engage and influence leaders across the organization

• Team seeking fresh set of eyes to create process for short lead time buying track.
• * Required: 4 year degree, SAP experience, process improvement/design background, above average Excel skills.
• * Preferred: Alteryx experience
• * Strong collaboration skills across many teams and someone that is curious desired.
• * Schedule: M-TH onsite, F remote * Interviews: 1-2 rounds

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