Inventory Planner - FMCG

Accountability and Objectives:

- As Inventory Planner, he/she is the POC for developing and executing category level sales and inventory strategies to optimize availability and inventory turns.

- End to end ownership of managing inventory.

Key Responsibilities:

- Manage inventory, open-to-buy, inventory health, item-level forecasting and assortment planning.

- Manage inbound shipments - fill rate, ASNs, operational issues, lead time.

- Achieve and maintain high instock rates on replenishment programs.

- Analyze inventory position and SKU performance to determine inventory liability, determine exit strategy for unproductive inventory.

Experience :

- 2-9 years supply chain, inventory management and/or project management experience.

- Ability to effectively manage complex data sets and provide analysis and actionable insights.

- Experience in working with computer databases and tools and process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma which should have had an organization wide impact.

- Experience communicating and presenting to senior leadership.

- Experience of successfully driving complex, milestone driven projects

Knowledge :

- Strong data extraction, analytical and problem solving skills.

- Experience with SQL is a strong plus.

- Familiarity with statistics or other analytical techniques.