Senior Manager - Instock/Inventory Planner - Online/Retail/FMCG - IIM/XLRI/NITIE/FMS/MDI

Experienced Inventory Planner with a background in inventory or business analysis, finance or supply-chain disciplines. This position is responsible for developing and executing category level sales and inventory strategies to optimize availability and inventory turns. In this role, you will have end to end ownership of managing inventory. You will also build strong partnerships with vendor management, merchandising and operations teams to drive toward common goals. To succeed in the role, you must possess the ability to operate from a company-wide perspective and will need to encourage cross-functional and cross-business project development

Responsibilities

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

- Participate in manufacturer and vendor reviews; drive vendor operational improvement through measurement and process improvement

- Interact with operations teams and drive efficiencies through team collaboration

- 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

Qualification - MBA Post graduates - Tier 1 Colleges