Senior Manager, Inventory Planning

Inventory Management

• Serve as a liaison between planning and inventory management to build delivery plans & flow forecasts
• Responsible for building effective inventory strategies that align with financial objectives of the company
• Accountable for collaborating with Inventory Management Lead and FG Planner to resolve issues related to product shipment delays
• Recommend exception management activities
• Support preparation of country S&OP and recommend profitable inventory decisions
• Support MBR preparation and inventory forecast for F4/7/10
• Responsible for driving demand and supply reconciliation process across Greater China
• Driving process standardization and ways of working improvement to better support cross functional teams mainland China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan markets

Manage Supply and Demand Optimally

• Run monthly Greater China SOP meetings
• Reviews and interprets ship risk reports, recommends and supports action plans to mitigate risks.
• Work with regional Supply Planning to submit sizing ratios for products and ensure they meet demand requirements.
• Prepare, track and make recommendations regarding the ‘availability to sell’ report on a monthly basis.
• Tracking of inbound deliveries, PO’s placed ex-factory dates, size ratios, drops and quantities ordered. Monitor global drops and freeze lists. Ensure all changes are made in the Inventory Tracker/Channel Allocation report
•  “Close Out” PC9’s as per Product Life Cycle and work with Merchandise Planners on Close Out report / meeting each month and Update the masterfile monthly to track “active” PC9’s
• Submit inventory and IPS plans monthly and for annual operating plans and board forecasts

Support Forecasting and Planning Activity

• Liaise with Supply Planning and Sales in order to adjust product flow to the sales accounts based on product availability which includes AGR and CID (cancellation, improvements & deferments)
• Quickly troubleshoots unusual situations pertaining to demand flow along with the MP teams and align on execution of solutions.
• Continuously spots opportunities for process improvement within supply & demand management flow
• Key touchpoint and owner for any inter-company requests or execution
• Escalates critical items to the Inventory Management Vice President, Asia & Europe
• Supply and Demand alignment including WOW
  • Inventory Snapshot
  • Drive demand and supply alignment cross functionally
  • Inventory Units & Value(IPS)
  • Cross-channel Inventory Allocation
  • Core IPS (Demand, Supply & Safety Stock Management)
  • Drive Inventory Health & Effectiveness
  • Mitigate supply & ship risk
  • Reduce E&O and 360 days ageing
• Ad hoc analysis as needed

People:

• Two direct reports
• Managing planner work assignment and balancing appropriately workload
• Provide coaching to planners under your responsibility and work with planner on their career development plan
• Anticipate hurdles for team and drive mitigation actions
• Lookout for business process automation and efficiency improvement opportunities

LOCATION

China, Shanghai - Office

FULL TIME/PART TIME

Full time

Current LS&Co Employees, apply via your Workday account.