Sr. Planner, NA Demand & Inventory Planning

• Manage appropriate inventory levels for core replenishment skus on a monthly basis to support healthy in-stock rates and service levels
• Set differentiated inventory targets on a seasonal basis based on certain sku attributes such as product segment, lead time, and sales volume & volatility
• Plan and manage inventory across locations and regions; set SKU targets by DC
• Reconcile receipt plans with POs and work with supply chain partners to remediate any discrepancies
• Assess inventory levels to ensure core replenishment SKUs are at appropriate service levels; diagnose root causes of stock-out to better prevent future instances
• Build relationships: interact and collaborate with sales, operations, finance, buying, demand management, and supply chain partners.

• 2+ years of relevant experience working with product from hindsight through execution and experience leading multiple categories preferred
• An understanding of inventory planning and management concepts and techniques
• Experience in analyzing and actioning against inventory planning KPIs
• Strong brand, retail, supply chain, manufacturing and overall retail business acumen preferred
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage priorities
• A courageous individual who will take ownership of his/her decisions and guide and push back in a diplomatic manner even when faced with dissenting points of view

• Courage: Doesn't hold back anything that needs to be said; provides current, direct, complete, and “actionable” positive and corrective feedback to others; lets people know where they stand; faces up to people problems on any person or situation (not including direct reports) quickly and directly; is not afraid to take negative action when necessary.
• Creativity: Comes up with a lot of new and unique ideas; easily makes connections among previously unrelated notions; tends to be seen as original and value-added in brainstorming settings.
• Customer Focus: Is dedicated to meeting the expectations and requirements of internal and external customers; gets first-hand customer information and uses it for improvements in products and services; acts with customers in mind; establishes and maintains effective relationships with customers and gains their trust and respect.
• Dealing with Ambiguity: Can effectively cope with change; can shift gears comfortably; can decide and act without having the total picture; isn't upset when things are up in the air; doesn't have to finish things before moving on; can comfortably handle risk and uncertainty.
• Drive for Results: Can be counted on to exceed goals successfully; is constantly and consistently one of the top performers; very bottom-line oriented; steadfastly pushes self and others for results.
• Interpersonal Savvy: Relates well to all kinds of people, up, down, and sideways, inside and outside the organization; builds appropriate rapport; builds constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact; can diffuse even high-tension situations comfortably.
• Learning on the Fly: Learns quickly when facing new problems; a relentless and versatile learner; open to change; analyzes both successes and failures for clues to improvement; experiments and will try anything to find solutions; enjoys the challenge of unfamiliar tasks; quickly grasps the essence and the underlying structure of anything.

• Strategic Agility: Sees ahead clearly; can anticipate future consequences and trends accurately; has broad knowledge and perspective; is future oriented; can articulately paint credible pictures and visions of possibilities and likelihoods; can create competitive and breakthrough strategies and plans.
• Developing Direct Reports and Others: Provides challenging and stretching tasks and assignments; holds frequent development discussions; is aware of each person's career goals; constructs compelling development plans and executes them; pushes people to accept developmental moves; will take on those who need help and further development; cooperates with the developmental system in the organization; is a people builder.
• Building Effective Teams: Blends people into teams when needed; creates strong morale and spirit in their team; shares wins and successes; fosters open dialogue; lets people finish and be responsible for their work; defines success in terms of the whole team; creates a feeling of belonging in the team.

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