Supply Chain And Logistics - Supply Planner 2

Supply Chain and Logistics - Supply Planner 2#26-10222

Boston, MA

All On-site

Job Description

NExT Supplier Notes - Inventory Planner

General Information:

Location and/or time zone: Onsite at Converse (Traditional hybrid model with fridays remote)

Reason for opening: Temp Backfill (FTE leave)

Expected contract length: 29 W, 6 D

Organization: Global Planning at Converse

Team details & who they will work with: Will work on allocation team (Direct to Consumer org) - Will also work closely with buying and planning.

Desired Candidate Profile:

Minimum required years of experience: 2 YOE min (in inventory planning or allocation)

Education requirements: Bachelor's degree is required

Must have skills:

MS Office; must have advanced Excel skills.

Good understanding of retail math

Demonstrated strategic thinking skills, solution oriented team player.

Nice to have skills: Strong listening, written and oral communication skills.

Previous ***/industry experience preference: not required

Job Details:

We are hiring an Inventory Planner to join our fast-paced and growing DTC allocation team. As an Inventory Planner for our DTC, you will appropriately allocate merchandise to our retail stores and Digital DC to ensure the "right" merchandise in the "right" stores at the "right" times. You will execute timely and accurate allocations utilizing sales data to support company inventory and sales goals, as well as specific product initiatives. You will be responsible for allocating merchandise to stores at style, color and size level consistent with store needs. In addition, you'll transfer and manage multiple sources of product as needed.

In this role, you will partner with the Allocation Manager on the following:

Planning inventory of all products in the assigned category to achieve allocation targets and meet sales goals.

Weekly flow strategy and unit shipment forecasting, including replenishment for seasonal product, to ensure optimal inventory productivity.

Seasonal stock flow strategy in partnership with cross-functional DTC teams.

Effective communication and partnership with store teams to asses inventory needs and challenges.

Communicating floor set goals and peak season shipment forecasts to Supply Chain and store partners with focus on any risks/opportunities.

Perform analysis of size-break scales, and manage store capacity issues.

Store segmentation analysis - leverage size, color, regional, seasonal recapping to drive higher inventory productivity.

Desired profile

Bachelor's degree with 2+ years in Inventory/Allocation Planning roles.

MS Office; must have advanced Excel skills.

Good understanding of retail math

Demonstrated strategic thinking skills, solution oriented team player.

Strong listening, written and oral communication skills.

EEO:

Mindlance is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate in employment on the basis of - Minority/Gender/Disability/Religion/LGBTQI/Age/Veterans.