Manager, Inventory Planning - Sephora
New York, NY, United States Hybrid
$90,000–$120,000 a yearJobFig found this opening at its original source and checks that it remains available.
About the role
Fresh is seeking a highly driven, analytical, and entrepreneurial supply planner to join our Business Planning team as Manager, Inventory Planning. Reporting into the Director of Key Accounts, the Manager, Inventory Planning will help drive continued growth by ensuring that our wholesale accounts have the right products, delivered at the right time, in the right quantities. The candidate will monitor, analyze, and present weekly sales data; monitor and analyze inventory levels including on-hand, in-transit, and on-order; and maintain, update, and improve inventory and demand forecasting models. The candidate will also own the entire product life cycle from end to end and develop strong, productive relationships with the planning teams at our Wholesale retail partners and gather their input to strengthen our planning processes and output. You will work cross-functionally with Key Accounts, Field Team, Marketing, Global Operations, Shared Services and Supply Chain to implement our inventory strategy. Fresh is seeking a highly driven, analytical, and entrepreneurial supply planner to join our Business Planning team as Manager, Inventory Planning. The candidate will monitor, analyze, and present weekly sales data; monitor and analyze inventory levels including on-hand, in-transit, and on-order; and maintain, update, and improve inventory and demand forecasting models. The candidate will also own the entire product life cycle from end to end and develop strong, productive relationships with the planning teams at our Wholesale retail partners and gather their input to strengthen our planning processes and output. You will work cross-functionally with Key Accounts, Field Team, Marketing, Global Operations, Shared Services and Supply Chain to implement our inventory strategy.
What you'll bring
- Bachelor’s Degree required in a related field such as Business Administration or Finance
- 5+ years of experience in Merchandise Planning, Buying, Retail Planning, Inventory Management and/or Allocation
- Strong business acumen and financial aptitude who is commercially astute and profit-driven
- Strong reporting and analytical skills with understanding of Retail Math.
- Expert in Microsoft Excel (with proficiency in lookups, pivot tables, links), and knowledge of data warehouse orchestration and demonstrated experience with retail analytics data models
- Excited to learn new skills.
- Passionate about analyzing data and building tools to solve business problems.
- Experience with weekly/monthly SKU-level assortment planning is highly recommended.
- Strong attention to detail, results focused
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Multifunctional with strong organizational skills and attention to detail
- Is Consumer Obsessed – identifies emerging niches concepts and strategic opportunities for the company