Job Description
Overall Job Summary: The Regional Head of Supply, Demand & Inventory Optimization for the Americas; Canada, USA, Mexico, Colombia and Ecuador contribute to maximize profitable sales growth across markets by leading the team to optimize supply based on demand. The role is responsible for short-term operational functionality and long-term strategy and development within regional buying, inventory optimization and activation of stock through mark down and customer engagement activities. Apart from being an integrated part of the Merchandising team, the role will work cross-functionally to enable a fast, flexible, and effective supply chain and activations of the customer in the region today and in the future.
This position is based in New York, NY within our Regional Merchandising function. It reports to our Regional Omni Head of Merchandising and has the following direct reports: Supply and Demand Planning Managers, Supply and Demand Planning Specialists Inventory Optimization Project Manager, Senior Merchandising Analyst.
Core Responsibilities includes but is not limited to:
Overall Supply and Demand Planning and Inventory Optimization Strategy
Take the overall responsibility for OMNI regional demand and supply plan and execution to fulfil customer demand in line with regional and local commercial plans and actions
Develop top down OMNI demand plan together with Regional Sales team, Controlling, and Regional manager
Create an OMNI supply plan based on demand plan – technical buying, stock targets, reduction cost targets, together with Supply and Demand Managers, Merchandising Managers, and Regional Head of Merchandising
Set sale strategies with Supply and Demand Managers
Understand customer behavior impact on demand and supply actions accordingly
Rolling collaboration with Regional Head of Inventory Optimization and Merchandise managers to understand current challenges and stock management needs.
Integrate Demand and Supply
Understand and integrate customer demand, our assortment and customer base activation plan
Drive the connection between customer behavior and our actions to activate demand with supply actions or limitations
Understand customer behavior impact on demand and supply actions to optimize the inventory accordingly
Set strategies and ways of working for allocation and inventory optimization that supports the customer demand together with Inventory Optimization managers and Logistics.
Follow up total supply chain performance with your team and Logistics
Balance service level, cost, selling and customer promise
Logistics Cooperation:
Lead the Regional Merchandising team in the collaboration with Logistics. Drive the goal setting process and challenge our way of working to enable us to efficiently supply our customer demand.
Set the supply chain network agenda for Region together with Logistics and Global Supply Chain strategy and design
Be a driving force to unite Logistics and Regional Merchandising team way of working and goals to drive most profitable result for Region.
Plan, prioritize, execute, monitor, and follow up common goals and results together
Secure collaboration around Inbound and outbound capacity planning and prioritization
Secure that ways of working and total information flow from commercial actions and inventory optimization are synched with Logistics
Identify potential to improve our commercial and logistical operations to increase outcome and efficiency
Supply Chain development and implementation
Bring Regional findings to Global Supply Chain agenda and roll out new ways of working for new development initiatives in region
Bring specific supply chain needs to global teams and collaborate to set the best possible omni supply chain desired state for region together with Logistics
Be the region speaking partner with global teams to secure best possible future solutions in tech solutions, business logic, ways of working and plan for implementation of these
Lead the Team
Lead, recruit, and develop the team for the best possible setup here and now but also understand future needs for resources and competencies as we develop our supply chain
Lead the regional Demand and Supply unit
Recruit best talents
Develop team
Proactively secure competence given development agenda
Additional Accountabilities:
What You’ll Need to Succeed:
Bachelor’s degree, preferably in Business, Economics/Finance, or similar field
5+ years’ experience in E-Commerce/Store Merchandising, Demand and Supply planning, or Business Controlling role
Leadership experience very meriting
Logistics experience meriting
Deep understanding in buying, stock management, allocation, inventory optimization, and logistics operation
Broad understanding of our customer base and activation strategy
High strategic and analytical skills
Advanced Excel user
Deep business understanding
Deep E2E supply chain understanding
Strong leadership skills
Strong brand ambassador
Strong collaboration skills
Ability to work with multi-functions and competencies
20% Travel is required both domestic and internally
Job Status: Salary, Exempt
EEOC Code: OFM
Additional Information
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