Senior Specialist, Inventory and Planning, SCM

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Conduct operations in the Order Fulfillment Inventory function across SCM.  Operate to assure optimal inventory levels based on operational planning activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Lead operation team to achieve high performance by fostering a positive team environment, performance assessments, and training / development (OJT).
• Assure operations are aligned with business needs & company objectives guided by Supervisor.
• Execute stable supply plan to fulfill customer demand with optimizing inventory (availability planning).
• Operate inventory based on in & out planning optimizing company inventory. Support to analyze GROUP inventory levels, execute plans to reduce average inventory and exit past season inventory efficiently.
• Support to analyze DC capability against company growth plan by Mid-Long term volume plan and support DC Network Study to resolve risks and opportunities.
• Assist open-to-buy (OTB) meetings to drive inventory optimization, propose to develop and execute stock liquidation plans.
• Assist Article Performance Reviews (APR) and monitor to optimize current-season inventory progress.
• Assist to publish Inventory plan include exit activities and secure the plans are within DC’s capacity & capability.
• Support to achieve on-time delivery based on accurate in & out planning to contribute consumer experience improvement with right product and right time product supply.
• Assist to establish system and maintain the flow & process for Japan Supply Chain Inventory operations with optimizing the cost (Inventory & Planning Business Process Owner assist role).
• Reports activities to control optimal inventory level timely.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Key interfaces (internal): SCM, Channel, Demand Planning, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Global Operations.
• Key interfaces (external): 3PL, Clearance channel.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Worldwide SCM operation & theories
• More than 3 years’ experience working in international diverse environment.

• Inventory Management experience in Japan consuming goods industry
• Analytical / logical thinking
• Good communication skills
• Negotiation skill to convince others
• Relationship management
• 6 values (Courage / Ownership / Innovation / Teamplay / Integrity / Respect)

REQUISITE EDUCATION / QUALIFICATIONS:

• University degree preferably focused on International Business Administration, Finance, SCM or Logistics related area.
• IT skills:
  • Outlook                 Intermediate
  • Word                        Intermediate
  • Excel                        Advanced
  • PowerPoint             Advanced
  • AI knowledge         Intermediate
  • Power BI Intermediate
  • ERP, WMS, and Demand-Supply Integration related software basic knowledge & skills

• Language skills:
  • Fluent Japanese
  • Business Level English