Date Posted: 11/20/2024
Hiring Organization: Rose International
Position Number: 474676
Job Title: Sales Business Operation Planning Allocation Retail
Job Location: Newark, NJ, USA, 07102
Work Model: Hybrid
Employment Type: Temporary
Estimated Duration (In months): 8
Min Hourly Rate($): 30.00
Max Hourly Rate($): 35.71
Must Have Skills/Attributes: Data Analysis, Financial Analysis, Inventory Control, Sales
Job Description
This pivotal role leads the execution of item-level analysis, planning, and replenishment strategies across our Global M&M’s Retail business. This individual will determine how to most effectively secure and utilize our inventory to ensure we delight our guests through availability and deliver our financial objectives. This individual provides a business-critical role for M&M’s Retail and will be a significant contributor to the company’s success.
Experience with SAP and Warehouse Management Systems and Asset
Preferred Skills: Knowledge of overall supply chain/logistics best practices; includes international and domestic logistic movement experience considered an asset
Key Responsibilities:
• Drive the financial success of multiple departments (within the Apparel Division) through the creation and execution of effective replenishment strategies that align with sales, margin, and inventory goals.
• Support the retail channel by analyzing merchandise assortments and promotional activity and replenishing inventory to meet consumer demands and market trends.
• Analyze historical and current sales trend data to develop Apparel item level ladder plans and identify opportunities by location/region, department, and SKU.
• Effectively manage in-season replenishment needs to ensure flawless availability at the store level.
• Work with the category planning manager to align on order and shipment forecast and reconcile them with OTB.
• Draft and recommend purchase orders for items to proactively manage store inventory levels, business needs and vendor constraints.
• Communicate regional and store-level sales performance, inventory productivity and action plans in weekly business review meetings.
• In partnership with the Vendor Liaison, provide visibility to inbound inventory issues, and work collaboratively with the Planning and Merchant teams to offset potential sales risks.
• Partner with the Category Planning Manager to ensure core businesses are in stock to meet and/or exceed sales plan.
• Partner with Allocation Analysts to communicate and align on item-level replenishment plans/timing, in an effort to mitigate out of stock risks.
• Challenge and seek to improve existing Forecasting, Replenishment and Allocation processes to improve our processes continually.
Context & Scope:
• The Planning & Allocation Analyst utilizes a series of data to analyze business trends, review performance of item level sales at the store level, and determine order quantities to maximize sales, margin, and inventory in their respective categories.
• They work collaboratively with their Merchant partners to execute the vision of the line plan, and to ensure we purchase the right amount of merchandise to support the business.
• They work closely with their respective Category Planning Manager to ensure their purchasing decisions fit within the financial targets, and that they are ordering the right amount of inventory to support the right product mix. - **Only those lawfully authorized to work in the designated country associated with the position will be considered.**
- **Please note that all Position start dates and duration are estimates and may be reduced or lengthened based upon a client’s business needs and requirements.**
Benefits:
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