Country Supply Chain Planning

HMSHost at Toronto Pearson International Airport
HMSHost
6301 Silver Dart Drive
Mississauga, ON L5P 1B2
Canada

**Purpose The Supply Chain Planning & Purchasing Specialist is responsible for proactive inventory planning/forecasting, purchasing, and replenishment to each of the North American Duty Free operations. This role collaborates with key inter-departmental stakeholders to drive sales and maintain the automated replenishment system while ensuring optimal inventory levels and quality.**:
**Essential Functions**:

- Analyzes and manages SAP’s Forecast & Replenishment (F&R) module including maintaining key parameters to ensure correct quality and quantity of inventory and review system generated order proposals before issuing to suppliers
- Executes continuous review, analysis and alignment between Operation’s sales forecasts and F&R’s demand projections, including providing buying forecasts to local vendors as applicable
- Manages purchase orders and PO tracking - tracks all orders into each warehouse and amends POs as required while tracking vendor performance and fill rates
- Actively participates in the annual budgeting and quarterly distressed inventory exercises as well as ongoing review of actual inventory versus budget
- Participates in all new operations/new stores planning and preparation to ensure opening stock arrives into the local warehouses on time and coordinates with category team(s), Avolta IOS and vendors; flags potential stock challenges, vets order quantities for new brands/product lines and provides status updates
- Collaborates with Operations, category and brands for initial stock merchandising
- Utilizes Power BI (Dufry Insights) KPI/reporting for proactive inventory management and ensures continuous action plans to exit low performing stocks
- Collaborates with store Operations teams by monitoring stock levels of key/top sellers, planning stock needs ahead of time based on feedback, communicating issues and recommending solutions to reduce the impact of out-of-stock periods
- Reviews, updates and maintains store replenishment parameters (Target Stock and Re-Order Point) and revises for special scenarios such as promotions or other sales initiatives; ensures warehouse to store replenishment is per SOP
- Identifies product assortment concerns and awareness to regional and global category teams on stock level and quality impact and drives discussions and actions on inventory exit strategies for slow/non-moving/low performing inventory; balances inventory between locations where applicable
- Facilitates the processing of RTVs/Destructions by coordinating with Operations, Warehouse, and Finance teams as well as external suppliers; ensures stock is properly removed from inventory by using correct process in SAP and providing supporting documentation
- Contributes as required to the on-going success and implementation of digital initiatives such as the Emporium, Reserve & Collect and other loyalty programs
- Works closely with local warehouses to ensure accurate lead times (customs clearance and receiving process) are reflected in F&R demand planning system

**Reporting Relationship Country Supply Chain Planning and Purchasing Manager**:
**Major Interdependencies Global and Regional Category Team, Operations, Finance, Global IOS Supply Chain, Digital**:
**Minimum Qualifications, Knowledge, Skills, and Work Environment**:

- Education and Experience: The combination of education and professional experience must exceed 5 years:

- In a technical role: Requires 3-5 years of Supply Chain and Logistics planning experience
- A bachelor’s degree in a program related to the functional area can count for 3 of the 5-year requirement
- In the industry: 3-5 years of Hospitality, F&B and/or Retail experience
- Specialized Skillset/Competencies/Traits:

- Experience using Merchandising/ERP systems - SAP preferred
- Excellent Excel skills and proficiency in the MS Office suite and Power BI experience an asset
- Business acumen and also has the mindset required to understand the long-term implications of Supply Chain and Logistics planning and to advance the organizations goals
- Demonstrated history of understanding the needs of the business, stakeholders, the employee population and individual circumstances

**Location**:

- Requires regular/hybrid attendance at Toronto Centre of Excellence

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