Manager, Inventory Management

Purpose

• Supports NAM Inventory team with the end to end inventory process
• Assists the movement and communication of total inventory across the NAM market
• Drives cross-functional communication to ensure an omni-channel approach is taken
• Builds proper inventory management processes and strategies for the adidas brand
• Ensures established inventory/SCM targets and KPIs are driving process and alignment across the business supporting commercial objectives, financial requirements and brand integrity

Key Accountabilities

• Work with various business partners to analyze, review and recommend actions to maximize sales, turns and gross margin for market inventory by channel
• Provide clear messaging and ensure understanding with business leaders on the current inventory environment throughout the region by providing clear and accurate data and analysis to assist in overall business decisions
• Assist with excess reduction strategies utilizing an omni-channel approach
• Drive established processes including, but not limited to, FO planned production excess reviews, DTC returns, Promo returns, End of Life management, Brand reviews, etc.
• Assist paralleled integration of US process for CA supporting one NAM
• Support business partners and leadership team with ad hoc data reporting and analysis needs
• Manage weekly data on inventory by stock category for the region, inclusive of all sales channels
• Collaborate cross functionally, leveraging a market level view to define insights and actions for commercial and brand partners
• Provide ad hoc reporting support and guidance in SQL, Excel, PBI and SAP
• Drive improvements in both inventory reporting and up/down stream inventory management processes and communication
• Create communication materials for monthly SLT updates including reporting and PowerPoint presentations
• Aid in providing visibility and solutions to roadblocks preventing stock commercialization
• Ensure SCM and Inventory Teams are consistent in data and reporting, accurate information and analysis are provided for business decisions
• Implement inventory scrapping logic & efficiencies in our distribution pipeline
• Influence and support supply chain warehouse optimization & profit review

Knowledge Skills And Abilities

• Ability to access data from a variety of database structures and put together comprehensive reporting for the team
• High level understanding of the end-to-end demand/purchasing process
• Commercial and business acumen to facilitate resolution of disconnects between stakeholders
• Strong analytical skills
• Strong interpersonal skills (e.g. relationship management, facilitation)
• High personal impact and high communication skills
• Proven methodological skills (e.g. data analysis, trend forecasting)
• Proficiency with MS Office Suite and familiarity with merchandising systems/applications (PowerBI, Databricks, SAP & SQL)
• Advanced Excel skills, and a thorough understanding of macros, pivot tables, lookup formulas, formatting, etc.
• Good planning, detail orientation and organization skills, resulting in the ability to meet critical deadlines
• Able to make quick decisions off limited information
• Strong communication and presentation skills, written and verbal
• Proficient in MS Office applications – Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
• Fluent in written and spoken English.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4-6 years of operations, planning or buying experience within a large Footwear, Apparel, Sporting Goods, or Consumer Products organization and with increasing degree of responsibility
• 4 year college degree with emphasis in business or finance

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