Job Description

Primary duties include:

• Attend and drive internal and external client inventory meetings to create better client experience while eliminating distressed inventory through hands-on sku-level management before the inventory ages
• Work to avoid distressed inventory through proactive review aged inventory reports with account teams and work sku-level resolution within each quarter
• Participate in Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning (SIOP) meetings providing pre-work to account teams for good forecasting and to drive follow-on actions that ensure timely sell-through
• Review demand plans with clients, validate forecast and update in Zones’s demand planning system (Kinaxis)
• Record client collaborative forecasting inputs
• Handle allocations for inventory purchases, determining the best method to support
• Administer contractual inventory agreement terms
• Provide status to clients/client teams to improve client experience and connection to inventory events

The successful candidate will have:

• Understanding of business operations, especially inventory/purchasing/reporting
• Solid Analytical skills
• Strong MS Excel experience
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to be assertive and motivate stakeholders to meet business objectives

Preferred:

• Education or certification in Supply Chain Management or Operational Logistics
• Familiarity with the Enterprise IT procurement channel
• Experience at a large IT distributor, National Service Provider, or Value-Added Reseller
• Experience using enterprise Demand Planning, Supply Planning and/or Supply Chain Management (SCM) software such as Kinaxis or JDA

Required Skills