Replenishment Planner

Replenishment Planner

Support Center, 6600 S Bermuda Rd, Las Vegas, NV 89119 (Primary)

Schedule:

Monday – Friday, 40-50 hours per week

Pay: $52,000 - $60,000

• Employee Discount
• Employer-Paid Life Insurance
• Flex Time Off
• Disability Insurance
• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401(k) with company match

• Work closely with the Merchandise Planner to ensure close management of available OTB and a good understanding of the category strategy, including new initiatives or areas of growth opportunity.
• Accountability for category in store availability targets, ensuring that appropriate reporting is in place to understand availability opportunities at various levels of granularity.
• Work closely with Merchandise Planner to ensure that OTB / Availability risks are clearly understood and communicated with appropriate category and functional leaders – where possible recommending action to mitigate or improve.
• Work closely with the Merchandise Planner to identify and recommend areas of improvement to support increases in sales or stock turn, ex. Optimization of store assortments or range rationalization.
• Fully manage basic/core items in terms of projecting, ordering and store replenishment such as order calculation, submission, confirmation, order maintenance, PO allocation, etc.
• Work closely with vendors, stores and internal customers to resolve order and invoice discrepancies, compliance issues, RTVs and cycle count recommendations.
• Fully utilize analytical tools including Smartlook and Aptos Analytics to prepare standard and ad hoc reports for self and the team.
• Effectively allocate merchandise and balance inventory levels by store by merchandise category, identifying any issues to the flow of inventory and finding solutions or seeking support to resolve.
• Build and maintain all Allocation & Replenishment (A&R) forecast models, seasonality curves, lead times, dynamic min/max, and vendor review schedules to effectively manage vendor on order, backstock inventory, and daily store replenishment.
• Build new store inventory and assortment plans in partnership with Merchandise Planners and Buyers.
• Carry out post launch analysis of new store openings or new initiatives to ensure appropriate replenishment metrics are in place, taking remedial action if required.
• Effectively plan and manage entrance/exit strategies of seasonal products, including sell through reporting and risk reporting.
• Develop good working relationships with vendors and internal field leadership teams, ensuring any communication is timely, focused and supportive.
• Visit stores regularly to gain a full understanding of our customers and their needs and to gain firsthand perspective of the results of the planning and allocation process.
• To demonstrate every day the values of WHSmith North America

• Bachelor’s degree with coursework in math or statistics preferred
• 1+ years of work experience in a retail corporate office or stores preferred
• 1+ years of experience in a retail planning or allocation role would be preferred
• Experience with merchandising, analytics, planning, and/or allocation systems
• Robust problem-solving, analytical, and data management skills.
• Demonstrates high standards and takes accountability; detail-oriented person who takes pride in maintaining and delivering superior accuracy.
• Ability to work in a collaborative team environment and/or independently, and effectively interact with multiple levels, and with tight deadlines.
• Excellent time management skills with the ability to prioritize and multi-task as well as adaptable to changing demands and drive results together.
• Strong communication, presentation, and people skills
• Good knowledge of MS Office packages (Word, Excel, PowerPoint) with a high proficiency in Excel (pivot tables, lookups, and advanced formulas, power query a plus)
• Satisfactory Criminal Background Check and Drug Testing May be required depending on location

Marshall Retail Group/InMotion is committed to employing a diverse workforce. Qualified applicants will receive consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin/ancestry, age, gender identity, gender expression, military/veteran status, marital status, disability status or any other basis prohibited by law. At Marshall Retail Group/InMotion, it’s about each person bringing passion and skills to a dynamic and inclusive workplace!