Freelance Assistant Sourcing Operations Planner

Overview

We are looking for a Freelance Assistant Sourcing/Operations Planner for a top lifestyle brand and beauty company in New York, NY. This role manages supply chain planning, costing, financial communication, on-time delivery, and inventory for home fragrance. This person is a trusted advisor for internal cross-functional partners and external vendors, with exceptional attention to detail, strong communication and influencing skills, and motivation to excel in a fast-paced environment.

• Vendor Management
  • Responsible for ordering and management of Component Inventory and Finished Goods
  • Manage S&OP between vendor and beauty business
  • Ensure vendor OT&C accountability is at 95% or higher; ensure finished product is delivered to warehouses in a timely manner; work with vendors to prioritize production
  • Expedite shipments / production to meet speed initiatives
  • Short-term and long-term capacity planning
  • Issue component and finished good purchase orders and negotiate with vendors to secure production
  • Communicate new launch forecasts and medium-range receipt plans
  • Partner with vendors to identify future supply chain requirements
• Brand Management
  • Build relationships as a trusted advisor
  • Manage speed-to-market initiatives
  • Communicate/upate changes to open orders: status reporting to cross-functional partners (OT&C accountability at 95%)
  • Review and communicate feasibility and timing for all buy requests
  • Inform cross-functional partners of excess inventory in Semi Annual Sales and Clearance buys; assist with component run-outs to reduce inventory liability
  • Partner with cross-functional partners to develop new launch and medium-range receipt plan
  • Understand and support business and process changes by utilizing a speed and agility mindset
  • Identify opportunities to reduce lead times
  • Identify opportunities to gain agility within the supply chain
• Inventory Management
  • Responsible for the data integrity of Material Requirement Planning (MRP) that will enable a consistent planning horizon
  • Execute buys using SAP MRP
  • Manage to component inventory targets
  • Manage detailed Bill of Material (BOM) accuracy (waste factors and usage); work closely with Inventory Control during Book to Book to identify and resolve BOM issues
  • Assist Inventory Control with Physical Inventory and provide support to resolve issues
  • Provide justification for excess inventory in quarterly review of Excess and Obsolete reconciliation
  • Conduct End of Season inventory management planning; execute ad hoc cycle counts and run outs to reduce liability
  • Analyze data, reviewing reports, and resolve issues to maintain a clean Book of Business with focus on inventory turns
• Large-Scale Change Management Projects
  • Support the change management Allergen update project (Regulatory Compliance Requirement – not optional)
  • Maintain weekly tracker to report Sourcing task progress with relation to cross functional teams
  • Conduct mass downloads of specification information for over 150 Finished Goods and 200+ components
  • Copy and verify costs on new Allergen Compliant Finished Goods and components to replace existing
  • Approving workflows in PLM, preparing Win shuttles for PIR creation in SAP, and Rolling costs for all new Finished Goods
• Costing Support
  • Cost Roll reporting/execution
  • Rebate Calculation and Collection
  • Assist as needed with impact analysis
  • Execution of cost increase requests, surcharges and PPV review/approval
• Commercial support
  • PO updates
  • Send FG and component RFQs
  • Update PCOG trackers
  • Process tooling forms

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• APICS, CPIM a plus
• 3-5 years of sourcing, production planning, supply chain, or inventory management experience
• Experience in manufacturing and/or consumer goods/retail preferred
• Solid business acumen and ability to make recommendations and business decisions in partnership with leader
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated initiative and ability to achieve results
• Ability to build and foster strong trusted advisor relationships with internal and external partners; system and computer proficiency (SAP, MS Office)

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today.