Manager Inventory Management, Supply Chain Management

Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

Manage the Order Fulfillment Inventory function across SCM.  Manage to maintain optimal inventory levels based on operational planning activities.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Manage team to achieve high performance by fostering a positive team environment, delegating effectively, objective setting, performance assessments, motivation and training / development.
• Provide team clear direction, projects & targets relate to OF/Inventory team area that are aligned with business needs & GSCM objectives
• Manage to build stable supply plan to fulfill customer demand with optimizing inventory (availability planning).
• Manage inventory based on in & out planning optimizing company inventory. Monitor GROUP inventory levels, execute plans to reduce average inventory and exit past season inventory efficiently.
• Support to analyze DC capability against company growth plan by Mid-Long term volume plan and support DC Network Study to resolve risks and opportunities.
• Support open-to-buy (OTB) meetings to drive inventory optimization, develop and execute stock liquidation plans.
• Manage Article Performance Reviews (APR) and monitor to optimize current-season inventory progress.
• Support to publish Inventory plan include exit activities and secure the plans are within DC’s capacity & capability.
• Support to achieve on-time delivery based on accurate in & out planning to contribute consumer experience improvement with right product and right time product supply.
• Support to establish system and maintain the flow & process for Japan Supply Chain Inventory operations with optimizing the cost (Inventory & Planning Business Process Owner support role).
• Manage activities to control optimal inventory level within the company target and/or budget.

KEY RELATIONSHIPS:

• Key interfaces (internal): SCM, Channel, Demand Planning, Marketing, Finance, IT, and Global Supply Chain.
• Key interfaces (external): 3PL, Clearance channel.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Worldwide SCM operation & theories
• More than 3 years’ experience working in international diverse environment.
• More than 3 years’ experience people management

• Inventory Management experience in Japan consuming goods industry
• Analytical / logical thinking
• Good communication skills
• Leadership to convince others
• Complexity management
• Relationship management
• Resource management
• 6 values (Courage / Ownership / Innovation / Teamplay / Integrity / Respect)

REQUISITE EDUCATION QUALIFICATIONS: 

• University degree preferably focused on International Business Administration, Finance, SCM or Logistics related area.
• IT skills:
  • Outlook            Intermediate
  • Word                Intermediate
  • Excel                Advanced
  • PowerPoint     Advanced
  • Access             Advanced
  • Power BI          Advanced
  • ERP, WMS, and Demand-Supply Integration related software basic knowledge & skills

• Language skills:
  • Fluent Japanese
  • Business Level English