Senior Associate- Distribution Planning

SPEED & SPIRIT is what we look for in our candidates, defined by some simple values that inspire us to BE DRIVEN in our performance, BE VIBRANT in our sporting legacy, BE TOGETHER in our team spirit, and BE YOU to let our individual talent and experience shine.

Your Talent

Eligibility Criteria and Functional Competencies Required:

• MBA/B.Tech from reputed institute with 2-3 years of relevant experience
• Excellent writing, presentation, communication and organization skills
• Ability to manage multiple stakeholders
• Analytical and Numerical skills
• Ability to multitask and prioritize work based on business importance
• Willingness to learn new technology/tools as required by business

Your Mission

Key Objectives:

• The resource will be responsible for planning of distribution and export channel
• Responsible for end-to-end planning of distribution & export channel .
• Prepare business plan for the channel, set net sale and GP targets for BU, FCs in collaboration with sales team
• Provide OTB based on sales plan, ensure adequate inventory is planned for sale and avoid understocking/overstocking in the channel
• Track season execution at customer level and highlight distributors with low pre-order execution so that sales team can take corrective actions
• Review customer level inventory and stock blocks in order to improve efficiency of stock offering thereby improving net sales & execution%
• Work together with sales and buying in placing the optimal value as buffers (non pre orders) to secure the net sale target while ensuring salability
• Identify pockets of non-movers and slow movers and release to other channels with an aim to improve company sales
• Maintain and circulate reports on stock requirement, supply phasing, execution%, billing and returns
• Analyze PO vs execution, and effect next year purchase based on the insights

PUMA provides equal opportunities for all job applicants, regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or disability. Equality for all is one of the core principles at PUMA and we do not tolerate any form of harassment or discrimination.

PUMA supports over 21,000 employees across 51 countries. The PUMA Group owns the brand PUMA, Cobra Golf and stichd, and is headquartered in Herzogenaurach, Germany.