Replenishment Analyst

SUMMARY

The Replenishment Analyst collaborates with both internal and external teams to ensure the right products are available in the customer’s stores at the right time. The Replenishment Analyst provides inventory and order management support to help drive sales and maintain optimal stock levels for the customer. Among other things, this role creates and analyzes weekly reports regarding inventory trends to ensure customer orders are accurate to upcoming demand, and ship on time and in full. This position is the key interface between Kids2 and the customer operations teams.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Review and Report on customer’s weekly orders, ensuring adequate inventory levels are maintained at the customer to maximize sales and inventory strategies
• Analyze customer on-time and in-full data to ensure the customer’s KPI’s are achieved, manage fines and penalties, and identify corrective actions to address current issues and prevent future problems. Assist Accounting and Sales with chargeback resolution and corrections
• Weekly reporting/tracking using customer POS data: Sales, Inventory, Promotions, New Items, etc.
• Collaborate with internal teams utilizing the customer’s tools to maintenance item forecasts that drive and maintain appropriate instock levels
• Lead process improvement efforts to enhance customer scorecard and order fulfillment
• Generate reporting to Kids2 and Customer regarding scorecard, order cuts, upcoming shortages, and lost sales
• Assist in the identification and analysis of inventory/supply issues, customer patterns, and opportunities. Help create implement short-term ship initiatives during inventory shortages and forecast overconsumption.
• Collaborate with internal teams to ensure New Items, Promos, Displays, etc…ship on time and in full. Provide tracking of new item and feature shipments internally and to the customer as needed
• Provide Ad-hoc support and analysis as needed for both internal teams and Customer
• Interaction, Communication, and Collaboration with the account (Buyer, Inventory Analyst) to drive best in class supply chain service.

QUALIFICATIONS & EXPERIENCE

• 3-5 Years of experience in Sales, Replenishment, Supply Chain and/or Operations
• Advanced Excel experience with pivot tables, graphs, and reporting
• Demonstrated experience analyzing data and making appropriate recommendations

EDUCATION & SKILLS

• 4-year college degree in business or related field or equivalent work experience
• Plans and manages effectively
• Critical thinking and problem solving
• High level of initiative; self-starter
• Team player with strong collaboration skills
• Focuses on the customer
• High level of proficiency in executive level communications, strong presentation skills
• Analysis: Business and marketplace
• Excellent communication skills and working with cross functional groups and customer
• Communicate and work collaboratively internally with Kids II and customer
• Demonstrated ability to work independently
• Service oriented
• Learning agility; lifelong learner mentality
• Adapts well to change
• Problem solver with high level of tenacity

CERTIFICATES, LICENSES, REGISTRATIONS

• None Required

COMPUTER/TECHNICAL SKILLS

• Must be proficient in Microsoft Office Suite­–Word, Excel, Outlook and PowerPoint.

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• While performing the duties of this job, the team member is regularly required to talk or hear.
• The team member frequently is required to sit; have flexible use of hands; reach with hands and arms; and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.
• The team member is occasionally required to stand, walk, and taste or smell.
• The team member must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 - 50 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• General office environment.
• Must be in office three days per week, Tuesday-Thursday during core hours.