Director – Area Replenishment

Director – Area Replenishment

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in business, supply chain, or related fields, or related experience and/or military experience
• 7 years of work experience managing operations and leading teams within core supply chain functions, specifically supply planning, inventory management, vendor management purchasing, or other food service/ distribution related functions such as merchandising, category management, and/or sales operations
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage & coach large team of supply chain talent
• Ability to collaborate cross-functionally and draw linkages with business impact
• Familiarity with analytics and supply chain planning and buying systems
• Ability to synthesize key information, present in both sales meetings and customer facing calls to influence key decisions
• Proficient at Microsoft Office i.e., Excel, Word, etc.

Responsibilities

• Own and manage all replenishment related performance metrics for your Area
• Actively engage in Area-level staff meetings on replenishment performance and issue resolution
• Drive improved performance on the key metrics and provide timely updates to the Area staff on these efforts
• Monitor inventory trends in your Area and work with Buyer team to determine corrective actions for over/ under positions
• Track and monitor spoilage, F2F, Inventory cost change (ICC), etc. across all categories
• Manage optimal order patterns and volume to maximize freight savings, while meeting inventory goals
• Oversee Area Buyers to manage inventory health i.e., gap to target DIOH levels
• Oversee Area Buyers to ensure POs are issued timely to our vendors with high reliance on Suggested Order Quantities (SOQ) and optimal parameters
• Actively work with buyer team to root cause and address major stock outs & anticipated shorts
• Oversee Operations Support Specialists to ensure timely updates / changes to the POs and arrival to the DCs
• Work with Buyer team to resolve discrepancies through CASIS
• Provide local ownership & accountability for overall service performance and special events
• Ensure Replenishment related service requests are assigned timely to the correct Support Specialists and actioned within the response SLA
• Work with your Buyers and Support Specialist team to ensure local sales events are well supported and orchestrated
• Oversee major customer transitions (start-up & ramp-down) and assortment transitions by providing Buyer team with the needed process expertise and facilitating cross-functional support
• Triaging & resolving acute/ seasonal challenges, e.g., hurricanes, fire business, education ramp-up, etc.

Preferred Qualifications

No preferred qualifications provided.