Cloudtail India - Manager - InStock

Cloudtail India Pvt. Ltd is looking for an experienced Inventory Planner with a background in inventory or business analysis, finance or supply-chain disciplines. This position is responsible for developing and executing category level sales and inventory strategies to optimize availability and inventory turns. In this role, you will have end to end ownership of managing inventory.

- You will also build strong partnerships with vendor management, merchandising and operations teams to drive toward common goals. To succeed in the role, you must possess the ability to operate from a company-wide perspective and will need to encourage cross-functional and cross-business project development.

Responsibilities include :

- Manage inventory, open-to-buy, inventory health, item-level forecasting, assortment planning

- Participate in manufacturer and vendor reviews, drive vendor operational improvement through measurement and process improvement

- Interact with operations teams and drive efficiencies through team collaboration

- Manage inbound shipments - fill rate, ASNs, operational issues, lead time

- Achieve and maintain high instock rates on replenishment programs

- Analyze inventory position and sku performance to determine inventory liability, determine exit strategy for unproductive inventory

Basic Qualifications :

- 5+ years supply chain, inventory management and/or project management experience

- Experience working with computer databases and tools and process improvement techniques such as Kaizen, Lean Manufacturing or Six Sigma which should have had an organization wide impact

- Experience working with complex data sets

- Experience communicating and presenting to senior leadership

- Experience of successfully driving complex, milestone driven projects

Preferred Qualifications :

- Strong data extraction, analytical and problem solving skills

- Experience working with complex data sets

- Experience with SQL is a strong plus

- Familiarity with statistics or other analytical techniques

- Must possess excellent business judgment, strong written and oral communication skills, and a practical, common sense approach to getting things done

- The right candidate thrives in a high energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are expected to be driven in parallel

- Graduate/Post Graduate degree in Business, Engineering or a Supply Chain

- Operations discipline preferred

- Curiosity to dig several layers deep into metrics, have an innate desire to understand key drivers and whether they are the correct or best metrics to measure/manage a business or process

- Ability to influence cross-functional teams

- Ability to multitask and manage multiple projects - work prioritization, planning and task delegation

- Proven track record of taking ownership and driving results

- Broad commercial awareness developed in a fast-moving environment

- Exceptional interpersonal and communication (both written and verbal) skills

- Innovative and self-directed