Operations Planner

Overview

We are looking for a Sourcing/Operations Planner for a top fashion/beauty company in New York, NY. This role manages supply chain planning, costing, financial communication, on-time delivery, and inventory for specific business categories. This role is a trusted advisor for both internal cross-functional partners and external vendors. This person has exceptional attention to detail, strong communication and influencing skills, and is motivated working in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation:
Pay $24/hr;
Onsite.

Contract:

6 month contract.

• Vendor Management:
  Responsible for ordering and management of Component Inventory and Finished Goods;
  Manage S&OP between vendor and beauty business;
  Ensure vendor OT&C accountability is at 95% or higher; ensure finished product is delivered to warehouses in a timely manner; work with vendors to prioritize production;
  Expedite shipments/production to meet speed initiatives;
  Short-term and long-term capacity planning;
  Issue component and finished goods purchase orders and negotiate with vendors to secure production;
  Communicate new launch forecasts and medium-range receipt plans;
  Partner with vendors to identify future supply chain requirements.
• Brand Management:
  Build relationships as a trusted advisor;
  Manage speed-to-market initiatives;
  Communicate/update changes to open orders (OT&C accountability at 95%);
  Review and communicate feasibility and timing for all buy requests;
  Inform cross-functional partners of excess inventory in Semi-Annual Sales and Clearance buys; assist with component run-outs to reduce inventory liability;
  Partner with cross-functional partners to develop new launch and medium-range receipt plan;
  Understand and support business and process changes with a speed and agility mindset;
  Identify opportunities to reduce lead times and gain agility within the supply chain.
• Inventory Management:
  Responsible for data integrity of Material Requirement Planning (MRP);
  Execute buys using SAP MRP;
  Manage component inventory targets;
  Maintain BOM accuracy (waste factors and usage); collaborate with Inventory Control during Book to Book to identify and resolve BOM issues;
  Assist Inventory Control with Physical Inventory and support issue resolution;
  Justify excess inventory in quarterly review of Excess and Obsolete reconciliation;
  Conduct End of Season inventory management planning; execute ad hoc cycle counts and run outs to reduce liability;
  Analyze data, review reports, and resolve issues to maintain a clean Book of Business with focus on inventory turns.
• Large-Scale Change Management Projects:
  Support change management Allergen update project (Regulatory Compliance – not optional);
  Maintain weekly tracker to report Sourcing task progress with cross-functional teams;
  Conduct mass downloads of specification information for over 150 Finished Goods and 200+ components;
  Copy and verify costs on new Allergen Compliant Finished Goods and components;
  Approve workflows in PLM, prepare Win shuttles for PIR creation in SAP, and roll costs for all new Finished Goods.
• Costing Support:
  Cost Roll reporting/execution;
  Rebate Calculation and Collection;
  Assist as needed with impact analysis;
  Execution of cost increase requests, surcharges and PPV review/approval.
• Commercial Support: PO updates;
  Send FG and component RFQs;
  Update PCOG trackers;
  Process tooling forms.

• Bachelor's Degree in related field
• APICS, CPIM a plus
• 3-5 years of sourcing, production planning, supply chain, or inventory management experience
• Experience in manufacturing and/or consumer goods/retail preferred
• Solid business acumen and ability to make recommendations and business decisions in partnership with leader
• Ability to work in a fast-paced environment with demonstrated initiative and ability to achieve results
• Ability to build and foster strong trusted advisor relationships with internal and external partners;
  System and computer proficiency (SAP, MS Office)