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PSI Proteam Solutions Inc is Hiring a Raw Materials Specialist Near Columbus, OH
Retail Industry Leader seeking a Raw Materials Specialist Job Details:
Assess current state process and develop future state business process and capability / tool gap assessment
Manage a consistent set of reconciliation tools and processes to roll out to all businesses
Manage tools that show fabric open to buy similar to how planning manages finished good open to buy and inventory
Identify long term capability and software needs in conjunction with assortment planning and line planning projects underway in merchandise planning
Key Functional Partners / Collaboration
Centralized role between merchandise planning and production to plan reforecast raw materials levels and provide real time views of planned and future ownership
Apply Merchandise Planning inventory management fundamentals to raw material planning.
Managing RM needs in conjunction with Finished Goods needs thru BOM planning and similar tools.
Raw material productivity analyzing, to help identify top/bottom performing RMs
Monitor and manage raw material inventory levels by category by month and ensure tied to latest sales forecast
Maintain a rolling 6 – 9 month view of fabrics including beginning and ending position based upon latest receipts projections and fabric commitments
Analyze fabric trends and provide recommendations on how to optimize raw materials purchasing patterns and levels
Mitigate risk and reduce cancellations/liabilities
Ensure raw material stock levels can cover demand and translate yard information into units to reconcile with merchandise planning and translate into weeks of supply
Provide visibility to raw material strategy and trend by season / floorset in order to analyze information of fabric trends to RM levels between development/design/planning/production
Ensure key RMs are rolling and available thru life cycle determined by design/merchant team
Provide cross functional connectivity on raw material availability and liabilities between planning/design to promote better connected decisions, and keep teams informed of potential risks
Skills Required:
0 – 2 yrs of retail planning, inventory management, financial planning and /or production planning experience
Bachelor’s degree in finance, operations, economic, business, statistics
Requires strong problem-solving and analytical skills; strong aptitude with numbers; retail math skills
Strong technical skills in Microsoft Excel and/or related planning, finance or analytical systems.
Experienced in data management systems, like enterprise data warehouse, pivot tables etc.
Strong business influence skills. Role is highly influential and requires input from various teams to be successful
Able to identify and influence critical stakeholders, proactively problem solve, and recommend solutions
Extremely strong communication and presentation skills: concisely presents complex information and recommendations in terms meaningful to a variety of audiences