What are the responsibilities and job description for the Project Manager - Inventory Planning & Replenishment (IP&R) position at Centraprise Corp?
We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to lead Inventory Planning & Replenishment (IP&R) initiatives for a leading retail and supply chain organization. This role will drive projects focused on inventory optimization, demand forecasting, replenishment processes, and supply chain transformation while partnering with cross-functional business and technology teams.
The ideal candidate will have experience managing Supply Chain Planning or Inventory Planning projects and possess a strong understanding of forecasting, replenishment, and inventory management processes within retail, distribution, or manufacturing environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead end-to-end Inventory Planning & Replenishment (IP&R) projects from initiation through successful delivery.
- Develop and manage project plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, risks, and dependencies.
- Coordinate cross-functional teams across Supply Chain, Merchandising, Operations, IT, and business stakeholders.
- Drive initiatives focused on demand forecasting, inventory optimization, replenishment accuracy, and supply chain process improvements.
- Monitor project progress, identify risks, and proactively resolve issues to ensure timely delivery.
- Support business requirement gathering, solution design reviews, testing, UAT, deployment, and post-go-live support.
- Collaborate with business teams to improve inventory planning processes, ordering rules, replenishment parameters, and item setup.
- Track and analyze inventory-related KPIs such as forecast accuracy, service levels, inventory turns, stock availability, and replenishment performance.
- Facilitate project governance meetings, executive status reporting, and stakeholder communication.
- Drive organizational change management, user training, and adoption of new business processes and system enhancements.
- Ensure projects are delivered with high quality while meeting business objectives and timelines.
Required Qualifications
- 7 years of Project Management experience delivering Supply Chain or Inventory Planning initiatives.
- Strong understanding of Inventory Planning, Replenishment, Demand Forecasting, and Inventory Optimization concepts.
- Experience managing cross-functional projects involving Supply Chain, Operations, Merchandising, and IT teams.
- Proven experience managing project schedules, risks, budgets, dependencies, and stakeholder communications.
- Experience coordinating system implementations, enhancements, testing, UAT, and production rollouts.
- Excellent communication, leadership, and stakeholder management skills.
- Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery environments.
Preferred Qualifications
Experience with one or more Supply Chain Planning platforms such as:
- RELEX
- Blue Yonder (JDA)
- SAP IBP / SAP APO
- Kinaxis
- o9 Solutions
- Manhattan Planning Solutions
- Oracle Retail Planning
- Logility
- Other enterprise Inventory Planning or Replenishment solutions
Salary : $45 - $50