What are the responsibilities and job description for the Instock Manager position at Chewy?
Job Description
Oriented, ambitious Instock Manager to join our exciting and collaborative team. In this role you will play a vital role in the Instock organization owning end-to-end planning and execution of inventory forecasting and purchasing through fulfillment. The ideal candidate will have experience creating supply planning strategy, forecasting demand at multiple levels of aggregation, a passion for problem solving and process improvement, a track record for utilizing data to drive decisions, and vendor relationship management. You will own metrics across your business such as Instock rates, forecasting accuracy, and inventory placement. This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will get to work side by side with smart and passionate entrepreneurs. If you're equally passionate about supply chain, ecommerce and career growth, an opportunity at Chewy may be a great match!
What You'll Do
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com.
To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.
Oriented, ambitious Instock Manager to join our exciting and collaborative team. In this role you will play a vital role in the Instock organization owning end-to-end planning and execution of inventory forecasting and purchasing through fulfillment. The ideal candidate will have experience creating supply planning strategy, forecasting demand at multiple levels of aggregation, a passion for problem solving and process improvement, a track record for utilizing data to drive decisions, and vendor relationship management. You will own metrics across your business such as Instock rates, forecasting accuracy, and inventory placement. This role requires excellent written and verbal communication skills. You will get to work side by side with smart and passionate entrepreneurs. If you're equally passionate about supply chain, ecommerce and career growth, an opportunity at Chewy may be a great match!
What You'll Do
- Build stop-gap solutions that impact Instock workflows, with emphasis on automating manual tasks and defining new processes.
- Liaise with centralized tech teams to provide requirements, audit inputs and outputs, submit feature requests, and flag bugs.
- Understand the details of your business and relevant KPIs to support goal delivery and use this information to influence vendors in owned category to drive metric improvement.
- Analyze multiple, large data sets to identify actionable insights that drive improvement across your team.
- Write 1-2 paragraphs within various larger business documents and create standalone 1-2 page documents.
- Proactively identify and communicate issues, changes to priorities, or changes to functional strategy to cross-functional stakeholders. Provide transparency into status of deliverables using varying communication techniques and styles as required.
- Partner with cross-functional teams to foster alignment where needed to achieve best business outcomes while encouraging opposing viewpoints to overcome obstacles and balance competing goals.
- 3 years of relevant experience in Supply Chain
- Bachelor's degree in Business: Supply Chain, Logistics, Management, Economics, or related field
- Ability to effectively operate both independently and as part of a team
- Strong written, verbal, analytical and problem-solving skills
- A proven ability to multi-task and thrive under pressure and deadlines
- Knowledgeable in forecasting algorithms and models
- Microsoft Office skills
- E-commerce experience
- SQL, Python, KNIME, programming experience
- Lean/Six Sigma experience
- The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate’s relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant. C08 positions may also be eligible for annual bonus.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact CAAR@chewy.com.
To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.
Salary : $86,500 - $138,500