What are the responsibilities and job description for the Operations Planner position at Victoria's Secret?
Location: NYC or Columbus, OH
GENERAL SUMMARY:
Victoria’s Secret Beauty is looking for an Operations Planner to join the team! 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.
PRINCIPLE RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Vendor Management
- Responsible for ordering and management of Component Inventory and Finished Goods
- Manage S&OP between vendor and Victoria’s Secret Beauty business
- Ensure vendor OT&C accountability is at 95% or higher
- Ensure finished product is delivered to warehouses in a timely manner; work in conjunction with vendors to prioritize production
- Expedite shipments / production to meet speed initiatives
- Short-term and long-term capacity planning
- Issue component and finished good 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 relationship as a trusted advisor
- Manage speed-to-market initiatives
- Responsible for communicating/updating changes to open orders: status reporting to cross-functional partners (OT&C accountability at 95%)
- Review and communicate feasibility and timing for all buy requests
- Informs cross-functional partners of excess inventory in Semi Annual Sales and Clearance buys; assist with component run-outs to reduce inventory liability
- Partners with cross-functional partners to develop new launch and medium range receipt plan
- Understand and support business and process changes by utilizing a speed and agility mindset
- Identify opportunities to reduce lead times
- Identify opportunities to gain agility within the supply chain
Inventory Management
- Responsible for the data integrity of Material Requirement Planning (MRP) that will enable a consistent planning horizon
- Execute buys using SAP MRP
- Manage to component inventory targets
- Manage detailed Bill of Material (BOM) accuracy (waste factors and usage); work closely with Inventory Control during Book to Book to identify and resolve BOM issues
- Assist Inventory Control with Physical Inventory and provide support to resolve issues
- Provide justification for 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, reviewing reports, and resolve issues to maintain a clean Book of Business with focus on inventory turns
Qualifications
- Bachelor's Degree in related field
- APICS, CPIM a plus
- 3-5 years of 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, MSOffice)
An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individuals race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, pregnancy, genetic information, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.