Actively manage and maintain finished goods inventory levels to maximize customer service and minimize out of stocks. This will involve reviewing stock, production and forecast information to identify product supply risks, then liaise with factories, demand planners, customer service and sales to drive mitigation activities. The job holder will also provide weekly and periodic information on deletions, analyze the root causes and work with the supply chain team on actions to prevent repeat issues.

Key responsibilities

• Maximize product availability to support case fill targets:
  • Drive actions across the supply chain to improve product availability, for example, changes to production plan, faster transit times, efficient booking in, etc.
  • Drive continuous improvement through route cause analysis of low stock incidents
• Deficient stock management ensuring inventory levels meet target levels:
  • Highlight overstocks, identify root causes and drive changes needed to avoid in the future
  • Regular review of stock policy with factories to ensure aligned targets and create a roadmap for optimizing inventory levels
  • Manage the stock age profile on finished goods to minimize best before date issues on delivery preparations
  • Own the product clearance process with sales and customer service
• Ensure accurate real-time stock picture is available in SAP:
  • Daily clearance of SAP I-doc errors with the 3PLs
  • Drive process improvement to eliminate regular errors
• Daily communication with the warehouse to support smooth operations
• Raise all the UCS claims to the factories
• Participate in the Portfolio review and prepare the Supply insights for all products