Job Description
WHAT YOU DO
You lead end‑to‑end inventory planning across seasons, optimizing stock levels, identifying risks, and driving efficient allocation, replenishment, and liquidation strategies across markets.
You support cross‑functional initiatives, analyze performance, and ensure smooth execution of inventory processes to strengthen commercial and operational outcomes.
WHO YOU ARE
You are an analytical and collaborative supply chain professional with strong skills in inventory management, planning, and cross‑functional coordination.
You bring experience in driving insights, improving processes, and supporting decision‑making to secure efficient and reliable stock management.
Your responsibilities:
Responsible for pre-season allocation setup & updating Continent and local allocation strategies & ensuring implementation in line with Global guidelines (e.g., weeks of supply, availability, freshness); follow-up parameter update process and shipment shortcuts
Flag risks related to capacity and operational constraints
Monitor stock levels vs. plan across all SMs; track development of inventory KPIs and planned stock inflows to highlight deviations
Share key stock insights and development with sale market on current status and outlook
Review stock data and KPIs and provide recommendations to SMs (via Product Merchandising Leads) on actions to improve stock efficiency to product leads
Support Product leads and D&S in case of over-/understock situations by running analytical scenarios
Track liquidation and stock health across SMs and Planning Markets, identifying slow movers or high-risk stock positions
Adjust replenishment speed and parameters in systems (e.g., Acceleration, Dynamic Pick Limit, Final Push) based on Product Merchandising Leads' feedback
Maintain and update allocation-related data and parameters in relevant tools (esp. R3 and SMT; potentially also ASQ and TMQ)
Provide transparency and structured reporting to Continent leadership on stock development, sell-through, and efficiency metrics
Monitor and report on stock clearance and liquidation performance across SMs and Planning Markets
Support Product Merchandising Leads with quantitative analyses to identify suitable articles for clearance and final sales
Manage Continent-wide projects/ initiatives and drive implementation across Planning Markets/ Sales Markets of a Continent
Ensure implementation of continental delivery strategy
Qualifications
Education:
Bachelor's or Master's degree or similar in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Business Administration, Economics, Data Analytics, or a related quantitative field
Skills:
Analytical capabilities: Strong quantitative and analytical skills to run/ interpret larger-scale data reports, run scenario simulations
Strategic stock management: Deep understanding of stock efficiency metrics (e.g., sell-through, weeks of supply) and their impact on commercial and operational performance
Cross-functional collaboration: Skilled & interested in working with cross-functional stakeholders; agile team set-ups
Communication: Ability to present analytical findings clearly and influence decision-making with data-driven insights
Tool/ system proficiency: Knowledge of industry-standards/ common allocation tools
Experience:
3–5+ years of experience in inventory management role within retail, fashion or FMCG with a proven record of managing stock optimization in complex settings (e.g., across markets)
