
Website Michaels
Job Description:
The Associate Replenishment Planner will support assigned merchandising categories by maintaining inventory levels to meet sales objectives. This position will help maximize profitability by meeting inventory turn goals, assisting in managing the exit of discontinued product, reporting on inventory issues and detailed resolution and efficiently communicating with vendor partners to ensure performance and achieve problem resolution.
Job Responsibilities:
- Maintain item exit/discontinued process
- Maintain documentation of changes made to replenishment parameters to allow thorough review of impact and success of changes
- Demonstrate a working knowledge in JDA FULFILLMENT, EXCEL, BAAM, RETEK, SPEDY and ACCESS
- Maintain and execute parameters in the replenishment system to support accurate and timely ordering and transfer of goods to the stores and DC’s
- Maintain new item creation and set up in replenishment system
Job Requirements:
- Provide updates on key inventory metrics vs. goals
- Communicate and partner with demand planners, merchandising, logistics, store operations, and vendors as necessary on all SBA inventory related issues
- Analytical thinking
- Detail oriented
- Strong communication skills
- Strong time management skills
- Strong organizational skills
- Strong decision making ability
- Ensure timely and accurate orders and transfers for SBA merchandise categories to both stores and DC’s
- Develop and implement necessary unique replenishment tactics on trend or highly seasonal categories/items
- Support efforts to revive or exit troubled or down trending categories
- Partner with Demand Planner, merchandising, and planning team to review inventory for upcoming sets as well as exiting product
- Provide data to planning team to monitor future inventory receipts vs. financial plan
- Review data with merchant team on key items to ensure support of sales during peak season
- Provide weekly update on status of key inventory issues
Qualification & Experience:
- Strong Excel and Access skills
- Experience with Microsoft Word, Power Point and Outlook a plus
- JDA experience a plus, not required
- 1-3+ years experience in Merchandising, Store Operations, Allocations, Supply Chain, and/or Replenishment.
- Bachelors degree or equivalent experience
- Business, Supply Chain, Finance, Retail or related field
Job Details:
Company: Michaels
Vacancy Type: Full Time
Job Location: Irving, Texas
Application Deadline: N/A
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