The Operations Coordinator will be responsible for day-to-day management of all aspects of seasonal and year-round businesses. In addition, this individual will drive key operational strategies to align with the customer on inventory expectations and optimal replenishment settings that achieve high forecast accuracies, high in-stock metrics, and best in class service levels.
Responsibilities:
- Day-to-day order management, allocations, and tracking for assigned accounts/brands
- Monitor and manage workflows to meet deadlines and deliverables
- Weekly order/inventory reporting highlighting business opportunities and risks
- Collaborate with sales and planning team on new item startups, order level, stock outs and/or forecasting opportunities to drive sales
- Main point of contact for operational inquiries and issues
- Communicate changes, updates and progress to relevant internal and external partners
- Track inventory from overseas to ensure receipt timing meets customer expected ship window
- Champion innovative ideas and solutions for continuous improvement within the team and the customer
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant work experience
- Minimum of 4 years of experience in order management, replenishment, supply chain, sales forecasting or inventory management
- Experience working with mass retailers and their retailer systems preferred
- SAP experience preferred
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to interact effectively with both internal and external partners
- Strong attention to detail, with the ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize effectively.
- High Proficiency in Excel as well as an overall analytical background
- Ability to work alone and in a team-based environment that enables & develops relationships across functional stakeholders
- High level of energy and sense of urgency, strategic thinker, self-starter, strong organizational and problem-solving skills