Instock Manager, WWGS Inventory Management
Key job responsibilities
- Manage inventory availability and inventory health through buying strategies, vendor operational improvements (fill rates, on-time, lead time), forecasting and shrink reduction.
- Drive cross-functional strategic initiatives to improve customer experience and overall cost structure of the business.
- Perform complex business analysis to identify business opportunities to improve revenue and profitability.
- Partner with internal teams to develop tools, automation, and process improvements that affect purchasing and vendor management workflows.
- Deep dive Instock performance to develop insights and represent this perspective in discussions with stakeholders across the organization.
A day in the life
In your day-to-day role, you'll be responsible for the supply chain and inventory management for your assigned categories/sites. You'll continuously deliver results while creating new processes for improvement. You'll analyze data to optimize inventory levels, work with vendors on operational improvements, and partner with internal teams on automation initiatives. You'll also lead cross-functional initiatives that improve customer experience and enable new capabilities for our business, requiring you to pivot based on new challenges and learning.
About the team
The Worldwide Grocery Stores Inventory Management Team is building the future of grocery shopping for our customers, rooted in our innovative supply chain. We are expanding availability of perishable products across our network for both new and existing programs. Our team values problem-solving, analytical thinking, and supply chain understanding. We thrive in a high-energy environment where tactical and strategic activities are driven in parallel, and we're not afraid to roll up our sleeves to deliver results.
Basic Qualifications
- Bachelor's degree
- 2+ years of supply chain, inventory management or project management experience
- 2+ years of with Excel experience
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience with advanced use of SQL for data mining and business intelligence, or experience in identifying, leading, and executing opportunities to improve, automate, standardize or simplify finance or business tools and processes
- Experience in Excel with advanced proficiency (pivots, lookups, etc.)
- Experience handling ambiguous or undefined challenges through strong problem solving abilities
- Experience working in fast paced environments, and managing workload even during times of stress, or escalated activity
- Experience with end-to-end ownership of major project deliverables