The ideal candidate will have a strong background in delivering Supply Chain Planning or Inventory Planning projects, with proven experience managing cross-functional teams, engaging stakeholders, and ensuring successful implementation of planning solutions that drive operational efficiency and business value.
Lead the end-to-end delivery of Inventory Planning & Replenishment (IP&R) projects, ensuring successful execution from project initiation through deployment and post-go-live support.
Develop and manage comprehensive project plans, including scope, timelines, budgets, resource allocation, milestones, risks, dependencies, and governance.
Partner with Supply Chain, Merchandising, Operations, IT, and business stakeholders to define project objectives, business requirements, and implementation strategies.
Drive initiatives focused on demand forecasting, inventory optimization, replenishment planning, allocation strategies, and supply chain process improvements.
Monitor project progress, manage risks and issues, and implement mitigation plans to ensure timely and high-quality project delivery.
Coordinate business requirement gathering, solution design reviews, system integration, testing (SIT), User Acceptance Testing (UAT), deployment, and hypercare activities.
Collaborate with business users to optimize inventory planning policies, replenishment parameters, ordering logic, safety stock strategies, and master data management.
Define, monitor, and report key performance indicators (KPIs), including forecast accuracy, inventory turns, fill rates, stock availability, service levels, and replenishment effectiveness.
Facilitate project governance meetings, executive steering committee updates, status reporting, and stakeholder communications.
Support organizational change management initiatives by coordinating user training, documentation, communication plans, and adoption of new business processes.
Ensure compliance with project management best practices, quality standards, and organizational governance throughout the project lifecycle.
Mentor project team members and foster collaboration across business and technology teams.
Bachelor''s degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Information Technology, or a related field.
7+ years of Project Management experience delivering Supply Chain Planning, Inventory Planning, or Replenishment projects.
Strong understanding of Inventory Planning, Demand Forecasting, Replenishment, Allocation, and Inventory Optimization processes.
Proven experience managing cross-functional teams across Supply Chain, Operations, Merchandising, and IT organizations.
Demonstrated expertise in managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, dependencies, vendor coordination, and stakeholder communications.
Experience leading enterprise system implementations, enhancements, testing, UAT, deployment, and production support.
Strong leadership, communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
Experience working in Agile, Waterfall, or hybrid project delivery environments.
Proficiency with project management tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Azure DevOps, or similar platforms.
Experience with one or more Supply Chain Planning or Inventory Planning solutions, including:
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