Manager, Inventory Management, Bath - Rejuvenation
Williams-Sonoma, Inc. · Portland, Oregon, US
About the Inventory Planning Team The Inventory Planning team is responsible for maximizing sales and margin through strategic inventory management.
Job description
About the Inventory Planning Team The Inventory Planning team is responsible for maximizing sales and margin through strategic inventory management. Overview of the Planning Manager role As the Inventory Planning Manager, you will be responsible for setting, directing and executing the inventory planning and management strategy for your product category. You will manage the team to execute planning and purchasing in accordance with brand financial plans, working to maximize fulfillment, minimize overstocks, and achieve optimum inventory levels for all selling channels. In partnership with Merchant, Sourcing, and sales Channel teams, you will review and make recommendations regarding merchandising plans and strategies. Responsibilities: - Manage the monthly Open-to-Buy process for your product category - Forecast sales, backorders, margin, receipts and end-of-period inventories. - Gain alignment from your merch partners - Present plan and variances to prior forecast to brand leadership, effectively communicating challenges to maintaining inventory to budget and proposing solutions - Collaborate with your merchant partners to build quarterly bottom-up sales, margin and receipt plans...