Manager - Supply Planning

Job Purpose

Inventory and Supply Planning

• Manage inventory levels across regional distribution centers, stores, outlets, and clearance locations.
• Monitor availability, excess, ageing, and slow-moving inventory and drive corrective actions.
• Develop stock movement and allocation plans based on demand, capacity, and business requirements.
• Optimize inventory to balance product availability and working capital.

Ageing and Clearance Management

• Drive liquidation of ageing and 18-month-plus stock through transfers, outlets, clearance, or approved write-offs.
• Manage defective, obsolete, and non-sellable stock write-offs with Finance and Warehouse teams.
• Plan outlet and clearance allocations based on capacity and performance.
• Monitor promotional pricing and stock liquidation initiatives.

Inventory Analysis and Control

• Analyze stock-take data, stock ageing, and RMS versus WMS variances.
• Identify inventory discrepancies and coordinate corrective actions with relevant teams.
• Monitor stock cover, availability, ageing, sell-through, and inventory accuracy KPIs.

Systems and Operations

• Maintain accurate and timely RMS and Shala updates for pricing, promotions, stock pullouts, and e-commerce requirements.
• Oversee local purchase order creation, invoice booking, procure-to-pay, and goods-received-note reconciliation.
• Ensure accurate COC and event files and inventory documentation.

Stakeholder Management

• Work with Buying, Brand Planning, Merchandising, Warehouse, Stores, Finance, E-commerce, and Quality teams.
• Provide inventory insights and recommendations and resolve supply and inventory-related issues.

Budget and Business Support

• Support yearly territory budgeting and phasing activities.
• Provide data for monthly and quarterly business reviews.
• Support territory inventory initiatives through analytical analysis and MIS.

Qualifications

• 8–10 years of relevant experience in supply planning.
• Strong experience across apparel and non-apparel categories, with exposure to large format stores.
• UAE experience is preferred.
• Advanced Excel and Power BI proficiency is mandatory.
• Experience analyzing sales, inventory, demand, and supply data for replenishment and inventory planning.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and stakeholder management skills.