Supply Chain Coordinator

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Job Overview: The entry level Supply Chain Coordinator is a member of the Supply Chain team responsible for maintaining demand forecasts for assigned categories/brands, ensuring optimal inventory levels, and facilitating effective communication with various teams. Reporting to the Supply Chain Manager, this role plays a part in ensuring accurate data is delivered not only within the supply chain team but throughout the organization.

Primary Responsibilities:

1. Demand Forecast Maintenance & Inventory Transactions:

• Maintain demand forecasts for assigned categories/brands to achieve the right inventory mix based on product/sku types.
• Perform daily inventory transactions for domestic purchasing in the ERP system.
• Assist in reconciling inventory and/or invoice discrepancies with warehouse, payables team, and procurement sources.
• Coordinate with overseas (China-based) purchasing team to procure additional inventory under the direction of the Supply Chain Manager.

2. Collaboration and Customer Service:

• Coordinate with Sales and Customer Service Teams to respond to demand generation inquiries, providing exceptional customer service.

3. Data Collection and Analysis:

• Collect data from multiple sources (PowerBi, IFS-ERP, MS Excel) and package it in a usable format for purchasing/inventory decisions.

4. Reporting:

• Create weekly reports of open supply orders in MS Excel and communicate with outside brand partners to address possible delays.
• Create monthly reports for management, showcasing inventory balances and inbound supply schedules for new product launches.

5. System Management:

• Assist the Supply Chain team in implementing and training on new demand & requirements planning software, both internally and with our China supply chain team.
• Use data from brand partners to keep the ERP system updated, ensuring data integrity across the supply chain to include product phase-out effective dates.

6. Order Management:

• Manage order timelines and expectations from PO creation to warehouse delivery for domestic brand procurement.

7. Logistics Management:

• Manage inbound logistics as needed to support business requirements.

8. Continuous Improvement:

• Actively participate in the Corporate Continuous Improvement program, contributing ideas for process improvements within the scope of control.

9. Other Duties as assigned

Qualifications:

• 0-1 years’ experience in buyer/planner role (international or domestic)
• Familiar with procurement of varying volume and seasonality of demand.
• Professional communication/customer service skills in difficult situations
• Ability to work well within a small team to support a fast paced/evolving supply chain environment.
• Comfortable with ERP software and gathering data from multiple sources (software platforms and email/files)
• Ability to Identify, collect, analyze and report data and utilize it in decision making.
• Flexible with a mix of transactional and project analytical/research-based work
• Detail Oriented with a high degree of organization
• Able to work independently and must possess excellent prioritization and multitasking skills
• Ability to build new processes and revise current processes for continuous output.
• Utilizes CI principles to analyze the source of a problem and provides creative and effective solutions

Job Type: Full-time

Benefits:

• 401(k)
• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Professional development assistance
• Referral program
• Tuition reimbursement
• Vision insurance

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday

Ability to Relocate:

• Lawrence, MA 01843: Relocate before starting work (Required)

Work Location: In person