eCommerce Inventory Manager

Company: Dollar Tree Stores
Location: Chesapeake
Posted on: June 21, 2022

Job Description:

The eCommerce Inventory Manager position is a great opportunity to grow and develop merchandise planning and allocation skills in the digital space and is part of the Digital Commerce Services team at Dollar Tree and Family Dollar. The Ecommerce Inventory Manager will be primarily responsible for planning and executing the inventory receipts and flow for both Dollar Tree and Family dollar and will work closely with Category Managers, Operations and Marketing with execution of both tactical and strategic initiatives.Principal Duties & Responsibilities:

• Oversee all aspects of e-Commerce inventory management and financial forecasting and planning
• Partner with various leaders within the organization including Merchandising, Marketing, and Warehouse Management to monitor and execute inventory and financial plans to drive to enterprise level digital plan
• Demonstrate the company's core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion, and safety
• Create and revise all components of a rolling merchandise forecast for total enterprise e-Commerce division at a daily / monthly / quarterly level including sales, margin, receipts, inventory, and turn
• Partner and align with operations and fulfillment centers on sales and operation plans (SOP) which includes all digital promotional activities, outbound orders, and inbound receipts to ensure service-level agreements (SLA's) are met
• Partner with category managers (CM) and assortment managers on enterprise sku assortment to determine needed inventory levels
• Collaborate and independently make day-to-day decisions which affect gross margin dollars
• Partner with the category managers and assortment managers to influence promotional plans
• Analyze and anticipate selling patterns to influence replenishment strategy with Store partners
• Conduct detailed pre- and post-seasonal and promotional analysis, and present insights and recommendation to CM team and leadership
• Perform analysis to identify areas of risk and opportunity and help create action plans
• Monitor inventory levels to ensure adequate supply, identify risk from excess inventory
• Partner with category managers and assortment managers to determine correct quantities for buys and reserves while maintaining accountability for stock turns
• Create annual plans alongside category management team and present to senior leadership
• Maintain high levels of promotional/seasonal product availability during promotional/seasonal periods while minimizing aging and discontinued inventory levels
• Drill into inventory levels and quality of inventory to recommend optimum use of receipt dollarsQualifications
  • 5+ years' experience in one of the following areas: replenishment buying/procurement, merchandising, store management, operations, or brand management
  • Demonstrated ability to coach and train
  • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Proficient in Microsoft Office
  • Strong organization and multi-tasking skills
  • Strong communication skills
  • Excellent attention to detail

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