Job Description
Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:
Supply Chain Planning creates one integrated end-to-end Supply Chain Plan, striving for business optimum across the full planning horizon and network in close collaboration with our business partners, powered by the S&OP platform and leveraging scenario planning.
Provide service excellence to all Business Units & Markets through a strong understanding of their purchase order (PO) related needs. Take end-to-end responsibility for monitoring POs from placement through confirmation, shipment, and delivery/availability, proactively resolving issues and coordinating stakeholders to ensure delivery performance and adherence to market SLAs.
Key Responsibilities:
- Execute business control processes for relevant areas; translate risks and opportunities into actions following business principles
- Monitor PO change requests (e.g., short, partial shipments, customer request changes, customer dedicated amendments) and proactively identify changes not expected.
- Drive unique processes focused on market needs, adapting global to local.
- Manage root-cause analysis and corrective/preventive actions with cross-functional stakeholders; track actions to closure.
- Provide clear visibility to stakeholders through weekly operational reporting, escalations, and decision-ready summaries.
- Maintain governance on priorities and escalations (what/when/who), ensuring fast decision-making and documented outcomes.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives (process standardization, automation, system enhancements) to reduce manual work and recurring delivery issues
Key Relationships:
- Liaison Offices (LO's)
- Market Supply Chain Management
- Planning Services
- Global Product Supply
Knowledge Skills and Abilities:
- Service-minded and consumer/customer oriented
- Team player
- Analytical thinking and ability to solve problems
- Comfortable with learning internal systems as Business ticketing platform
- Good knowledge of MS Office and SAP
- Fluent in English, additional language is a plus
Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:
- 1-3 years of experience in supply chain management, operations or planning, preferably in the Accessories, Apparel or Footwear industries
