Job Purpose
To build excellent trading relationships with vendors and internal stakeholders, to obtain competitive advantage for Tech Data, through professional supply chain management. To manage inventory budget and operational activities in order to deliver high product availability and maximize vendor rebates, whilst keeping inventory levels and costs under a defined Annual Operating Plan. The role holder will also be required to manage stakeholder relationships for the specific business unit, and to deliver against operational initiatives to maximize revenue, vendor rebates, and market share.
Accountabilities
- Manage and maintain positive and productive stakeholder relationships with vendors and Product Marketing teams across Europe.
- Understand and work within all stock related clauses of vendor contracts to manage the resolution of risk inventory including aged and non-pristine inventory to drive down financial provisions and minimize Profit and Loss impacts.
- Direct accountability of vendor rebates linked to inventory (i.e. Sell-in targets, linearity targets, ending inventory).
- Transform a demand plan for finished goods into a supply plan for components.
- Develop and review monthly business plans by vendor with the Business Manager (BM) initiating vendor support as necessary to maintain optimum stock profiles.
- Work closely with BMs in negotiations with vendors towards agreed goals and objectives through proactive inventory management, whilst limiting stock risk through extended negotiated terms and conditions.
- Provide management & internal stakeholders with forecasts, including month-end closing views on inventory levels and inventory costs.
- Provide accurate weekly financial reconciliations (e.g. price changes, inventory depreciation).
- Monitor sales against forecasts and take appropriate action to maintain stock holding/profile within set budgets.
- Identify problem stock areas, review, monitor, and implement corrective and preventative actions to conclusion.
- Create a dedicated stocking policy for the assigned vendors within set policies and procedures and continually review and update where necessary.
- Direct accountability for key metrics of specific vendor set which includes (but is not exclusive to) availability, Days of Stock, Inventory Costs, and Line Item Fill Rate.
- Provision of regular management information to internal and external stakeholders as required.
- Own and manage through to completion any ad hoc projects as defined by the business.
- Represent Tech Data at all times in an efficient and professional manner.
Skills
- Good team player with experience of working in a virtual team.
- Strong negotiation skills.
- Strong inventory management & planning skills with the ability to understand and find continuous improvement areas within the supply chain.
- Ability to consistently meet and overachieve on targets and deadlines.
- High level of credibility with strong influencing skills.
- Strong relationship management, verbal and written communication skills at all levels.
- Proactive and self-motivated.
- Analytical, organized, with the ability to plan & juggle multiple priorities and maintain focus.
- Good IT skills, particularly in MS Office tools (Outlook, Excel) and inventory replenishment systems (SAP R3).
- Ability to express complicated and involved information in a concise and articulate manner.
- Ability to identify a problem and find the optimum solution.
Knowledge & Experience
- 5 years of experience in Supply Chain / Inventory Management / Demand Planning.
- 2 years of experience in IT or Distribution sector (business related areas).
- Experience within a Supply Chain environment ideally in a high-tech, high-value international environment.
- Experience of using a recognized supply chain demand planning tool.
- Experience in product marketing role in IT distribution is desirable.
Cultural Competency Requirements
- Within Tech Data diversity is one of our fundamental shared values. We are a multi-cultural environment and we pride ourselves on being a welcoming place of work where we celebrate inclusion and champion people from a multitude of backgrounds.
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