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Meijer · 2 hours ago

Manager, Product Flow Merchandise Services

Grand Rapids, MI

Full-time

Onsite

Mid, Senior Level

3+ years exp

Meijer is a family company that serves people and communities, providing opportunities centered around leadership and personal growth. The Manager of Product Flow Merchandise Services is responsible for leading a team to improve inventory management across Meijer’s supply chain and collaborating with various departments to ensure effective product flow and in-stock conditions.

Food ProcessingHealth CarePharmaceuticalRetail

Responsibilities

Develops and communicates the strategic vision and execution to enable the merchandising services team

Provides strategic thought and guidance to merchandising leadership (Inventory Managers/Planning Managers) on opportunities to improve product flow to the shelf and improve In Stock conditions for our customer

Leads with IT to deliver systems solutions for all teams including but not limited to automated replenishment (Demand/Fulfill), manual replenishment (allocation), store ordered replenishment (Digital Order Book)

Provides coaching, guidance, and direction to the Merchandising Services Analyst team to develop their individual skill set

Conducts fact based analysis on KPIs and SLAs to idenitify root cause issues and develops plans to resolve with all stakeholders

Develop and implement plans to ensure we are exceeding our high standards for stores undering any transformation work (new, remodel, closing)

Communicates with leadership to create understanding of system strategies and their impacts on various parts of the organization. This requires an understanding of our corporate environment and a willingness to engage everyone on the potential impact of changes

Communicates with Merchandise Operations Director and appropriate levels of the organization to recognize and raise issues or opportunities in a timely manner

Ensures processes, training, analytics, tools, implementations are effective and enterprise wide in nature

Exposes and supports the innovation across the organization to maximize talent resources

This job profile is not meant to be all inclusive of the responsibilities of this position; may perform other duties as assigned or required

Qualification

Supply Chain ManagementSystem DesignMerchandising SystemsProject ManagementSQLData AnalysisJDAOracleSAPLeadershipTechnical SkillsCommunication SkillsOrganizational SkillsPresentation SkillsWriting Skills

Required

3-5 years of experience as a manager of a business area, either in Planning, Merchandising, Supply Chain or IT

3-5 years of experience leading large staff, who in turn, have direct reports that span all capabilities of Merchandising, Planning and Supply Chain

Experience leading and influencing Information Technology staff (including off-shore developers)

3-5 years of system/process design and implementation

3-5 years using program/project management methodologies

3-5 years of experience with various advanced system integration including JDA, Oracle and SAP

Experience in internal and/or external consulting

Excellent organizational, planning, communication, presentation and writing skills

Superior technical skills, with an emphasis on business merchandising systems, relational databases, data sourcing and SQL; Data movement knowledge, theory and experience are a strong plus

Strong leadership skills across and upwards in the organization with a high proficiency in Excel and a strong understanding of statistics

Proven track record forming partnerships and influencing effectively across all areas of the organization

Must have a demonstrated ability to manage a diverse portfolio of projects, quickly mediate between competing priorities, and work effectively with IT colleagues, contractors, and business management

In depth knowledge of core merchandising systems and principals: Pricing, Promotions, Replenishment, Allocation, Product Management, Inventory Management