About The Team
The Network Supply & Assortment Planner is responsible for managing assortment eligibility, ensuring compliance to FBS program criteria, and aligning product strategy with Commercial teams. The role also oversees supply performance and inventory distribution across the warehouse network, ensuring optimal stock availability at both country and warehouse levels to support business growth and operational targets.
Job Description
- Assortment Strategy & Compliance Management
- Manage and execute the FBS assortment list, ensuring all products meet the acceptable criteria (category rules, operational feasibility, compliance requirements).
- Collaborate with Commercial teams to align on assortment strategy and expansion plans, including category prioritization, SKU selection, and inventory readiness.
- Monitor assortment performance and compliance, identifying SKUs that fall outside agreed criteria (e.g., low demand, operational constraints, size/weight issues).
- Alert Commercial and related teams when assortment thresholds are exceeded (e.g., oversized items, low rotation SKUs, or excessive long-tail listings).
- Support periodic review of the assortment list to maintain a healthy and operationally viable SKU portfolio.
- Provide insights on SKU efficiency, contribution, and optimization opportunities.
- Network Supply & Inventory Management
- Monitor national-level supply health and translate it into warehouse-level inventory requirements.
- Track key supply metrics: stock readiness, inbound completion, coverage days, allocation efficiency, and inventory imbalance.
- Coordinate with Replenishment, IB Planning, and Warehouse teams to address supply gaps, delays, or forecasting misalignments.
- Identify SKU-level or site-level risks early and escalate with proposed action plans (e.g., rebalancing, fast-track inbound, removal of ineffective SKUs).
- Support the design and improvement of network supply planning logic and processes.
- Cross-functional Alignment & Reporting
- Act as the key operations contact point between Supply Planning, Commercial, IB/OB Planning, and Warehouse regarding assortment and inventory matters.
- Prepare regular reports and dashboards on assortment compliance and supply health
- Provide data-driven insights to support decision-making on SKU strategy, product onboarding, and warehouse stocking policies.
- Participate in troubleshooting sessions to improve upstream planning accuracy and WH fulfillment KPIs.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Operations Management, Business Administration, or related field.
- From 2 years of experience in supply planning, inventory management, merchandising, or assortment management (e-commerce or FMCG preferred).
- Comfortable working with SKU-level data and operational supply metrics.
- Proficient in Excel (pivot, lookup, logic formulas). Power BI or SQL is a plus.
- Strong communication and ability to coordinate across teams.
- Detail-oriented, proactive, and able to manage tasks across multiple warehouses and categories.
