Sr. Manager Demand Planning & Allocation - Cat Consumables

About the Team

Our Merchandise Planning and Allocation (MP&A) teams are the driving forces behind making the organization’s product visions available to our consumers through calculated and strategic measures. Your involvement in sales and margin forecasts, promotional performance analysis, inventory management, and vendor relationships will play a critical role in obtaining goals while maintaining PetSmart’s reputation in the market as a trusted partner to pet parents.

About the Location

Collaborative Work Environment:At PetSmart, teamwork and connection are core to how we thrive. This role is based at our Phoenix Home Office, with an expectation of working a minimum of four days in the office each week. In a standard work week, associates may work up to one remote “flex day” (with leader approval). Our hybrid approach is designed to foster strong collaboration while also supporting flexibility and individual success.

About the Job

This position is responsible for developing the overall merchandise inventory and demand planning strategies for their respective Division. This position requires a proven knowledge and background of inventory planning and Allocation practices and alignment with your cross functional partners.  It also requires a deep knowledge of Microsoft excel & Allocation systems.  This position will leverage the candidates analytical and leadership skill sets to influence the decision-making process and deliver the merchandise inventory & demand planning objectives.

• Sales and Margin
• Inventory, turns, DOS
• Store In-stocks and Fill Rate
• PO On time and Fill Rate
• Implement best practices to support PetSmart growth

 

As a Senior Manager Merchandise Demand Planning & Allocation, you will be responsible for leading the development of accurate forecast and inventory plans (sales, inventory and turn) that support the merchandise strategy and financial objectives for your respective division. Also, you will be responsible for leading both the Demand Planning decision making process and Allocation decisions for all departments within your area of responsibility as well as, identifying and communicating opportunities for improvement to your manager while working with your peers and business partners to enable an effective cross functional team.  In addition to that, you will: 

• Provide strategic and day-to-day leadership for the Demand Planning team, building capability, driving adoption of best practices, and ensuring the team effectively partners with Merchandising, Allocation, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver divisional objectives.
• Achieves Sales, Margin, and Inventory Turnover and other KPIs as designated to plan.
• Develop & lead overall division strategy vision, policies, resources, and execution plans to align to the corporate strategy.
• Lead & participate in the seasonal, annual, and long-range strategic and financial planning across a wide array of vendor (direct and external), customer, and merchandising segments.
• Train and lead team to use consumer insights and data combined with a structured test and learn approach to maximize growth opportunities.
• Leads, executes and measures performance against the business planning and product creation calendars to drive timely and informed decision making.
• Supports the VP & Director to present within various strategic meetings for the division (vendor, business reviews, and other meetings)
• Partner with Sr Manager Financial planning to help manage Seasonal Planning, Ladder Planning.
• Manages the end-to-end process of demand planning and allocation optimization, including in-stock and service levels for funded items and promotional product; set targets and achieves plans for inventory and space productivity required to support the sales, gross margin and in-stock plans, maintain high levels of promotional product availability during promotional periods while minimizing ad residue, and optimizing end-caps, drive aisle, and in-line storytelling and integration consistent with consumer shopping patterns.
• Successfully manages department and SKU level planning to reflect unique store and merchandise assortments, including localization, that allows for sharp transition between selling periods.
• Leads the development and execution of demand planning, including information sharing and problem solving with vendors around purchase orders, capacities, forecasting, and network inventory flow and optimization
• Manages the creation, accuracy, & communication of vendor demand plans.
• Responsible for management and maintenance of order policy and all business metrics within.
• Actively create and lead special projects that drive growth opportunities.
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