Operations Planner – Victoria's Secret Beauty

Job description

Description

Mast Global, a wholly owned division of Lbrands, is a high-performance organization that brings together the production and sourcing, logistics, information technology and digital functions for the enterprise.  Together, Mast is the engine that powers Lbrands by providing the solutions and capabilities that help to “make, move and enable” our world-renown products and brands: Victoria’s Secret, Pink, and Bath & Body Works.  With more than 40 years of experience, Mast Global is known worldwide as a premier supply chain organization with a reputation for innovation, speed, efficiency and quality. Our teams strategically source and develop intimates, apparel, accessories and gifts, home fragrances and personal care products that create an emotional connection and brand loyalty with our customers.  

Mast Global is seeking an Operations Planner to support personal care product categories within the Victoria’s Secret brand. This position is located in our corporate office in New York, New York.

OVERVIEW:
Individual contributor responsible for managing the delivery of products to customers.  Manages a book of business to include supply chain planning, costing, financial communication, on-time delivery and inventory for assigned categories.  Responsible for working with customers to identify future supply chain requirements. Manages procurement of components to make product in conjunction with scheduling production of the finished product at vendors.  Ensures that the finished product is delivered to customer warehouses in a timely manner and works in conjunction with customers to prioritize production.  Works cross functionally with teams to support production and flow.  Responsible for the data integrity of Material Requirement Planning (MRP) that will enable a consistent planning horizon.  Identifies and executes speed initiatives.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Vendor Management
• Responsible for ordering and management of Component inventory & Finished Goods
• Manage S&OP between vendor and Brands
• Ensure vendor OT&C accountability at 95% or higher
• Expediting shipments /production to meet speed initiatives
• Short term and long term capacity planning
• Responsible for issuing component and finished good PO’s and the negotiation with vendors to secure production
• Communicates new launch forecasts and medium range receipt plans

Brand Management
• Build relationship as a trusted advisor
• Manage speed to market initiatives
• Responsible for communicating/updating changes to open orders – status reporting to brand partners – (OT&C accountability at 95%)
• Review & communicate feasibility & timing for all buy requests
• Informs Brand for use of excess inventory in Semi Annual Sales and Clearance buys; assist with component run-outs to reduce inventory liability
• Partners with Brand to develop new launch and medium range receipt plan

Speed and Agility
• Understand and support business and process changes
• Identifies opportunities to reduce lead times 
• Identifies opportunities to gain agility within the supply chain

Inventory Management
• Executes buys using SAP MRP ensuring all master data is accurate
• Manage to component inventory targets 
• Manage detailed Bill of Material (BOM) accuracy (waste factors & usage); work closely with Inv. Control during Book to Book to identify BOM (bill of material) issues & resolve
• Assist Inventory Control with Physical Inventory & provide support to resolve issues 
• Involved in quarterly review of Excess & Obsolete reconciliation and provides explanations/reason for excess inventory
• End of Season inventory management planning; ad hoc cycle counts and run outs to reduce liability
• Responsible for analyzing data, reviewing reports and resolving  issues to maintain a clean Book of Business with focus on inventory turns

Talent Management & Development
• Creation and execution of Individual Development Plan (IDP) / Personal Performance Objectives (PPO’s) / Quarterly Connects / Performance Review  in accordance with the performance management life cycle process
• Identify continuous learning opportunities for own development (ie. Learning Manager,  attend other meetings to gain insights, job shadowing, vendor visits, commodity schools)
• Participate in regular touch bases
• Train cross functional partners and participate in onboarding initiatives when appropriate 

Qualifications

• 3 – 5 years of production planning / supply chain / inventory management experience
• Experience in manufacturing and/or consumer goods/retail preferred
• Solid business acumen and ability to make recommendations and business decisions with supervisor
• System and computer proficiency (SAP, MSOffice)
• Ability to work in a fast paced environment with demonstrated initiative and ability to achieve results
• Ability to build and foster strong trusted advisor relationships with internal and external partners

EDUCATION:
• Bachelor’s degree in related field
• APICS, CPIM a plus

An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.