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Inventory Planner EMEA

Hoofddorp, Netherlands

Crocs, Inc. (NASDAQ: CROX) is a world leader in innovative casual footwear for men, women and children. The company offers several distinct shoe collections with more than 300 four-season footwear styles. All Crocs™ shoes feature Croslite™ material, a proprietary, revolutionary technology that gives each pair of shoes the soft, comfortable, lightweight, non-marking and odor-resistant qualities that Crocs wearers know and love. Crocs fans “Get Crocs Inside” every pair of shoes, from the iconic clog to new sneakers, sandals, boots and heels. Since its inception in 2002, Crocs has sold more than 200 million pairs of shoes in more than 90 countries around the world. 

Introduction on the role: 

The EMEA Inventory Planner is responsible for ensuring delivery of European Demand Planning procurement requirements while driving best-practice of inventory management processes. Focus to deliver On-time/in-full and drive excellent customer service while driving to the shortest customer lead time. 

What will you do? 

Manage inventory levels 

  • Responsible for meeting Service Level Agreement, Open to Buy targets and financial goals. 
  • Interface with factory planners on short/long-term capacity constraints and assess impact on supply plans and sales. 
  • Analyze Excess report, identify root cause, trends & improve process 
  • Review consumption and take action (adjust supply, communicate shortages/excess)  
  • Analyze forecast trends and set inventory strategy safety stock levels to optimize inventory levels 

Planning orders & sourcing 

  • Monitor Planned Orders status and place POs in ERP within business requirements 
  • Work with supply sources & countries on stock replenishment 
  • Ensure product is shipped ex source on the requested delivery date and expedite as necessary 
  • Monitor sales and create supply plans for Europe and highlight/respond to exceptions. Take appropriate actions and communicate to order management, sales groups and channels. 
  • Review for planning parameter changes, compliance to business rules (lead times, launch dates) and errors. 

Analysis and reporting 

  • Perform demand/supply gap analysis and supply capacity analysis and identify issues and actions such as demand/supply imbalance and lead time variance 
  • Manage and report on order book integrity across manufacturing, sales and planning groups 

Process improvement and other support 

  • Support strategic analysis, projects for process improvement 
  • Review size curve analysis and recommend/implement changes as needed  
  • Manage projects and provide status updated  
  • Improve existing tools/processes to support changing strategies  
  • Create new tools/processes to support changing strategies  
  • Identify opportunities for process improvement and communicate to management 

 

Who are you? 

  • Bachelor’s degrees 
  • Previous experience in Inventory, Demand or Supply planning role 
  • Fluent English speaking and writing skills. 
  • Understanding of inventory management, S&OP, and integrated business planning process 
  • Excellent Microsoft Excel skills 
  • Strong organizational skills with eyes for details 
  • Strong communication, presentation, analytical and problem-solving skills required 
  • International experience- comfort level with different cultures, languages, etc. 
  • Knowledge of demand planning tools & software (SAP/MRP) 
  • Experience with Demand Planning tools is a plus. 

 

What do we offer? 

  • A job within a unique environment with a 'startup dynamic' under the umbrella of a fast growing and solid global brand. 
  • 40 hours per week, in-office and remote combined, a fair salary, good pension arrangement and a bonus opportunity. 
  • Fun workplace, innovating working environment. 
  • 25 paid holidays. 
  • 50% discount on the most comfortable shoes in the world. 
  • A healthy work environment with discounts on your gym membership. 
  • Our great training curriculum with a global eLearning platform offers you a lot of room for personal growth to get a little bit better every day. 
  • And so much more! 

 

Sounds pretty amazing right? Well, what are you waiting for?!  

We value diversity and provide equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. 

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