Purpose & Overall Relevance for the Organization:

• This position is responsible for DC capacity and operations pre-season planning to enable DC operations in meeting business targets and customer demand.
• The person will also play a critical role in establishing and in enhancing end-to-end Sales and Operations Planning for 3DC/EC 3PL.
• Drive and coordinate inventory projection to monitor inventory status comparing to target, to lead and follow up on inventory actions with cross functional team.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform all DCs including our own DCs and 3PL DCs’ storage and processing capacity and operations planning, for DC Operations to deliver products and service to customers, based the agreed service level agreement.
• Lead monthly rolling volume forecast including all channels and all type of goods movement in the alignment with products budget and incorporate into S&OP and RFC meeting process.
• Drive DC strategic network study to align with the requirement of adidas China business growth.
• Communicate routine planning updates and special project handling to DC operational teams to plan the actions with alignment to achieve the business targets.
• Understand DC floor operations to review, analyse and improve DC pre-wave planning for the best utilization of equipment and people resources.
• Understand both B2B and B2C business plan, business model and end to end process from range planning to product arrival.
• Support and coordinate deployment activities from start to end, especially for B2B deployment activities or process enhancement.
• Maintain a working knowledge of relevant technology/systems that supports DC Planning and KPI reporting, provide properly structured input and feedback to IT and Systems regarding ongoing issues and further enhancement.
• Assign the right DC to specially for B2B customers to the right locations at the lowest cost and still meet service level target, find the optimal mix of inventory for each DC, identify efficient model between initial allocation and replenishment, finetune regional study based on current network design to improve deployment efficiency as well as region cover region ratio.
• Set performance target with high standards, proactively identify training and development needs, find improvement opportunity of the deployment team, continues to understand end-to-end business process, work together more effectively with other functions.

Key Relationships:

• PS
• Order Book Fulfilment
• DC Operations
• Transportation
• WHS/BP&O
• Own Retail/Factory Outlet
• E Commerce
• OMB
• Finance
• IT

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge and experience DC planning and operation is required, EC planning is desired.
• Skill with an emphasis on communications both externally and internally across x functions.
• Must have strong analytical skills and logical thinking with paying high attention to details.
• Capable of performing multiple tasks under time constraints.
• Competency with MS Excel, Word, PPT, Access and Project.
• Strategic, self-motivated, open-minded and ability to work independently and under pressure with minimal supervision.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree or above, majored in SCM/Logistics/IT.
• 4+ years working experience.
• Solid planning experience.
• Familiar with BI system.
• Experience in retail or FMCG a plus