Sr. Analyst Fulfillment Planning LTD

Purpose:

To provide the Distribution Center (DC) Network with short- and medium-term forecasts to enable strong operational planning. Manage activities to achieve plans, with the aim of supporting achievement of DC SLAs, Cost Targets and North America (NAM) Commercial expectations. Lead weekly S&OP meetings with stakeholders, and coordinate efforts to resolve capacity constraints that can put commercial goals at risk. Maintain accuracy of data collected and reported in OVOTT report (One Version Of The Truth).

Key Responsibilities:

Fulfillment Planning

• Collate short- to medium-term (1-11 month) packing and shipping forecasts for the NAM DCs from NAM SCM channel SPOCs and manage actions to achieve NAM COTIF targets.
• Publish forecasts in Power BI to create one version of the truth (OVOTT) for the DCs and rest of NAM SCM, along with overloads and underloads based on DC capacities.
• Review the current month forecast for all DCs on a regular basis and work with NAM SCM channel SPOCs to revise forecast and shipping expectations, as needed.
• Monitor the trend of delivery note creation, invoicing and ready for collection towards the DC forecasts and drive actions to achieve forecast.
• Monitor capacity constraints and coordinate discussions and actions to mitigate impact.
• Lead weekly S&OP/Fulfillment Execution Meetings and monthly Fulfillment Review Meetings and collect relevant content from functions outside of Fulfillment Planning, as needed.
• Coordinate meetings to review forecast accuracy, track drivers for the forecast variances, estimate cost, and explore options to improve accuracy and stability
• Create and publish backlog reporting for the DCs and rest of NAM SCM.

Inventory and Storage

• Collate updated inbound data, fulfillment plan and on hand inventory data to create and publish Storage Projection Model.
• Align with Strategic and Tactical Deployment Teams on any significant supply shifts that aren't yet reflected in inbound or on hand inventory data to make manual updates to the Storage Projection Model.
• Align with DC leaders quarterly on storage capacities assumed in Storage Projection Model.
• Prepare content for monthly NAM Network Update with NAM SCM SLT (senior leadership team) as delegated by Sr. Manager.

Daily Operations

• Strive to continuously improve our processes and system infrastructure to reduce costs and improve COTA / COTIF.
• Initiate and drive further system developments; specify and test functionality enhancements in any and all SCM systems impacted by the system development.
• Lead projects and manage Fulfillment Planning's deliverables for ongoing projects, as needed; define timelines and milestones, write project briefs and define specifications, as required.
• Continue to advance the OVOTT dashboard

Personal

• Responsible for working with manager to build personal development plan and seeking out resources, support and training, as needed.

Key Relationships:

• Deployment
• Distribution Center Operations
• Inbound Planning
• Orderbook Fulfillment
• DTC Excellence
• Finance
• Product Supply
• Demand Planning

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• In-depth knowledge of supply chain mechanics.
• Process thinking.
• Strong reporting & analytical skills.
• Operations, as well as commercial, mindset.
• Demonstrating initiative and acting results oriented.
• Ability to accept and meet critical deadlines with good planning and organization skills.
• Strong communication skills.

Requisite Education and Experience / Minimum Qualifications:

• A university degree with emphasis in the areas of business, information systems, logistics or operations, or equivalent on-the-job experience
• 3-5 years of work experience in supply chain management
• Warehouse/distribution experience preferred
• Strong skills in ERP (SAP)/WMS systems & Microsoft Office Suite, especially Power BI
• Advanced Excel skills required
• Working knowledge of Databricks
• Alteryx experience a plus
• Fluent in English (oral and in writing)

• Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at adidas means championing individual uniqueness and cultivating a culture of belonging in which everyone can create at their best. We embrace diverse backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives and seek to create a workforce that reflects our consumers and communities.
• adidas offers robust and progressive medical, including HSA (Health Savings Account) with employer funding or FSA (Flexible Spending Account) options, dental, vision, prescription drug coverage, adoption, with surrogate and fertility support, short and long-term disability, and basic life and AD&D insurance, which can be supplemented with employee-paid coverage. Employees are able to enroll in adidas' 401k plan and Stock Purchase Plan with employer match. Full-time employees are eligible for education assistance and generous Leave policies including 14 weeks of paid parental leave.
• Employees are eligible to earn an annual bonus based on both company and personal performance. Employees accrue prorated flexible time off in the amount .4388 hours per day that increases with years of service, twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year and Service Time Off during milestone years.
• We officially returned to office in a hybrid work environment, working 3 days in office and 2 days remote. The working location of this position is Portland, Oregon.
• Though our teammates hail from all corners of the world, our working language is English.