Senior Inventory Lifecycle Planner
hace 4 días
Watford
Senior Inventory Lifecycle Planner COMPANY OVERVI EW Designer Parfums is a fast growing, dynamic global fragrance company in the perfume & cosmetics industry, with a UK base in London and international ambition, with active business in around 70 marke ts. We are a small family-owned business, and we are proud to create, develop, and distribute brands from a fantastic portfolio of heritage classics to celebrity trend-led fragrances. We are brand owners and licensees for GHOST, JENNIFER LOPEZ, HAWAIIAN TROPIC, CERRUTI, PLAYBOY & JEAN LOUIS SCHERRER and proud to be distributors for ARIANA GRANDE, GUY LAROCHE, PILOMA PICASSO, AIGNER & G ANT. Our employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe that Designer Parfums is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, Agile and Approachable while meeting our business g oals. JOB P URPOSETo assume responsibility for managing finished goods and component end-of-life through collaboration with internal cross-functional teams to achieve the goal of minimising negative P&L impacts. Liaising with Brand and Sales leaders to identify commercial opportunities for finished goods, components and point of sales materials.Managing activities from ideation through to the products being sold. Fostering strong internal relationships at all levels to ensure achievement of business targets and me trics.In parallel, the role plays a key part in developing and embedding best practice Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes to support ongoing control, governance and reporting of inventory ageing, obsolescence and write ‑offs. Inventory/Stock Aged & Life-Cycle Man • agementWork with Brand Leadership, Sales and Commercial teams to identify alternative uses and recovery routes for obsolete or surplus stock, inc, • luding:Secondary and clearance sales c, • hannelsExport or alternative market opport, • unitiesPromotional bundles, gift sets or composite p, • roductsOne‑off or limited‑edition rework, • ed SKUsLead the monthly Aged/End-of-Life Stock Review meetings with the relevant business partners, ensuring clarity of status, actions, and rep, • orting.Ensure the timely and successful creation of one-off product projects to utilise excess or obsolete components, creating saleable SKU if/where re, • quired.Manage the internal commercial team’s commitments to take/sell end-of-life and/or composite products, ensuring activities/projects are com pleted. Compliance, Quality & Regulatory Go • vernancePartner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure that all proposed lifecycle so, • lutions:Comply with applicable legislation and regulatory requ, • irementsMeet brand, quality and safety s, • tandardsAre suitable for the intended market and sales, • channelEnsure regulatory constraints (ingredients, labelling, batch coding, market authorisations) are fully assessed before ex ecution. SAP Transactional Ownership & • ExecutionExecute and manage all SAP transactions required to implement approved lifecycle outcomes, i, • ncluding:Creation or amendment of Bills of Material (BOMs) for reworked or composite, • productsRaising and managing purchase orders where additional materials or services are, • requiredCreation, release and tracking of production orders where rework or repacking is, • requiredEnsure stock movements, consumption and postings are accurate, auditable and aligned with finance requ, • irements.Act as the SAP subject matter coordinator for lifecycle‑related inventory activity. Destruction, Write‑Off & • GovernanceIdentify inventory where no viable secondary or rework soluti, • on exists.Prepare clear, data‑led business cases for destruction or write‑off approval,, • including:Stock quantities, • and valuesAgeing and impairmen, • t exposureOptions considered and rationale fo, • r disposalCoordinate approved destruction activities with Warehouse, Finance and third‑party partners, ensuring full documentation and audit c omplia • nce.SKILLSProactive approach to problem solving with a starter-finisher, • approach.Strong communication and relationship management skills across all levels of l, • eadership.Proven track record of managing data related projects within a similar or global FMCG en, • vironment.Ability to analyse and interpret data to identify stock risk and sales oppo, • rtunities.Analytical and reporting skills in Microsoft Excel, including the use of data management formulas such as Vlookup and Piv ot tables.