JOB TITLE: Jewelry Supply & Demand Planner

REPORTING TO: Jewelry Senior Supply Chain Manager

LOCATION:     Seoul, South Korea         

MAIN PURPOSE

As a key member of the Supply Chain Team, the Jewelry Supply & Demand Planner is responsible for defining and implementing the supply strategy to ensure optimal inventory levels in all distribution channels (Retail BTQs, Duty-free and E-com), in accordance with the central and regional guidelines. He/she will play a critical role in the development of the region, making him/her a strong contributor to business growth.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Demand Planning

• Review the collaborative forecast with local MKT & Central Operations, based on historical sales figures and projected trends, in line with market strategy and network objectives.
• Liaise and collaborate with Marketing, VM and Commercial teams to understand local trends, sales performance, changes in network, and customer feedback.
• Define and adjust assortment and model stock for the entire network (Internal BTQ, DF, E-com), in collaboration with Central operations.

2. Supply Planning

• Ensure that the inventory policies are well dimensioned to ensure proper replenishment.
• Anticipate stock needs during peak seasons and for all new store openings and renovations.
• Monitor stock level and allocate/rebalance stocks based on sales trend and assortment needs.
• Analyze the current stock situation and alert the related teams to the risk of shortage to prepare alternatives.
• Manage stock-related issues and all returns with Central Operations, Logistics team, and Operations executive.  

3. Reporting & Business Intelligence

• Creates, updates and uses Supply Chain related dashboards to monitor activities to anticipate shortages/overstocks and alert the affected departments accordingly. Reports on risks and opportunities.

4. Other duties

• Work on strategic projects
• Onsite support for events, BTQ opening/closing

JOB REQUIREMENTS:

• Bachelor's Degree or equivalent
• Over 3 yrs of experience in Supply & Demand Planning (Over 5 yrs of total work experience)
• Luxury industry experience and knowledge a plus
• Strong quantitative analytical skills & computer savvy
• Advanced Excel skills with preferred experience in SAP, Anaplan, and Power Bi
• Fluent in both Korean & English, French a plus
• Self-motivated, team player, positive attitude, ability to handle heavy workload and stress at times, good communicator, strong sense of proactivity, challenge the status quo