Company Name: Kroger Logistics
Position Type: Employee
FLSA Status: Exempt

Position Summary:

Oversee all aspects of e-Commerce inventory management and financial forecasting and planning. Partner with various leaders within the organization including merchandising, marketing, and warehouse management to monitor and execute inventory and financial plans in order to drive to enterprise level digital plan. Demonstrate the company’s core values of respect, honesty, integrity, diversity, inclusion and safety.

Essential Job Functions:

• Direct and implement strategic direction of enterprise ecommerce inventory planning team
• Lead S&OP process ensuring synergies and collaboration between planning and warehouse
• Create and communicate daily, period level total enterprise digital forecast along with potential risk to yearly plan
• Collaborate with key stakeholders within enterprise Digital Experience to drive the overall plan
• Oversee inventory planning and purchasing for enterprise wide e-Commerce assortment
• Coordinate, communicate, and partner on all e-Commerce banner promotional activities with regards to inventory needs and warehouse KPI’s to help drive service-level agreement (SLA) standards
• Manage and maximize e-Commerce profit and inventory levels through vendor relationship
• Align with cross functional stakeholders on all components of e-Commerce enterprise financial forecasting including sales, traffic, conversion, average order value (AOV) store openings, throttle capacity, etc.
• Prepare, manage, and communicate divisional and category level digital forecast
• Partner with various marketing and merchandising area owners to understand impacts to overall digital KPI’s based on enterprise campaigns and strategies as well as post mortem results
• Research and understand financial ecommerce KPI risks at a daily, period, yearly level to plan numbers and strategize with various business owners and management to continually maximize revenue growth
• Partner with 84.51 on customer behavior and spend within each modality and enterprise level to ensure continual digital growth
• Collaborate with digital operations team to understand store opening impacts and identify plan risks based on calendar and divisional roll outs
• Manage and maintain effective communication with cross-functional partners
• Complete daily ad hoc business analysis
• Supervise and coach direct reports in the performance of their duties; complete performance reviews and provide feedback to direct reports
• Travel to work campuses to attend company meetings
• Must be able to perform the essential functions of this position with or without reasonable accommodation

Minimum Position Qualifications/Education:

• Bachelor’s degree
• 7+ years’ experience in one of the following areas: eCommerce, sourcing, replenishment buying/procurement, merchandising
• Excellent oral/written communication skills and extreme attention-to-detail
• Proficient Microsoft Office skills

Desired Previous Job Experience:

• Demonstrated leadership experience

Education Level: Bachelor's Desired
Required Travel: Up to 25%
Required Certifications/Licenses: None
Position Type: Full-Time
Regions: General Office- Cincinnati

States: Ohio; Indiana; Kentucky
Keywords: eCommerce, Forecasting, Inventory, Vitacost

Jobs at Kroger Logistics: Kroger Logistics is a best-in-class supply chain team that services our more than 2,500 grocery and convenience stores that stretch coast-to-coast across the U.S., including Alaska. We are comprised of more than 30 distribution centers, regional freight centers, transportation and office locations. In Kroger Logistics, we offer career opportunities in Safety, Professional Driving, Warehouse Operations, International Logistics, Engineering, Supply Chain and Human Resources. If you are looking for an ever-changing, fast-paced environment focused on supporting our Customer 1St Strategy, we welcome your online application.

Company Overview: Kroger Family of Companies employs nearly half a million associates who serve over 11 million customers daily through a seamless shopping experience under a variety of banner names. At The Kroger Co., we are Fresh for Everyone™ and dedicated to our Purpose: To Feed the Human Spirit®. We are committed to creating #ZeroHungerZeroWaste communities by 2025. Careers with The Kroger Co. and our family of companies offer competitive wages, flexible schedules, benefits and room for advancement.

Posting Notes: OH || Blue Ash || 11300 Cornell Park Drive || 45242 || Kroger Logistics || None || Inventory & Replenishment; Logistics/Supply Chain; Management || Employee || Exempt || Full-Time || None