Job Description

When you join Verizon

You want more out of a career. A place to share your ideas freely — even if they’re daring or different. Where the true you can learn, grow, and thrive. At Verizon, we power and empower how people live, work and play by connecting them to what brings them joy. We do what we love — driving innovation, creativity, and impact in the world. Our V Team is a community of people who anticipate, lead, and believe that listening is where learning begins. In crisis and in celebration, we come together — lifting our communities and building trust in how we show up, everywhere & always. Want in? Join the V Team Life. What you'll be doing…

The Channel Allocation Supply Chain Planning Manager will be responsible for day to day operational results, strategic direction, and overall analytics for the indirect agent channel. Specific functions include supply planning, CPFR processes, review & interpret forecasts, agent management and collaboration with internal partners like Device Marketing, Indirect Operations and other cross functional teams. This position will need to interpret upcoming marketing shifts and anticipate their impacts. The ability to interpret data, make decisions and implement change will be essential. This is a high impact, highly visible, multi-market position in the Supply Chain organization.

• Applying advanced analytic techniques to understand and optimize the Supply Chain inventory levels.

• Validating SKU optimization and inventory optimization analytics for strategic long term planning in collaboration with indirect agents.

• Validating agents forecast accuracy metrics and communicate results accordingly.

• Action SKU optimization analytics to determine store stocking strategy.

• Managing Demand Planning/forecasting with the ability to multitask and meet deadlines.

• Collaborating cross Functionally with product managers and forecasting team.

• Strategically push out/pull in inventory to agents and/or retail due to market conditions, promotions or any other factors that would influence the demand plan.

• Collaborating with product managers and agents on strategic planning for life cycle management (EOL, bid sale, RMA inventory).

• Performance manage agent obligations regarding purchase forecast, days on hand, service level reporting and discrepancy resolution.

• Collaborating with indirect agents on New Product Introductions (NPI) and Launch Planning.

• communicating Supply Health to indirect agents and actions plans to alleviate at risk items during weekly collaboration meetings.

• Executing on inventory improvement initiatives with a focus in Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, CPFR processes and S&OP processes.

• Leading initiatives by collaborating with our agents to reduce working capital.

• Influencing indirect agents to hold optimal inventory by implementing the above projects.

• Analyzing like-for-like agent and retail stores to assess optimal SKU count and quantities for agent partners.

This position can be located in any Verizon domestic Supply Chain location.

What we’re looking for...

You'll need to have:

• Four or more years of relevant experience required, demonstrated through one or a combination of work and/or military experience, or specialized training.

• Supply Planning experience.

Even better if you have one or more of the following:

• Experience in Collaborative Planning Forecasting & Replenishment (CPFR) processes.

• Demonstrated ability to manage inventory improvement initiatives with a focus in Supply Planning, Inventory Optimization, CPFR processes, and S&OP processes.

• Ability to understand and think strategically and implement long term plans in parallel to day to day supply management, can handle both long term and short term goals simultaneously.

• Strong problem solver with ability to resolve conflicts, assertive, good in both written and oral communications with ability to create and deliver executive presentations.

• Ability to drive continuous improvement; make recommendations for and lead change initiatives around policies, procedures and processes that will improve Supply Chain effectiveness.

• Proficient in Excel with the ability to apply advanced analytic techniques such as optimization, simulation, data mining and statistics to design, implement, validate and refine mathematical models and algorithms to understand and optimize supply chain.

If Verizon and this role sound like a fit for you, we encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet every “even better” qualification listed above.

In this hybrid role, you'll have a defined work location that includes work from home and a minimum eight assigned office days per month that will be set by your manager.

Scheduled Weekly Hours

40

Equal Employment Opportunity 

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