Print Planning - Inventory Lead Analyst

Description -

Job Summary
• This role is responsible for driving the development, implementation, and monitoring of strategic business plans and initiatives within the organization including inventory and service level planning activities. The role provides valuable analysis and advice to management across various domains and manages cross-functional teams to ensure smooth operations and effective business planning. The role formulates highly complex statistical and financial models for forecasting and defines KPIs and metrics to measure business performance.

Responsibilities
• Leads complex data and business analysis to develop business plans, and identifies recommendations and insights.

• Lead and oversee inventory planning processes to ensure optimal stock levels and alignment with business objectives.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align inventory strategies with business goals.
• Works independently to construct highly complex statistical and financial models to forecast business performance; coaches others on model development.
• Monitor and report on key inventory metrics (accuracy, fill rates, inventory turns) to senior leadership and stakeholders.
• Manage inventory risk and develop contingency plans to mitigate potential disruptions in the supply chain and avoid excess or aged inventory.
• Drive continuous improvement initiatives in inventory planning, helping drive automation and predictive analytics.
• Contributes to priority projects by adding creative insights and developing recommendations.
• Partners with business leaders to develop business plans and proactively identify new opportunities.
• Develops go-forward business plan recommendations based on potential risks and returns.
• Identifies cutting-edge analytical tools, models, and methods for making key business decisions.
• Demonstrates a high level of business acumen and technical expertise in areas such as business planning, operational management, and financial analysis.

• Ability to thrive in a fast=paced environment, balancing strategic and operational tasks.

Education & Experience Recommended
• Four-year or Graduate Degree in Business Administration, Finance, Economics, or any other related discipline or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
• Typically has 7-10 years of work experience, preferably in strategy, planning, operations, inventory planning, finance, or related fields)

Preferred Certifications
• Project Management Professional (PMP) Certification

Knowledge & Skills
• Analytics
• Business Intelligence
• Business Strategies
• Competitive Intelligence
• Customer Insights
• Dashboard
• Data Analysis
• Data Visualization
• Economics
• Market Intelligence
• Market Research
• Marketing
• New Product Development
• Power BI
• Python (Programming Language)
• R (Programming Language)
• SQL (Programming Language)
• Statistics
• Tableau (Business Intelligence Software)
• Thought Leadership

Cross-Org Skills
• Effective Communication
• Results Orientation
• Learning Agility
• Digital Fluency
• Customer Centricity

Impact & Scope
• Impacts function and leads and/or provides expertise to functional project teams and may participate in cross-functional initiatives.

Complexity
• Works on complex problems where analysis of situations or data requires an in-depth evaluation of multiple factors.

Disclaimer
• This job description describes the general nature and level of work performed in this role. It is not intended to be an exhaustive list of all duties, skills, responsibilities, knowledge, etc. These may be subject to change and additional functions may be assigned as needed by management.

 

The base pay range for this role is $102,500 - $157,850 annually with additional opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to US candidates only).  Pay varies by work location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

o            Health insurance

o            Dental insurance

o            Vision insurance

o            Long term/short term disability insurance

o            Employee assistance program

o            Flexible spending account

o            Life insurance

o            Generous time off policies, including;  

•            4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure

•            11 paid holidays

•            Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave (US benefits overview)

Job -

Business Planning

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

25%

Relocation -

Equal Opportunity Employer (EEO) - 

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