etrade Online - In Stock Manager (2-10 yrs)

In Stock Manager

About Us :

- Founded with the vision of becoming the largest e-commerce aggregator in India, over the years, eTrade has successfully established itself as a market leader in the industry and has carved a niche for itself in the e-commerce space.

- eTrade is the leader in six categories on Amazon.in ecosystem including some key categories like Home, Auto, L&G, Pets, Amazon Devices and Private Labels (Solimo & Basics).

- We have over 500 partners including large conglomerates like Bosch, Stanley Black & Decker, Philips, P&G, Godrej, Mars, Drools, Reckitt Benckiser, Wipro, Eicher & many more.

- The company's core business revolves around technology, logistics, inventory management, and brand nurturing thereby elevating consumer-leading brands to their full potential.

- We aim to be the preferred partner for an Indian customer looking for the highest quality products and be available at every consumer touch-point making us their most recognized & trusted e-commerce aggregator partner in India with ambitious plans to enter international markets.

What does an In-stock manager do?

- The Instock Manager will be responsible for all aspects of the Instock role, including driving improved in-stock, inventory planning and forecasting.

- Additionally, the ISM will drive initiatives to improve customer experience by working collaboratively across Retail, supply chain and operations.

- The ideal candidate will excel in scalable process improvement, analytics, written/verbal communication and be customer obsessed.

- The candidate will have proven experience delivering results by partnering with others and be comfortable leading and contributing across a range of topic outside of the core ISM responsibilities.

- The ISM will also partner with internal retail stakeholders as well as vendors, marketplace partners and to drive long-term improvements to improve internal and external processes, cost of running business, working capital improvements as well as other supply-chain goals.

Key responsibilities include :

- Driving service-levels for products on marketplaces by ensuring maximum product availability and coverage through accurate forecasting / demand planning and overseeing automated ordering & replenishments, capacity management through effective audits.

- Work with cross-functional stakeholders on planning for selection expansion, deals in-stock management, event-readiness, supply-alignment for efficient inventory placement in alignment with business strategy.

- Manage working capital through rigor on reduction of unhealthy and unsellable inventory.

- Work hand-in-glove with Vendor Managers to develop and execute daily, weekly & monthly action plans that increase inventory quality, forecast accuracy and service-levels.

- Track key customer experience metrics and drive improvements across them by building actionable plans.

- Drive daily execution with Vendor managers, vendor logistics teams, Fulfilment Center (FC) and brands to ensure timely inbounds to enhance vendor experience.

- Co-ordinate with key stakeholders (internal & external) to ensure category health.

- Manage large scale data to drive decision making.

- Contribute to the collective knowledge base of the in-stock functions through thought-leadership and knowledge sharing.

Desired Qualification :

- MBA - Supply Chain/Finance

- 2-10 years of relevant experience in Retail, FMCG, E-commerce have an analytical bent and a structured, analytical mind-set to solve business challenges.

- Someone who loves to dive-deep and look at big-picture at the same time.

- Comfortable in execution as well as handling large data-sets and relies on data-backed conversations / decisions.