Manager, Demand & Deployment
Brand: Victoria's Secret
Location: Reynoldsburg, OH, US
Location Type: Hybrid
Job Area: Planning and Allocation
Employment type: Full-time
Job ID: 046QH
Your Role
The Manager of Demand and Deployment will lead a team of Demand and Deployment Analysts / Inventory Deployment Analysts with primary responsibility for developing inventory deployment strategy through in-depth store analytics and allocation execution. Position will ensure store inventory levels reflect merchandise strategy and that inventory targets are established to meet or exceed sales, product margin and turn goals.
Other position key responsibilities include book of business tactical ownership, talent development, continuous process improvement, and store-level analytics to drive action.
The Manager provides strategic management, in conjunction with MP&A partners, Marketing, Finance, Merchants, Store Operations, Visual and Logistics Services. The position also oversees the analysis of current business trends, market, and historical data to affect course corrections and improvements based on business trend.
Why You Belong Here
At Victoria’s Secret, we acknowledge your value. We recognize that every associate has something unique to add to our brand and business. We strive to recruit, retain, and advance diverse talent that reflects the customers we serve and the communities where we live and work. We foster a culture where everyone belongs because we know our business thrives most when we look for, listen to, and amplify diversity, equity, and inclusion.
We place the customer at the heart of everything we do. We dream big, embrace curiosity and creativity while always learning from our mistakes. We lead with integrity, trust, and respect to achieve the best outcomes as one team.
Your Impact
- Play leadership role in developing D&D organization objectives and implementing solutions to meet or exceed product margin, inventory turn and service level goals by partnering and collaborating cross-functionally.
- Recruit, develop and retain top level deployment talent.
- Partner with Merchandising, Planning, Operations, Logistics and SCP&A to optimize flow of inventory from the vendor to DC and DC to stores.
- Lead and partner in the development and implementation of supply chain/inventory management initiatives that support overall company and brand objectives.
- Develop, consolidate, and communicate a comprehensive brand deployment strategy that includes inventory targets and identifies opportunities and risks by store group for each floorset.
- Develop and update DC and store unit projections based on merchandise buy plans and deployment strategies.
- Act as brand liaison to field regarding inventory and store inventory strategies and issues.
- Develop store knowledge based on geographical attributes, field communication, and historical store performance.
- Generate measurement methodology to monitor and report benefits & achieved results of inventory management practices.
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Minimum Salary : $107,000.00
Maximum Salary : $145,950.00
VS&Co provides an estimated range of compensation for this role as shown. Your actual compensation will be determined by a number of relevant factors, including but not limited to your specific skills, experience, & geographic location.
Your Experience
- 5-7 years of Inventory Management, Deployment, Store Forecasting, or Merchandise Planning.
- Preferred experience in JDA Allocation, JDA Fulfillment, MicroStrategy, Excel, PowerPoint and Access
- Strong analytical skills & ability to analyze and understand quantitative and qualitative data
- Bachelor’s degree in Business, Finance, Statistics, Operations, Supply Chain
- Experience in high volume, fast-pace, multi-location deployment environment
- Demonstrated ability to think strategically turning information into insights and actions through analysis and research
- Retail supply chain knowledge
- Strong communication, collaboration, and negotiation skills; working with multiple partners to resolve exceptions and negotiate best alternatives.
- Optimization mindset: designs and develops plans to optimize decisions
- Problem-solving skills & ability to proactively recommend solutions to various stakeholders; makes decisions with limited information
We will consider for employment all qualified applicants, including those with arrest records, conviction records, or other criminal histories, in a manner consistent with the requirements of any applicable state and local laws. Please see links: California Fair Chance Act, Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance, Philadelphia Fair Chance Law, San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance
An equal opportunity employer, we do not discriminate in hiring or terms and conditions of employment because of an individual’s race, color, religion, gender, gender identity, national origin, citizenship, age, disability, sexual orientation, marital status or any other protected category recognized by state, federal or local laws. We only hire individuals authorized for employment in the United States.
