Senior Inventory Lifecycle Planner

DESIGNER PARFUMS; Watford; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

DESIGNER PARFUMS is looking for a professional in Watford to manage the inventory and lifecycle of products. The role involves collaboration with internal teams to minimize financial impacts and identify commercial opportunities.

Ideal candidates will have experience in supply chain or product management, preferably in FMCG or pharmaceutical sectors, and possess strong analytical skills, including expertise in SAP and Excel. The company is committed to quality and regulatory compliance, ensuring all solutions meet industry standards.

Qualifications

• Proven track record in data-related projects within a global FMCG environment.
• Experience in Supply Chain/Product Management in FMCG or Pharmaceutical industries.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes is an advantage.

Responsibilities

• Manage end-of-life stock and collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• Lead monthly stock review meetings.
• Execute SAP transactions for lifecycle outcomes.

Skills

Proactive problem-solving

Strong communication skills

Data analysis

Proficiency in Microsoft Excel

Education

Bachelor’s degree beneficial

Tools

SAP

Job description

Designer Parfums is a fast‑growing, dynamic global fragrance company in the perfume and cosmetics industry, headquartered in London with an international presence across roughly 70 markets. We are a small, family‑owned business that creates, develops, and distributes brands ranging from heritage classics to celebrity trend‑led fragrances, including GHOST, JENNIFER LOPEZ, HAWAIIAN TROPIC, CERRUTI, PLAYBOY, JEAN LOUIS SCHERRER, and distribute products such as ARIANA GRANDE, GUY LAROCHE, PILOMA PICASSO, AIGNER, and GA.

Purpose

To assume responsibility for managing finished goods and component end‑of‑life through collaboration with internal cross‑functional teams, with the goal of minimising negative P&L impacts. Liaise with Brand and Sales leaders to identify commercial opportunities for finished goods, components and point‑of‑sale materials. Manage activities from ideation through to the products being sold, fostering strong internal relationships at all levels to ensure achievement of business targets and metrics.

Key Duties and Responsibilities

Inventory/Stock Aged & Life‑Cycle Management

• Work with Brand Leadership, Sales and Commercial teams to identify alternative uses and recovery routes for obsolete or surplus stock, including secondary and clearance sales channels, export or alternative market opportunities, promotional bundles, gift sets or composite SKUs.
• Lead the monthly Aged/End‑of‑Life Stock Review meetings with relevant business partners, ensuring clarity of status, actions and reporting.
• Ensure the timely and successful creation of one‑off product projects to utilise excess or obsolete components, creating saleable SKUs where required.
• Manage the internal commercial team’s commitments to take/sell end‑of‑life and/or composite products, ensuring activities/projects are completed.

Compliance, Quality & Regulatory

• Partner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure that all proposed lifecycle solutions comply with applicable legislation and regulatory requirements, meet brand, quality and safety standards, and are suitable for the intended market and sales channel. Ensure all regulatory constraints (ingredients, labelling, batch coding, market authorisations) are fully assessed before execution.

SAP Transactional Ownership & Governance

• Execute and manage all SAP transactions required to implement approved lifecycle outcomes, including creation or amendment of Bills of Material (BOMs) for reworked or composite products, raising and managing purchase orders for additional materials or services, creating, releasing and tracking production orders where rework or repacking is required, and ensuring accurate stock movements, consumption and postings aligned with finance requirements.
• Act as the SAP subject‑matter coordinator for lifecycle‑related inventory governance, identify inventory where no viable secondary or rework solution exists, and prepare clear data‑led business cases for destruction or write‑off approval.
• Coordinate approved destruction activities with Warehouse, Finance and third‑party partners, ensuring full documentation and audit compliance.

Skills

• Proactive approach to problem solving with a starter‑finish mindset.
• Strong communication and relationship management skills across all levels of leadership.
• Proven track record of managing data‑related projects within a similar or global FMCG environment.
• Ability to analyse and interpret data to identify stock risk and sales opportunities.
• Analytical and reporting skills in Microsoft Excel, including the use of data‑management formulas such as VLOOKUP and PIVOT.
• Bachelor’s degree beneficial but not essential.
• Experience of Supply Chain/Product Management in related industries – FMCG, Pharmaceutical.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree beneficial.
• Experience of Supply Chain/Product Management in FMCG or Pharmaceutical industries.
• Familiarity with Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes is an advantage.