In Stock Management

ETRADE MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED; Gurugram District; On-site; INR 1,500,000 - 2,100,000; Full time

Job summary

ETRADE MARKETING PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking an Instock Manager to drive product availability across marketplaces through forecasting, replenishments and cross-functional collaboration with Retail, supply chain and operations.

The role focuses on improving forecast accuracy, managing working capital, and delivering customer-centric process improvements while coordinating with vendors and brands for timely inbounding.

Qualifications

• MBA with focus on Supply Chain or Finance from a top institute.
• 2–10 years in Retail, FMCG or E-commerce with data-driven problem solving.
• Ability to dive deep while keeping big-picture focus.
• Comfort with executing and analyzing large data-sets for decisions.

Responsibilities

• Drive in-stock levels across marketplaces through forecasting and replenishments.
• Collaborate with Retail, supply chain and ops to plan deals and inventory placement.
• Manage working capital by reducing unhealthy inventory.
• Partner with Vendor Managers to improve forecast accuracy and service levels.
• Track customer experience metrics and implement actionable improvements.
• Coordinate with vendors, logistics teams, FCs and brands for timely inbounding.
• Contribute to knowledge sharing and continuous improvement in-stock processes.

Skills

Analytical mindset

Data analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

MBA (Tier 1 Institute) – Supply Chain/Finance

Job description

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. .We're proud to be certified as a Great Place to Work® , a reflection of our strong culture, inclusive environment, and people-first philosophy. We were recognized as one of the Top 30 FUTURE READY Workplaces in India for 2024 by Fortune India and CEIL HR.

eTrade is the leader in five categories on Amazon.in ecosystem including some key categories like Home, Auto, L&G, Pets 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 touchpoint 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.
• Contribute to the collective knowledge base of the in-stock functions through thought-leadership and knowledge sharing

Desired Qualification:

• MBA (Tier 1 Institute) – 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