Job Description

About the Role:

We are looking for a Senior Associate, Product Supply to join our team and own development of a time based supply plan and inventory strategy for multiple product categories at Lume. In your role, you will become the primary point of contact for these categories, both to internal cross-functional partners and external suppliers.

What you will accomplish:

• Model scenarios and understand impacts of changes to demand, supply and network assumptions.
• Optimize service and inventory levels by SKU at each location of the supply chain network (plant, co-packer, in transit, DC).
• Closely collaborate with a global network of suppliers, with a focus on long-term relationship building, capacity planning, and timeliness.
• Communicate effectively with suppliers on all production and supply needs including but not limited to issuing purchase orders, managing short term and long term timelines, and future capacity needs.

This should describe you:

• 2+ years of experience working in operations
• 2-3 years of experience in supply and inventory planning, ideally in a CPG environment.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills with ability to develop inventory models to support a complex supply network.
• Strong communicator. Ability to communicate well with various cross-functional teams and individual contributors, as well as your suppliers.
• You want the skus you manage to thrive! You are enthusiastic and committed at every stage of a product life-cycle from cradle to grave.
• Though you are comfortable working with virtual teams (Lume is 100% remote), you don't mind traveling directly to the source of your suppliers (1 or 2 days per month) to ensure that we are in the most capable hands and are always achieving our supply objectives.
• Experience with ERPs. SAP is a plus
• Sense of urgency: bias for taking action. Self-starting capability required to achieve high expectations in a fast-paced environment
• Attention to detail. You are comfortable going deep into the weeds while always considering the bigger picture
• You are a learner - always seeking to improve yourself, your team, and the world around you
• You are extremely organized, attentive to detail, and adept at working within deadlines
Sense of humor
• we take our work seriously and ourselves un-seriously

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