Supply chain enabler, responsible for ensuring optimal product availability through effective central stock replenishment and inventory management. By balancing service levels, stock efficiency, and supply chain constraints, the role supports uninterrupted availability of Metro assortments and contributes directly to the achievement of Metro’s sCore strategy. This position ensures end-to-end alignment between demand planning, suppliers, logistics, and distribution centers, enabling reliable inbound flows and stable supply operations. Through proactive planning, performance monitoring, and close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders, the role mitigates supply risks, drives continuous improvement in inventory and OTIF performance, and strengthens the overall resilience and efficiency of the supply chain.
- Own central stock replenishment to ensure optimal product availability while maintaining healthy inventory levels and targeted stock days.
- Create, manage, and follow up on purchase orders to Regional Distribution Centers (RDCs), ensuring timely confirmation, delivery, and receipt of goods.
- Monitor stock availability, coverage, and inventory performance, proactively identifying risks and initiating corrective actions to prevent shortages or overstocks.
- Continuously challenge and optimize supply chain parameters such as lead times, order frequency, minimum order quantities, and safety stock settings.
- Collaborate closely with Demand Planning, Flow Management, Procurement, Logistics, and Transport teams to align supply plans with demand and operational constraints.
- Actively monitor supplier delivery performance (OTIF), analyze deviations, and work directly with suppliers to identify root causes and agree on corrective actions.
- Coordinate internally with Flow Management and Procurement to steer supplier performance, escalate issues, and support resolution of delivery and capacity constraints.
- Ensure balanced and feasible inbound planning by aligning delivery schedules with RDC capacities and logistics requirements.
- Support operational and project-related initiatives, including range changes, ramp-ups, phase-ins/phase-outs, and supply chain transformation projects.
- Develop, document, and maintain supply planning processes and planning standards to ensure transparency, consistency, and scalability.
- Monitor and analyze supply planning KPIs and inventory metrics, driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance availability, efficiency, and cost performance.
- Contribute to process optimization and automation within demand and supply planning, improving planning accuracy, responsiveness, and operational robustness.