Inventory Planner/ Buyer

Provide Commerce Inc.

 

Headquartered in San Diego, Provide Commerce is a leading online provider of high quality gifts backed by superior customer service.  From fresh flowers, chocolates and sweets to jewelry, accessories and other unique gifts, our brands offer a variety of great gifts for anyone’s budget.  Our proprietary technology has led to rapid growth and profitability over the past 10 years and has helped strengthen all of our brands in the process.  Best known for ProFlowers, our portfolio of brands also includes RedEnvelope, Cherry Moon Farms, Secret Spoon and Shari’s Berries.  Our entrepreneurial culture values teamwork, collaboration, high quality products and services, continual innovation, and an unwavering commitment to our people, all of which translate into our drive to delight our customers and convert them to lifetime advocates. Provide Commerce is a wholly owned subsidiary of Liberty Media Interactive (NASDAQ: LINTA). 

 

Provide Commerce was rated #1 mid-sized company to work for in San Diego by San Diego Magazine in 2006 and one of California’s Best Places to Work, medium size company, by the Employers Group in 2007. If you’re an innovative, creative, roll-up-your-sleeves team player, come join our team!

 

Position Description:

Provide Commerce currently has an exciting opportunity for an Inventory Planner/ Buyer. This individual will be responsible for planning, forecasting and replenishment of product for catalog and web channels to achieve objectives for sales, margin, inventory and in stock for selected departments. 

 

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

Manage item and department level forecasts for catalog and other marketing channels, insure flow of inventory to support event plans by placing/adjusting orders, monitor order status for on time delivery and proactively identify issues, to achieve goals for sales, margin, and turn. Maintain communication with vendors and agents regarding purchasing lead times, current purchase order status, shipping and delivery issues. Resolve back orders fulfillment issues, partnering with Customer Service to communicate  back order statuses and required customer notifications. Communicate with operations, accounts payable, and vendors to resolve receiving discrepancies. Plan markdown strategy at the item level, to include planning of sell thru and exit strategy for seasonal goods, monitoring item performance and suggesting markdowns to minimize inventory liability while maximizing GM%. Monitor performance at the department and classification level, partner with Buyers to identify assortment edits and opportunities, merchandising strategies, and markdowns which support achieving department plans. Analyze item, classification and department performance for Catalogs, Events and web channel in order to identify opportunities and issues. Complete weekly status and Open to Buy reports at the assigned department level.Coordinate with operations the ordering of assembly products and materials to insure availability of finished goods as planned.Maintain all required communication to support the product collateral ordering/fulfillment process.



QUALIFICATIONS: 



2 - 5 years Inventory Planner/ Buyer experience Bachelor's Degree or equivalent combination of education and experienceStrong Excel skills and SQL and/or Access is desirableExperience working with merchandising and planning systems