Instock Manager Asst I , BR Stores

Join our dynamic Other Hardlines (OHL) Instock Management team as an Individual Contributor where youll play a critical role in ensuring product availability and driving customer satisfaction across our fastest-growing categories. This position offers the opportunity to work with inventory systems collaborate with cross-functional teams and directly impact millions of customer experiences daily.

As an Instock Manager for OHL youll be responsible for maintaining optimal inventory levels across diverse product categories including home improvement tools automotive and sporting goods. Youll leverage data analytics to forecast demand identify supply chain risks and implement solutions that keep our shelves stocked while minimizing excess inventory costs.

What makes this role exciting:

- Own end-to-end inventory health for high-velocity OHL categories with significant business impact
- Partner directly with vendors supply chain teams and retail buyers to solve complex availability challenges
- Use advanced analytics tools and machine learning insights to drive inventory decisions
- Develop expertise in supply chain operations within one of the worlds most sophisticated logistics networks
- Contribute to strategic initiatives that shape the future of inventory management
- Work in a fast-paced environment where your decisions directly influence customer experience and business performance
- Grow your career with clear paths to senior instock management and leadership roles



Key job responsibilities
- Monitor and analyze inventory health metrics across assigned Hardlines categories identifying out-of-stock risks excess inventory situations and supply chain disruptions that impact product availability

- Generate and distribute daily/weekly performance reports tracking key instock metrics (in-stock rate coverage days aged inventory) and provide actionable insights to stakeholders

- Support root cause analysis for availability issues by investigating vendor performance demand forecast accuracy purchase order status and fulfillment center constraints
- Collaborate with vendors and supply chain partners to expedite critical purchase orders resolve receiving delays and ensure timely replenishment of fast-moving items
- Maintain and update inventory planning tools including demand forecasts safety stock parameters and reorder points based on sales trends and seasonality patterns

- Conduct ad-hoc data analysis to support business decisions such as evaluating new vendor onboarding opportunities assessing promotional impact on inventory or identifying slow-moving SKUs for clearance

- Participate in cross-functional meetings with retail buyers operations teams and finance to align on inventory strategies and communicate instock performance

- Create and maintain documentation of standard operating procedures escalation protocols and best practices for inventory management processes

- Support system testing and implementation of new inventory management tools providing feedback on functionality and user experience

- Track and report on vendor compliance metrics including on-time delivery rates fill rates and lead time performance to drive continuous improvement


- Experience in data analytics or automation
- Experience in capacity planning operations planning business analysis or similar
- Bachelors degree
- Knowledge of data pipelining and extraction using SQL
- Knowledge of SQL and Excel at a moderate or advanced level
- Experience with data mining tools like SQL SAS SPSS or similar

- Knowledge of capacity planning concepts

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