Senior Instock Manager

Our Opportunity:
Chewy's Private Brands team is seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented, ambitious Senior Instock Manager to lead inventory strategy and execution for our Consumables business. Our team is growing and if you are equally passionate about supply chain, e-commerce, and career growth, this opportunity at Chewy may be a great match! We need a business savvy and adept problem-solving leader, who can help us scale our business and supply planning operations. In this role, you will be responsible for purchasing strategy, Instock strategy, vendor onboarding, fill rate and on-time improvements, and more. You will develop mechanisms to monitor and mitigate inventory expiration risk and lead initiatives across Private Brands including automated buying logic optimization.
The ideal candidate brings both operational precision and systems thinking to help scale Chewy's Private Brands supply chain with agility, efficiency, and resiliency. A successful leader would be highly analytical, have deep understanding of supply chain principals, be able to solve complex supply chain problems, passionate about developing scalable solutions, and a keen learner who continues to innovate. You will get to work side by side with smart, passionate, and highly motivated entrepreneurs. If you have the desire to build a new business, passion to succeed and delight Customers, come talk to us!
What You'll Do:

• Own end-to-end planning and execution of inventory purchasing through fulfillment for large segment of our business
• Deliver the optimal customer experience by ensuring we have the right product quantities, in the right places, at the right time
• Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives with Merchandising, Finance, Vendor Compliance, EDI, and others to build the plans and operational rigor to scale our business
• Act decisively and independently, taking initiative to move work forward
• Partner with technology and product teams to drive improvement in systems, tools and processes.
• Drive forecasting accuracy and bias improvements
• Analyze multiple, large data sets to identify actionable insights that drive improvement across Chewy's broader Instock organization.
• Develop project white papers or project plans. Create larger written documents that require input from multiple cross-functional contributors.
• Drive continuous improvement through automation and standardization to scale the business
• Help to design, validate, and institutionalize best practices within the Instock organization.

What You'll Need:

• 7+ years of relevant experience in Supply Chain
• MBA/MS (preferably in General Management, Finance or Supply Chain) or BS/BA in Supply Chain, Business Administration or Business Management, Management, Economics, Finance, Engineering or related field
• Strong written, verbal, analytical and problem-solving skills and experience with statistical modeling
• Proven experience and understanding of purchasing, forecasting, and inventory management
• Strong Analytical tool kit including advanced proficiency with Excel and SQL.
• Track record of taking ownership and delivering results in a fast-paced, data-driven environment
• Position may require occasional travel

A Plus if You Have:

• Ecommerce experience
• Tableau, R, Python, or KNIME experience
• Experience with traditional Project Management
• Lean/Six Sigma experience

Chewy is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, national origin, gender, citizenship, marital status, religion, age, disability, gender identity, results of genetic testing, veteran status, as well as any other legally-protected characteristic. If you have a disability under the Americans with Disabilities Act or similar law, and you need an accommodation during the application process or to perform these job requirements, or if you need a religious accommodation, please contact [email protected].
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