The Senior Instock Manager at Chewy will lead supply chain operations, optimizing purchasing strategies and improving vendor performance through data analysis and cross-functional collaboration.
Our Opportunity:
Chewy is seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented, ambitious Senior Instock Manager to join our exciting and fast-paced team in Boston, MA. 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 develop an industry-leading forecasting methodology and planning capability for category or merchandising forecasts and leverage our systems to develop the demand and inventory plan. You will be responsible for purchasing strategy, Instock strategy, new vendor onboarding, existing vendor lead time reduction, fill rate and on-time improvements, and more.
A successful leader will be highly analytical, have a deep understanding of supply chain principles, be able to solve complex supply chain problems, and be 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:
What You'll Need:
A Plus if You Have:
The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Base Salary Range
$129,500-$207,000 USD
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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Chewy is seeking a highly motivated, results-oriented, ambitious Senior Instock Manager to join our exciting and fast-paced team in Boston, MA. 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 develop an industry-leading forecasting methodology and planning capability for category or merchandising forecasts and leverage our systems to develop the demand and inventory plan. You will be responsible for purchasing strategy, Instock strategy, new vendor onboarding, existing vendor lead time reduction, fill rate and on-time improvements, and more.
A successful leader will be highly analytical, have a deep understanding of supply chain principles, be able to solve complex supply chain problems, and be 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:
- Partner with technology and product teams to drive improvement in systems, tools, and processes.
- Successfully manage complex suppliers and influence them to improve supply chain performance guided by Chewy's strategic objectives.
- Lead multiple, large cross-functional projects and working groups.
- 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.
- Develop scalable solutions for your business that have application across Chewy's broader Instock organization while defining new cross-functional processes.
- Influence and negotiate with others to achieve win-win outcomes; effectively interact with cross-organizational leadership using written and verbal communication.
- Help to design, validate, and institutionalize best practices within the Instock organization.
What You'll Need:
- 6+ years of relevant experience in supply chain or an advanced degree in a related field (General Management, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Economics, Engineering).
- Strong written, verbal, analytical, and problem-solving skills, and experience with statistical modeling.
- Proven experience and understanding of purchasing, forecasting, and inventory management.
- Solid analytical toolkit including advanced proficiency with Excel and SQL.
- Track record of taking ownership and delivering results in a data-driven environment.
A Plus if You Have:
- Ecommerce experience
- Tableau, R, Python, or KNIME experience
- Experience with traditional Project Management
- Lean/Six Sigma experience
The specific salary offered to a candidate may be influenced by a variety of factors including but not limited to the candidate's relevant experience, education, and work location. In addition, this position is eligible for 401k and a new hire and annual equity grant.
We offer different types of insurance and benefits, such as medical/Rx, vision, dental, life, disability, hospital indemnity, critical illness, and accident. We offer parental leave, family services benefits, backup dependent care, flexible spending accounts, telemedicine, pet adoption reimbursement, employee assistance program, and many discounts including 10% off pet insurance and 20% off at Chewy.com.
Exempt salary team members have unlimited PTO, subject to manager approval. Team members will receive six paid holidays per year. Team members may be eligible for paid sick and family leave in compliance with applicable state and local regulations.
Base Salary Range
$129,500-$207,000 USD
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].
To access Chewy's Customer Privacy Policy, please click here.
To access Chewy's California CPRA Job Applicant Privacy Policy, please click here.
Top Skills
Excel
Knime
Python
R
SQL
Tableau
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