ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Inventory Controller

Job description

Job Family Group Description - Finance: Gathers jobs supporting the business through financial services, such as business planning and performance analysis, risk management, tax and administration. Job Family Description -Business Analysis and Controlling: Ensures the development and implementation of financial controlling standards and processes. Supports our business by performing financial analysis. Participates in closing budgets and accounts procedures. Sub-Job Family Description - Inventory control: Analyses, forecasts and prepares inventory planning in order to optimise and control inventory stock levels, and meet our customer service objectives.

At Alexander McQueen, we live and breathe a culture defined by our key Behaviours:

·  Empowerment – We empower our team and peers, providing unwavering support to ensure everyone can thrive; this means giving support to your team and those you are working with to succeed.
·  Teamwork – We put an emphasis on Teamwork; this means working together as a collective to achieve shared goals.
·  Respect – We value respect, treating everyone with dignity and showing genuine appreciation for their efforts: this means treating everyone equally.
·  Kindness – We believe kindness is integral to everything we do; this means demonstrating compassion and empathy towards others.

How will you contribute?

·  Working in partnership with the Sales & Demand team to ensure the cost effective and time efficient stock movement within the EMEA region and the improvement of the stock flow strategy across stores, local DC and LGI
·  Responsible for Sales Audit and daily reconciliation of sales for your respective stores
·  Monthly reconciliations between inventory and accounting with Sales & Margin files
·  Prevent and monitor inventory discrepancies and ensure that they can be reconciled
·  Assist store management with daily requests (replenishment, customer service enquiries, stock investigations, consignments, adjustments, transfers)
·  Effectively manage stock adjustments and transfers across the Europe region including warehouses
·  Responsible in carrying out and audit bi-annual stock-takes across stores, investigate the discrepancies, posting the results on the system and report to management
·  Support in establishing procedures for damaged products and report accordingly
·  Managing return flow to vendor and related reports
·  Resolve any inventory issues in a timely manner
·  Develop a range of dashboards and metrics for Inventory reporting
·  Using your extensive Excel skills, build and optimise current ways of working through automation
·  Develop existing Inventory guidelines, prepare and deliver the related training to the related stakeholders
·  Assist the HQ teams during the opening of new DOS and oversee the related stock activities

Required Skills:

·  You will be able to demonstrate the desired Alexander McQueen behaviours
·  Previous experience working in an Inventory Control/Admin/Supply Chain/Accounting position preferable
·  University degree in Economics, Statistics, Management Engineering or related fields
·  Strong organizational skills to effectively manage a fast paced and varied workload
·  Excellent interpersonal skills, confident in speaking with several stakeholders
·  Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills
·  Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
·  High level of attention to detail
·  Proven experience working cross-functionally to manage inventory activities effectively
·  Additional languages highly desirable (Italian / French)
·  Knowledge of SAP will be considered a plus

Kering is committed to building a diverse workforce. We believe diversity in all its forms – gender, age, nationality, culture, religious beliefs and sexual orientation – enriches the workplace. It opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to adapt to a changing world. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we welcome and consider applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of their background.

·  Full time
·  Europe
·  United Kingdom