Sr Manager, Production Planning - Kendo Brands

Job Description

Kendo Holdings, Inc. is a San Francisco-based beauty brand developer and wholesaler owned by LVMH Moët Hennessy - Louis Vuitton, the world's largest luxury group. A play on the words "can do", Kendo has become the hub of creativity and next generation beauty product development for global Sephora channels and selective retailers outside of Sephora.

Through original development, collaborations and acquisitions the Kendo stable of brands will always be creative, inspiring and innovative. A dynamic engine of speed, expertise and market-savvy, the Kendo team continues to redefine the beauty industry through great product, great storytelling, great retail and direct-to-consumer partnerships. This shows up in everything we do and in what we stand for:

• "Can Do" Spirit: We work together to make our wildest dreams a reality: As entrepreneurs, we embrace optimism and find creative ways to reach our goals
• Advocacy, Diversity, and Inclusion: We recognize and celebrate the full spectrum of personal identities. We create safe spaces so everyone's voice is heard. We listen with humility and act with courage.
• Storytelling: We tell authentic stories like no, one else. It's our key to inspire trust and build relationships, rallying, our people, partners, and consumers around our brands.
• Resilience: We embrace challenges as opportunities. Change is ever- constant, and agility is our strength.
• Product Excellence: We put the consumers first: We constantly raise the bar to create products of the highest quality that everyone just has to have.

The salary range for this position is $119,203 - $149,003 per year based upon a San Francisco location. Offered salary is dependent upon experience and location. Kendo Total Rewards offerings also include an annual bonus and a comprehensive benefits package including: medical, dental and vision insurance, flex paid time off program, parental leave, employee discount/perks, a retirement plan with employer contributions, Summer Fridays, opportunity to work from anywhere for a month in the summer and July and December wellness/shutdown weeks for applicable positions.

The Kendo house of brands currently includes: Fenty Beauty, Fenty Skin, KVD Beauty, Lip Lab, Ole Henriksen.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Sr Manager is responsible for all production related activities across one or more brands. They will build relationships and collaborate with internal and external business partners to deliver quality products on time which includes full turnkey as well as non-turnkey items. They will identify opportunities for current and new processes in support of brand's performance goals and Kendo's company growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Ensure product is available in a timely manner based on customer demand and financial budgets.
• Develop and own strategic production plans for cycle stock and safety stock to support a service level of 95%+ while hitting our annual Inventory and DOI targets assigned to each brand(s).
• Responsible to speak to on hand inventory and financial projections for month end activities and delta to annual inventory and DOI targets.
• Create and manage production orders, kitting projects, rework orders, transferring of goods and RTV's as needed.
• Negotiate new product launch timelines and replenishment lead times. Manage newness and replenishment POs; actively track and maintain updates for all open POs in ERP system; inform internal teams of delivery changes in a timely manner.
• Key contact for vendors, focused on building strong collaborative vendor relationships and influence vendors to participate and implement key Kendo supply chain initiatives.
• Responsible for ensuring ERP system reflects the most up-to-date PO and product information
• Attend and participate in vendor, brand, and operational meetings; own the critical decision-making and action items from a Production Planning perspective for brand(s) / projects assigned.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with cross functional business partners to help drive brand and company initiatives
• Partner with Material Mgmt. team to resolve materials supply issues due to schedule changes and vendor supply interruption. Ensure components and packaging arrive at filler/assembler in a timely manner for execution.
• Review monthly stock status with Supply Chain Data Analytics team to understand and reconcile receipt and inventory issues.
• Accountable to ensure Vendor Invoice is paid on time.
• Review "in transit" order status through Century / Expeditors Order Management program; reconcile booking errors and issue booking approvals with distribution team as needed.
• Support driving supplier system connectivity through advanced collaborative tools/methods (EDI, Web, ASN, Vendor Portal, etc.) and lead supplier collaboration initiatives for their categories to support Kendo's growth initiative.
• Manage and develop direct reports. Properly support their needs through open and honest conversations. Create an environment where questions are encouraged and mistakes made as part of the learning process.

REQUIREMENTS

Qualifications:

• BA/BS Degree or equivalent experience required
• APICS CPIM or CSCP certification preferred
• 7-9 years of experience in any of these areas: Materials Management, Procurement, Supply Chain Planning, Demand Planning, Logistics and/or Change management
• Knowledge of the MRP - scheduling, capacity planning, financial objectives
• Minimum of 5 years' experience in ERP/MRP system (Dynamic365 is a plus)
• Intermediate Excel skills required (V-lookups, pivot tables, IF functions, Index & Match, etc and formula entry a must)
• Strong analytical skills, critical thinking ability, problem solving experience, managing and measuring work and process management skills
• Strong attention to detail is a must
• Clear and concise verbal and written communication