DC Strategy Vendor Transition Manager

5 days ago

Melbourne, Victoria, Australia beBeeVendor Full time $150,000 - $200,000

DC Strategy Vendor Transition And Modelling Job Opportunity

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  • The DC Strategy – Vendor Transition & Modelling role involves partnering with the merchandise team to realise the benefits of the DC Strategy business case. This includes recovering vendor arbitrage of approximately 1% of the total purchase value at cost.
  • This position requires senior-level negotiation skills and proven experience working with large-scale global brands and vendor partners to effectively execute merchandise strategies.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Leverage emerging business capabilities to support the achievement of customer and commercial targets.
  • Ensure commercial optimisation and consistency within and across the Merchandise teams.
  • Partner cross-functionally to ensure optimal outcomes and shared success, while championing best practice and building capability and confidence across the business.
  • Maintain accuracy and integrity of the transport arbitrage model by ensuring correct product dimensions and ongoing data maintenance.
  • Collaborate with the merchandise teams and concession partners to design a future concessions delivery model that supports a direct-to-warehouse approach, including an arbitrage recovery framework.
  • Support merchandise planning operations for Vendor Arbitrage by creating accurate models and presenting vendor arbitrage scenarios.
  • Develop, document, and communicate new Standard Operating Procedures for the new warehouse to merchandise teams and vendors.
  • Partner with SPS, our EDI provider, to ensure vendors are systematically set up for the transition from the direct-to-store model to the direct-to-warehouse model.
  • Complete delivery modelling and commercial supply chain rates to model the Vendor Arbitrage benefits.
  • Lead, manage, and develop the operational execution plan for DC strategy and Vendor Transition.
  • Support change management and governance requirements across all merchandise areas for the Vendor Transition plan to the new DC.

Requirements:

  • Experience in a similar role preferred.
  • Experience with analysing complex data sets and obtaining meaningful information.
  • Excellent commercial and financial acumen.
  • Experience in Merchandise negotiating with Global Vendor partners delivering locally.
  • Customer-centric thinking and approach.
  • Critical and strategic thinking.
  • Creative problem-solving skills.
  • Negotiation and influencing skills.
  • Excellent partnering and relationship-building capabilities.
  • Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills.

Benefits:

  • A unique opportunity to be part of a highly engaged, successful team focused on the transformation of an iconic Australian brand.
  • A competitive remuneration package.
  • Hybrid working arrangements in office and from home that provide appropriate work-life balance.
  • Parental leave policy of 18-weeks paid leave for the primary carer, and 3-weeks paid leave for the supporting partner.
  • Generous employee discounts across David Jones and access to partner benefits.
  • An additional day of leave for your birthday along with time to support charitable work.
  • Opportunities to support community partnerships across our Corporate Social Responsibility program.
  • Be a member of a company committed to sustainable practices, driving change in the retail landscape.
  • Ongoing training and development to pursue individual ambitions.

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