About the Role

As a Supply Chain Executive, you will support the execution of Kohl's logistics projects and supply chain scorecards to improve service, cost, quality and speed.

What You’ll Do

Communicate supply chain issues and opportunities to business partners

Conduct project analysis and reporting 

Support successful project and process execution 

Resolve remittance and operational issues

Additional tasks may be assigned 

ADDENDUMS

Parcel

Own supplier relationships and serve as the person of contact for Kohl’s logistics

Analyze data and make recommendations to drive packaging improvements and cost efficiencies

Partner with suppliers to manage packaging inventory and expense across the network

Partner with the procurement team on packaging RFP

Serve as a liaison between parcel carriers and Kohl’s fulfillment teams

Maintain and communicate parcel shipping SOPs

Serve as an escalation point to resolve operational issues

Leverage internal reporting to assess and communicate feedback related to carrier performance

Identify data integration and database solutions to reporting improvements

Transportation

Oversee the day-to-day communication and interactions concerning global freight movement

Manage annual ocean, air and origin bids 

Partner with Procurement and Accounts Payable on invoicing

​​Analyze, report and scorecard

Develop and voice your own ideas on how to improve processes and reduce costs

Merchant and Vendor Services

Act as the liaison between merchants and third-party vendors in the supply chain

Support new project implementations

Identify and support strategies to remove friction within the supply chain

Support the education of supply chain best practices throughout the organization and with vendors 

Identify strategies and deliver innovation with respect to operational implementation of opportunities that reduce costs or increase revenue

Support recurring budgeting, forecasting, reporting and other operational activities

Analytics 

Identify insights in data to make supply chain operations more efficient

Partner with distribution center and transportation leaders to identify and design reporting for operations

Partner with Kohl’s Technology (KT) team to identify and connect to data sources needed for reporting and analysis

Communicate facts and narratives concisely and precisely

Build intuitive and insightful data visualizations

Capably analyze data with SQL and R/Python

Build reports in Qlik

Operations Planning

Coordinate with partners across the organization to make short term tactical and strategic inventory placement decisions

Leverage systems and software to acquire data and conduct complex analysis of business issues and opportunities

Identify strategies and coordinate the operational implementation of opportunities that reduce costs or increase revenue

Support recurring budgeting, forecasting, reporting and other operational activities that support Omni-channel fulfillment operations

Oversee receipt planning, demand forecasting, and production planning for the broader supply chain network

Slotting

Drive strategic inventory placement decisions within eCommerce Fulfillment Centers (EFCs) through collaboration with cross-functional teams across the organization

Leverage data analysis to generate actionable insights that support space optimization initiatives aimed at enhancing delivery speed, boosting operational efficiency, and reducing costs

Partner closely with EFC operations teams to develop intuitive dashboards and reporting tools that inform and optimize inventory storage strategies

Reverse Logistics

Manage third-party vendor and return relationships

Support new project implementations in reverse and operations spaces

Identify strategies and deliver innovation with respect to operational implementation of opportunities that reduce costs or increase revenue

Support recurring budgeting, forecasting, reporting and other operational activities

Direct Ship

Manage Direct Ship vendor performance through Vendor Compliance, Vendor Onboarding, Peak Readiness and Operational Improvements/Efficiencies

Develop strategies within vendor base to increase speed and accuracy to customer while driving down costs

Partner with merchants to improve net margin

Serve as the escalated contact for compliance chargeback disputes, order and inventory exceptions

Research and action vendor/Kohl's cross-functional issues

Identify strategies and deliver innovation with respect to operational implementation of opportunities that reduce costs or increase sales

What Skills You Have

Required

Bachelor's Degree

Demonstrated initiative and drive

Strong analytical abilities and familiarity with spreadsheets

Clear and professional communicator

Overnight travel

Flexible schedule to support peak business operations

Preferred

Bachelor's Degree in Supply Chain Management or Industrial Engineering

Previous experience in supply chain management