Our client, a top company based in NYC, is looking for an Assistant Manager - Employee Purchases Luxury Jewelry.  The Assistant Manager will work within the Supply Chain Department for  North America. The Person will be the main point of contact for North America employees for stock and order management activities. The role is 4 days onsite and 1 remote each week. This person will work with customer service and purchase order management for the company's internal employee sales. The role is a combination of working with the employees within the organization, helping them to place their orders, manage the order process for a timely delivery.

• Hourly pay rate: $40-45 an hour, dependent on experience
• Help is needed through the busy holiday season with possibility of extension.

Responsibilities
Orders Management

• Serve as the key point of contact for all Employees, provide the Supply Chain support and responsible for responding to employees questions.
• Monitor and extract sales from Staff Sales website
• Allocate products from Local Warehouse or request stock transfers from boutiques or International
• Provide guidance and updates to employees on exceptional returns/issues
• Managing pricing and coordinating with teams on pricing uploads
• Liaise with International Operations regarding stock availabilities.
• Follow-up Employee Orders from request until the delivery (lead-time info, orders creation, delivery, and transport follow-up).
• Anticipate any delivery lead-time deviation and communicate it accordingly.
• Update Staff Sales tools in case of Return or Cancellation due to unavailability.
• Support the Long Service Awards orders by placing the order with International Operations, communicating status to HR, and confirming delivery details, creating deliveries to Employees in a timely manner.
• Process and follow employee requests for solitaires, liaising with HQ + local teams
• Handle the Free Of charge orders creations to Employees.

Stock Management

• Partner with Planners to maximize the stock in the local Warehouse for Employee purchase best sellers.
• Identify stock issues and opportunities. Communicate accordingly to the International Operations to updateCc Staff Sales catalogue.
• Responsible for defining allocation priorities when there is a stock constraint situation in partnership with Planners.
• Monitor inventory levels in Local Warehouse Flash Sales dedicated location (ESAL).
• Proactively initiate transfers from boutiques to Local Warehouse for retired Products with validation of merchandise planners. Follow-up on status and flow.
• Liaise with  Operations regarding Flash sale stock validation.
• Facilitate stock returns to International for remaining products with low potential in ESAL location.

Consignment

• Work with Finance to confirm/validate consignments
• Open/Close consignments as needed
• Process manual orders for purchased consignments as requested by Finance

Project Management & Continuous Process Improvement

• Provides reports as needed for Management. Maintain dashboards related to Employee programs.
• Coordinate Flash Sales with each team (Supply Chain, Marketing, Commercial, Warehouse) by defining schedule and deliverables. Communicate with management Sales Results.
• Support the implementation of new tools or programs in partnership with International.
• Proactively propose actions plan to enhance processes or existing tools.
• Test User for tools of improvement / website where needed.
• Handle special projects and responsibilities as required. Communicate with Supply Chain, Marketing, Commercial, Warehouse, Finance, Tax.
• Assist with administrative functions

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree
• 3-4  years of experience in merchandising, supply chain, or operations related role
• Proficiency in Excel, Word, PowerPoint
• SAP experience is a strong plus
• Retail experience a plus
• Luxury experience a plus
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Customer Service focus
• Fast learner
• Organized and capacity to work in the details
• Flexibility and reactivity
• An entrepreneurial mind-set that includes a curiosity to improve business acumen is required
• Motivated individual able to work independently and as a team player is required
• Strong organizational skills with excellent time management and decision-making skills;
• Ability to work additional hours as needed

If you meet the required qualifications and are interested in this role, please apply today. 

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