Inventory Control Lead

Location: China Mainland

State/Province/City: Shanghai

City: Shanghai

Business Unit: Store Support Centre (SSC)

Description & Requirements

Who We Are

lululemon is an innovative performance apparel company for yoga, running, training, and other athletic pursuits. Setting the bar in technical fabrics and functional design, we create transformational products and experiences that support people in moving, growing, connecting, and being well. We owe our success to our innovative product, emphasis on stores, commitment to our people, and the incredible connections we make in every community we're in. As a company, we focus on creating positive change to build a healthier, thriving future. That includes creating an equitable, inclusive, and growth-focused environment for our people.

About This Team:

China inventory control team is responsible for inventory safety and accuracy, create and improve fulfilment processes, operations, and compliance controls, maintain data integrity, reporting and analysis for product coming in and out of our distribution centers in China.

This role reports to inventory control manager meanwhile need to collaborate with internal and external team such as DC operation, inbound& outbound logistics, retail& EC operation, inventory planning, finance, technology, global inventory control and accounting, etc.

A Day In The Life:

  • Make cycle count plan with 3PL and monitor 3PL counting progress to make sure 3PL conducts the plan followed with requirements.
  • Monitor 3PL inventory related KPI and audit the inventory consistency on regular basis.
  • Work closely with finance team to conduct yearly stock take and cooperate on external audit count.
  • Investigate shrinkage reasons and implement action plan for improvements to reduce company loss.
  • Monitor inventory flow in DC E2E operation processes to ensure inventory handling in compliance with company policy.
  • Timely providing accurate inventory reports such as SOX report, scorecard report and so on especially on fiscal month end.
  • Support on building up and maintaining inventory dashboards to help provide inventory visibility in different dimensions.
  • Partner with internal and external team to support on continuously digging out improvement opportunities (such as developing automation tools) during inventory control processes.
  • Collaborate with global team and tech team to investigate WMS&ERP inventory imbalance issues and prompt respond to reconciliation requirement from business team.
  • Arrange aging& damage inventory exit and rework processes based on business insights.
  • Complete any ad-hoc task may be assigned by line manager or per department requirements. 

Qualifications:

  • At least 5 years of exp. in logistics with more than 2 years of exp. in inventory control is preferred.
  • Experience in supply chain related systems, e.g. ERP, WMS, OMS
  • Proficiency with MS Office platform (Excel, Word, PowerPoint). Advanced Excel, Power BI and SQL skills are a plus.
  • Attention to details. Sensitive to numbers with strong analytical skills
  • Strong communication and negotiation skills.
  • Good command of written and spoken English.

Must Haves:

  • Proven work ethic with utmost integrity
  • Self-motivated with curiosity and eager to learn and make a difference.
  • Open minded and communicate with honesty and kindness.
  • Excellent team player as well as the ability to work independently.
  • Actively live and breathe the lululemon culture and lifestyle.


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Only those applicants under consideration will be contacted. Please accept our utmost appreciation for your interest. lululemon is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. Employment decisions are based on merit and business needs, and not on race, color, creed, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state or provincial and local laws and ordinances. Reasonable accommodation is available for qualified individuals with disabilities, upon request. This Equal Employment Opportunity policy applies to all practices relating to recruitment and hiring, compensation, benefits, discipline, transfer, termination and all other terms and conditions of employment. While management is primarily responsible for seeing that lululemon equal employment opportunity policies are implemented, you share in the responsibility for assuring that, by your personal actions, the policies are effective.

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