ALEXANDER MCQUEEN Inventory Controller

Gathers jobs supporting the business through financial services, such as business planning and performance analysis, risk management, tax and administration. Job Family Description -Business Analysis and Controlling: Ensures the development and implementation of financial controlling standards and processes. Supports our business by performing financial analysis. Participates in closing budgets and accounts procedures. Sub-Job Family Description - Inventory control: Analyses, forecasts and prepares inventory planning in order to optimise and control inventory stock levels, and meet our customer service objectives., At Alexander McQueen, we live and breathe a culture defined by our key Behaviours:

• Empowerment - We empower our team and peers, providing unwavering support to ensure everyone can thrive; this means giving support to your team and those you are working with to succeed.
• Teamwork - We put an emphasis on Teamwork; this means working together as a collective to achieve shared goals.
• Respect - We value respect, treating everyone with dignity and showing genuine appreciation for their efforts: this means treating everyone equally.
• Kindness - We believe kindness is integral to everything we do; this means demonstrating compassion and empathy towards others.
How will you contribute?
• Working in partnership with the Sales & Demand team to ensure the cost effective and time efficient stock movement within the EMEA region and the improvement of the stock flow strategy across stores, local DC and LGI
• Responsible for Sales Audit and daily reconciliation of sales for your respective stores
• Monthly reconciliations between inventory and accounting with Sales & Margin files
• Prevent and monitor inventory discrepancies and ensure that they can be reconciled
• Assist store management with daily requests (replenishment, customer service enquiries, stock investigations, consignments, adjustments, transfers)
• Effectively manage stock adjustments and transfers across the Europe region including warehouses
• Responsible in carrying out and audit bi-annual stock-takes across stores, investigate the discrepancies, posting the results on the system and report to management
• Support in establishing procedures for damaged products and report accordingly
• Managing return flow to vendor and related reports
• Resolve any inventory issues in a timely manner
• Develop a range of dashboards and metrics for Inventory reporting
• Using your extensive Excel skills, build and optimise current ways of working through automation
• Develop existing Inventory guidelines, prepare and deliver the related training to the related stakeholders
• Assist the HQ teams during the opening of new DOS and oversee the related stock activities
  
  You will be able to demonstrate the desired Alexander McQueen behaviours
• Previous experience working in an Inventory Control/Admin/Supply Chain/Accounting position preferable
• University degree in Economics, Statistics, Management Engineering or related fields
• Strong organizational skills to effectively manage a fast paced and varied workload
• Excellent interpersonal skills, confident in speaking with several stakeholders
• Extensive analytical and problem-solving skills
• Strong knowledge of Microsoft Office Suite (especially Excel and PowerPoint)
• High level of attention to detail
• Proven experience working cross-functionally to manage inventory activities effectively
• Additional languages highly desirable (Italian / French)
• Knowledge of SAP will be considered a plus