• Supply Chain Executive, Inbound Transportation

    Kohl's (Menomonee Falls, WI)


    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