ET Conversion - 2025 - Supply Chain - Full Time

Role Specific Information
The Supply Chain Executive supports the execution of Kohl's logistics projects and supply chain scorecards to improve service, cost, quality and speed.
Do you love...analyzing processes and implementing/monitoring supply chain performance data?
Are you energized by...achieving process efficiencies and improvements?
Do you enjoy...communicating issues and resolutions to business partners?

Job Description

ACCOUNTABILITIES

• 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

Addendums

PARCEL

Packaging management

• Own supplier relationships and serve as POC 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 procurement team on packaging RFP

Carrier management

• Serve as 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

Streamline processes

• Identify data integration and database solutions to reporting improvements

TRANSPORTATION

• Responsible for day to day communication and interactions concerning global import freight movement
• Manage annual ocean, air and origin bids - partnering with procurement and AP on invoicing
• Analyze, report, scorecard. Develop and voice your own ideas on how to improve process, reduce cost

MERCHANT and VENDOR SERVICES

• Acts as the liaison into the supply chain for merchants and 3rd party vendors.
• Supports new project implementations.
• Identifies and supports strategies to remove friction within the supply chain
• Supports 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

• Find 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 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 and third party vendors 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

REVERSE LOGISTICS

• Manage 3rd 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

QUALIFICATIONS
REQUIRED

• Bachelor's Degree
• Knowledge of statistical, financial and work measurement analysis
• Demonstrated initiative and drive
• Proficient in Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint and Access
• Ability to multi-task across multiple projects
• Strong analytical skills, interpersonal skills and communication skills

PREFERRED

• Bachelor's Degree in Industrial System Engineering or Supply Chain Management
• Previous experience in distribution/manufacturing engineering/fulfillment and/or inventory management
• Supply chain knowledge and global business process orientation
• Strong negotiation and organizational skills; detail oriented; flexible problem solving skills

SPECIAL REQUIREMENTS

• May require overnight travel
• Flexible schedule to support peak business operation