Sr. Manager, Demand and Inventory Planning & Management

Job Description

The Sr. Manager, Demand and Inventory Planning & Management is responsible for leading the organization’s end-to-end inventory planning and management processes, including demand planning, forecasting, inventory optimization and replenishment for all product categories and across Monro’s fleet of more than 1,100 stores. This role plays a critical role in aligning inventory investments with customer demand and financial targets, leveraging data, systems and partnerships with both suppliers and internal stakeholders to improve inventory availability, reduce inventory risk and drive profitability and GMROI. The Sr. Manager, Demand and Inventory Planning is responsible for managing the health and positioning of inventory across the enterprise, including identifying and mitigating inventory obsolescence risk, excess inventory and ensuring appropriate inventory levels at the SKU-Location level. This role requires close cross-functional collaboration with Merchandising and Category Management teams, Marketing, IT, Finance to drive a high-performance inventory planning and management function that scales with the needs of the business.

Compensation : The salary range for this role is $130,000 - $145,000 annually. This role is eligible for additional compensation and incentives. Pay will be determined based on experience level.

Key Responsibilities

Demand Planning & Forecasting

• Own and lead the end-to-end demand planning process across key categories, partnering with Category Management, Supply Chain, and Finance.
• Lead monthly 3-way forecast collaboration sessions with key suppliers and distribution partners to ensure alignment to demand expectations and inventory needs across the entire supply chain.
• Build and maintain statistical forecasting models, adjusting for market trends, promotions, seasonality, and lifecycle status.
• Monitor forecast accuracy and bias, and drive continuous improvement through root cause analysis and corrective actions.
• Partner with Finance to ensure alignment of demand and sales expectations to financial plans and forecasts, as well as overall business performance objectives.
• Translate demand plans into rolling 12-month inventory and purchase forecasts, and provide forecasts to key supplier and distribution partners, as well as to internal Merchandising and Category Management teams, Finance and Senior Leadership.

Inventory Management

Analytics & Reporting

Cross-Functional Collaboration

Team Leadership & Development

Qualifications

Education and Experience :

Knowledge & Skills :

Work Environment & Physical Requirements :

This job operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, scanners, and fax machines. Position requires incumbent to see, read, hear, speak, reach, bend, sit / stand for prolonged periods of time at a desk and working on a computer. Ability to work weekends and holidays as needed.

Additional Information

Benefits

Your next Destination!

Growth Opportunity :

At Monro we’re committed to helping our teammates grow their career through the combination of coursework, demonstrating leadership skills and open opportunities. Our teammates receive on-the-job training, company sponsored certifications, as well as course curriculum in Monro University that empowers them to advance to the next level of their careers.

Monro, Inc. is an equal opportunity employer and affords equal opportunity to all applicants for all positions without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.