Inventory Management Specialist

Tony's Chocolonely•New York, NY

10d•Hybrid

About The Position

Tony’s Chocolonely exists to make 100% Exploitation Free the norm in chocolate. Not only our chocolate, but all chocolate world-wide! Our main mission is to fight for equality and fairness – it inherently affects how we aspire to do business. We’re crazy about chocolate & serious about people. We're looking for an Inventory Management Specialist to join our US Operations team. The primary objective of the Inventory Management Specialist is to ensure product availability while optimizing inventory levels across Tony’s supply chain, ensuring Tony’s has the right product in the right place at the right time. In this role you will collaborate cross-functionally with demand planning, supply planning, logistics, and commercial teams to maintain healthy inventory positions that support growth, minimize waste, and maximize service levels. You’ll design, plan, and execute inventory strategies as well as analyze their effectiveness. You’ll be responsible for ensuring our inventory is optimized, available, and aligned with our growth goals—while also digging into the data to uncover insights that drive smarter decisions across the supply chain and provide reporting and analysis to stakeholders across the business.

Requirements

1-2 Years experience in a similar inventory role
Strong data analysis skills and problem-solving mindset
Organization and attention to detail
Excellent communication and cross-functional collaboration skills
Ability to influence decision making
Ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
Advanced Excel skills
High level proficiency working with BI tools
Experience using ERP systems and databases (planning tools)
Knowledge of inventory and replenishment planning methodologies
Experience in previous supply chain planning and/or analyst roles for CPG company
Live either in New York City or in close proximity. We are all about being more in person than apart; this means we offer flexibility but see each other in our office in New York City 2-3 days a week. More is fine, too!

Responsibilities

Collaborate with demand planning and commercial teams to align forecasts with inventory strategies.
Partner with supply planning and logistics to manage inbound product flow and warehouse capacity, ensuring accurate and up-to-date inventory data in all systems to enable data-driven planning and decisions.
Communicate inventory trends, forecasts, and updates with external 3PL partners as well as with internal Finance business partners.
Own inventory planning across our U.S. portfolio, ensuring optimal stock levels across Tony’s network of stock-holding facilities (3 DCs, co-pack, and ecommerce locations).
Build the US warehouse inventory replenishment plan using Jedox and/or other tools as needed and continuously monitor, and update based on data-driven insights.
Build and maintain dashboards and reports to track inventory health and support decision-making.
Analyze inventory performance metrics (e.g., turnover, DOH, waste) and translate insights into actionable plans.
Identify and resolve inventory imbalances, excesses, and shortages. Flag risks, prevent out-of-stocks, and minimize waste.
Support new product launches, seasonal campaigns, and promotions with inventory readiness and post-launch analysis.
Lead root cause analysis for inventory issues and drive continuous improvement initiatives. Identify trends, risks, and opportunities to improve inventory efficiency.
Continuously improve inventory planning processes and tools with a curious, solutions-first mindset, collaborating with IT/BI partners where needed.