Senior Manager Retail Supply Chain Planning

Ashley Furniture Industries•Tampa, FL

14h•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Manager, Retail Supply Chain Planning leads end-to-end retail supply chain planning across demand, inventory, and execution alignment for the retail network. This role is responsible for in-stock performance, inventory productivity, and service levels by building disciplined planning processes, strengthening system-driven decision making, and reducing manual, reactive workflows. This leader partners with Demand Planning, Inventory Optimization, Supply Planning, RFC Operations, IT, Merchandising, and Store Operations to create a more proactive, integrated planning model. This role will help drive the transition toward a dollarized IBP-connected forecast, automated safety stock and replenishment logic, stronger inventory governance, clearer rules for allocation, set balancing, and AFI engagement.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business, Operations, Engineering or related field
7+ years of experience in supply chain planning, demand planning, inventory planning, or replenishment
3+ years of people leadership experience
Experience leading planning across a multi-node retail or distribution network
Strong knowledge of demand planning, inventory optimization, replenishment strategy, and service-level management
Experience with planning systems such as Logility, Blue Yonder, SAP APO, Kinaxis, Streamline or similar
Strong analytical skills with the ability to translate data into decisions, action plans, and process improvements
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives across planning, operations, IT, merchandising, and finance
Strong communication, influence, and change-management capabilities

Nice To Haves

Experience in furniture, retail, consumer products, or other complex distribution environments
Experience with IBP / S&OP governance and integration of financial and operational planning
Experience building forecast accuracy reporting, in-stock management processes, and inventory health reporting
Experience automating planning workflows and reducing spreadsheet/manual process dependence
Familiarity with allocation frameworks, exception management, and cross-functional retail planning processes

Responsibilities

Partner with Demand Planning and cross-functional teams to improve planning quality through system tuning, forecast process discipline, and integration of IBP-to-operational updates.
Lead inventory health governance, including Weeks of Supply, inventory dollars by RDC, bucket classification, and root-cause analysis of inventory and service issues.
Own RDC in-stock performance ‘and drive corrective actions tied to replenishment, safety stock, allocation, container cadence, and network imbalances.
Develop and maintain automated safety stock strategies to support in-stock goals and reduce dependence on manual processes.
Build standardized processes for set balancing across the network to improve complete-set availability, reduce stranded inventory, and optimize placement decisions.
Define and govern inventory allocation rules across customers so constrained supply is deployed consistently and according to business priorities.
Establish business rules that position AGR orders as a last-resort lever, especially beyond 14 days, with clear exception thresholds and approval requirements.
Manage the rules of engagement for AFI, including ownership, triggers, escalation paths, and planning handoffs across functions.
Drive automation of high-impact manual workflows, including safety stock updates, transfers, special-order processes, and container ordering.
Support and strengthen S&OP / IBP governance, including meeting cadence, roles, inputs, outputs, and accountability for planning decisions.
Lead, coach, and develop a high-performing team while creating clarity in KPI ownership, planning routines, and process discipline.