Who We Are
Since 1977, Gregory Mountain Products has been a legacy brand in the outdoor industry and our products are sold in over 45 countries. We are a global leader in backpacking, hiking, everyday adventure and active travel products. We believe that exploration is all about the spirit and drive to make your life what you want, and our mission is to build gear you can trust to take you there. We have received countless innovation and product awards over the years, but most importantly our packs have been worn on millions of adventures and helped create a million smiles along the way.
The Supply Planner is responsible for supply planning, procurement, and inventory management for North America. It is essential that this role understands the outdoor equipment category and seasonality, vendor management, end-to-end procurement and product life cycle in order to meet working capital, inventory availability and sales goals.
Supply Planning
- Provide a monthly global rollup to factories by partnering with regional managers to accurately communicate consolidated FOB dollar requirements with a 4-6 month rolling forecast window
- Manage extended rolling global forecast
- Work with the Sales Team to create the demand plan based on hard PO’s and sales forecast, revenue goals, historical sales data and seasonal trends
- Partner with the sales team to create and maintain annual, seasonal, monthly forecast
- Partner with Product Development Team and Global Procurement Teams to develop seasonal product commercialization and tail-out strategies to meet regional launch requirements, factory capacities, lead times, MOQ’s and historic metrics
- Partner with Logistics team to approve and track finished goods shipments
- Monthly reconciliation forecast to revenue
- Manage end-to-end strategies for product life cycle launch, tail-out and DM
- Track and report backorder status on regular intervals
Purchasing
- Authorized to act as an agent on behalf of Gregory Mountain Products in the purchase of finished goods in accordance with planning requirements, inventory and working capital goals
- Authorized and responsible for maintaining purchasing & inventory systems with accurate delivery dates for open orders, justifying discrepancies and closing, changing or canceling purchase orders as required and in accordance with sales forecast, and reporting pertinent information to Dept management
- PO maintenance (placements and adjustments)
System and tool setup and maintenance
- SAP
- Buy Files
- Inventory files
Inventory Management
Develops tools and systems that notify excess inventory (or potential excess) beyond the established horizon at a SKU level, whether at the PO execution stage or at stock holding level
- Monitor overall inventory levels relative to sales forecast
- Manage and track aged inventory
- Global stock transfer orders
- 3PL forecasting for Canada
Vendor Management
- Responsible for monitoring on time delivery rates, total fulfillment and other key vendor performance and purchasing metrics
- Collaborates with Development, Import, and Logics teams to find cost-savings / margin enhancements through balancing inventory, packaging and freight efficiencies
- Manage day to day communications with finished good vendors - forecast, ship plans, front-end logistics consulting
Why You’ll Love Working Here
Our North America office is located just a few miles south of downtown Salt Lake City at the base of the Wasatch Mountains, giving our small, tight-knit team amazing access to world-class hiking, biking, fishing, skiing and snowboarding within a stone’s throw of the office. With 360-degree views and open windows, you can enjoy the fresh air and you can feel the energy of the mountains all around you.
At the risk of giving the ole sales pitch, we are proud of our culture at Gregory, so why not tell you about it. The work environment is fun and dynamic, with no shortage of learning opportunities due to our highly collaborative environment. We have a work-hard, play-hard mentality and are supportive of finding a healthy work/life balance. When it comes to professional development, our high employee retention rate and tenured team is the best indicator that there is no shortage of opportunities to learn and grow. We are fortunate to have a passionate and supportive parent company, Samsonite, a world leader in the travel space, which provides financial stability and allows us to pay competitive salaries with great benefits. At the end of the day, we put a lot of value on each and every one of our team members.
What We Value
We are a product-driven company, so we place a huge amount of value in high quality design, craftsmanship, materials, and responsible sourcing. We care about our outdoor playgrounds and the future of the planet, so we seek out environmentally conscious innovation and take real, science-based steps to measure and reduce our overall footprint. We believe in the incredible physical and mental health benefits we acquire from spending time outdoors. We seek to foster aspiration without intimidation, and we welcome all adventurers.
Our passion drives us to ensure every one of our products bears the mark of our hands-on, ground-up effort to curate new ideas, materials and technology to deliver something that is uniquely Gregory. This ingenuity and passion-driven mission can be felt beyond our products across all aspects of the company. It informs the style in which interact with our customers, our consumers, and our community. No matter how our consumers define adventure or wherever their curiosity leads them, it’s our job to enhance and empower their experiences.
Gregory is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to promoting and maintaining a work environment in which all applicants, associates, customers, and other individuals are treated with dignity and respect free from unlawful harassment, discrimination, or retaliation.