At Fingerhut, you will enter a culture that encourages team members to be bold and courageous. A culture that is zealous in pursuit of our mission to help our customers live a better financial life. In this culture, our team members find opportunities to stretch themselves, have a voice that is valued and is listened to have a sizeable impact on the business, work cross-functionally and collaboratively. We are continually innovating and improving, challenging ourselves to take risks, learn from mistakes, and celebrate success as a team. We also grow careers, giving employees on-the-job stretch assignments, lateral moves to expand knowledge bases, and promotional opportunities that help to accelerate development.    

Position Summary:    

We are looking for an Inventory Planner to join our Fingerhut team! As an Inventory Planner you will work closely with buyers to support merchandising strategies. In this position, you’ll be responsible for forecasting and planning inventory for multiple departments. The Inventory Planner will analyze data, predict trends, product lifecycles, lead times, manage warehouse capacity and forecast inventory financials. In this role you will build partnerships with internal and external customers to regulate inventory levels. If you are someone who enjoys the challenge of maintaining optimal inventory levels and timing within a fast-paced company, this is an ideal position for you. 

This is not just another job; Fingerhut’s mission is to help Americans live a better financial life by helping them establish, build, or rebuild their credit. You’ll help the business hold itself accountable to deliver on our mission every day.    

We empower each employee to put the customer first and our culture of ensuring all employees have an impact enables an entrepreneurial passion. No matter what stage of your career, you’ll make an impact on business results and interface with key leaders. As we continue to invest in machine learning, data-driven modeling, CRM tools and innovation, the future is very exciting. Join us in our mission!    

This role is based out of our Eden Prairie, MN head office within our hybrid environment that has team members come into the office 3 days a week.    

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Identify and implement strategies to deliver and exceed merchandising & inventory goals of turn, instocks, weeks of supply and sales revenue Collaborate with the Buying Team to build category strategies and manage the monthly financial forecast, dropship/warehouse mix, post-mortem seasonal analysis and open to buy process for your business areas Manage product & supplier level forecasts; analyzing and revising the data and managing alerts to deliver accurate projections in anticipation of customer needs Optimize replenishment settings to balance inventory flow while delivering expected in stock results Drive effective product life cycle management by recommending appropriate marketing and promotional action Partner with supply chain, warehouse, transportation and fulfillment teams to reconcile issues Develop and maintain productive vendor relationships to support department and company goals Ability to think outside of the box to solve complex problems are key to success Other duties as assigned

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum 2+ years’ experience in Merchandising, Inventory Planning, Supply Chain or similar industry Advanced skills with Microsoft Excel, and Word, including Pivot Tables, and VLOOKUPs Ability to travel 5-10% domestically for trade shows and vendor meetings

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Self-starter with a high level of flexibility, commitment, and a strong drive to win Exhibits analytical skills and has the ability to analyze and understand quantitative data. Experience with Oracle Retail Planning software (AP/IP, MFP, RDF) High attention to detail and ability to multitask in a fast paced and deadline driven atmosphere Experience effectively communicating with other departments Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills Adept at working cross functionally to achieve desired results

ABOUT BLUESTEM BRANDS

BLST Operating Company (Bluestem Brands) is a group of FinTech, and eCommerce Retail businesses (www.bluestem.com) led by our Fingerhut and Orchard Portfolios. This position falls under the Fingerhut – a long-standing fintech company. Check out www.fingerhut.com to see who we are and what we do for our customers. Fingerhut fuses our extensive years of data modeling and real-time analytics through machine learning to provide flexible payment options for our valued customers looking to establish, build, or rebuild credit. Qualifying customers use their accounts for e-Commerce purchases at fingerhut.com for everything they and their family need across a broad selection of national brands.

At Fingerhut, you’ll enter a culture that encourages team members to be bold and courageous. A culture that is zealous in pursuit of our mission to help our customers live a better financial life. In this culture, our team members find opportunities to stretch themselves, have a voice that is valued and is listened to, have a sizeable impact on the business, work cross-functionally and collaboratively. We are continually innovating and improving, challenging ourselves to take risks, learn from mistakes, and celebrate success as a team. We also grow careers, giving employees on-the-job stretch assignments, lateral moves to expand knowledge bases, and promotional opportunities that help to accelerate development.

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