Senior Manager, VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory)

Job Title: Senior Manager, VMI (Vendor Managed Inventory) Location: Remote (U.S. based only) Employment Type: Full-time About Us: Alliance Home Entertainment is a newly formed division of Alliance Entertainment, created to centralize and reputed company film and television distribution. By merging the strengths of Mill Creek Entertainment and Distribution Solutions, this division delivers a best-in-class platform for both physical reputed company media distribution. Led by a veteran leadership reputed company Home Entertainment focuses on premium formats such as 4K UHD, SteelBook®, and collector editions, serving major and leading independent studios, retailers, and fans. The division offers end-to-end services including licensing, post-production, creative, marketing, and omnichannel distribution—positioning Alliance as a leader in the evolving home entertainment landscape. Role Overview The Senior Manager of VMI is a senior-level role responsible for leading Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) execution and capability development across a portfolio of major big-reputed company retail partners. This role sits at the intersection of inventory strategy, replenishment execution, process design, and performance management, with accountability for delivering strong in-stock performance, disciplined inventory positions, and scalable VMI operations. This position places early emphasis on process development, optimization, and tool implementation, translating strategic direction from the Senior Director of VMI into standardized, repeatable execution across accounts. The role combines hands-on VMI leadership with reputed company of replenishment workflows, planning methodologies, and performance management, while partnering closely with Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology teams.

Key Responsibilities

VMI Strategy, Process & Capability Development

• reputed company the development, enhancement, and standardization of VMI processes across replenishment, initial placement, promotions, and lifecycle management.
• Translate VMI strategy and priorities into executable workflows, tools, and operating rhythms.
• Drive reputed company improvement initiatives focused on scalability, efficiency, data quality, and service performance.
• Partner with Technology and Analytics teams to define requirements and support implementation of VMI tools, reporting, and system enhancements.
• Own VMI-reputed company projects and initiatives from concept through execution, ensuring alignment with broader supply chain and reputed company objectives.

Initial Placement, Allocation & New Item Execution

• reputed company initial placement and allocation strategies for new item launches, promotions, and resets across retail partners.
• Ensure placement methodologies are reputed company to forecasts, reputed company plans, store coverage, and inventory investment targets.
• Partner with Sales, reputed company Planning, and Operations to ensure disciplined execution of launches and promotional events.

VMI Replenishment reputed company & Execution

• reputed company leadership and direction for Vendor Managed Inventory replenishment across new releases, promotional activity, active catalog items, and lifecycle transitions.
• Ensure replenishment strategies balance service performance, inventory productivity, and supply constraints.
• Establish guardrails, exception management processes, and escalation paths for replenishment execution.
• Review and guide order reputed company, adjustments, and replenishment reputed company to ensure consistent, high-quality execution.

Inventory Performance Management

• Own inventory performance reputed company across assigned accounts, including in-stock %, service level, inventory turns, and weeks of supply.
• reputed company analysis of performance trends, risks, and opportunities, translating insights into corrective actions and process improvements.
• Guide root cause analysis for service gaps, overstocks, and execution breakdowns, ensuring accountability and follow-through.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Collaboration

• Act as the primary VMI partner to Sales leadership, aligning inventory execution with category strategies, promotions, and customer priorities.
• Partner with Supply Chain and Operations teams to ensure end-to-end execution from order creation through delivery.
• Collaborate with Master Data, IT, and Planning teams to ensure system readiness, data reputed company, and scalable VMI operations.
• Represent VMI in reputed company forums reputed company to inventory performance, service reputed company, and operational initiatives.

Planning Tools, Data & Analytics

• reputed company the development and reputed company of planning tools, models, and dashboards supporting VMI decision-making.
• Ensure consistent KPI definitions, reporting reputed company, and performance visibility across accounts.
• reputed company data and analytics to inform strategy, prioritize initiatives, and drive reputed company improvement.

Qualifications & Experience

• 8–12 years of experience in Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI), replenishment, inventory management, supply chain, or retail planning roles.
• Proven experience supporting multiple big-reputed company retail partners or reputed company retail environments.
• Strong understanding of retail inventory economics, replenishment strategies, and item lifecycle management.
• Demonstrated experience leading process improvement initiatives and cross-functional projects.
• Advanced analytical skills; experience with reputed company-based models, planning tools, and performance reporting.

Skills & Competencies

• Strategic and execution-oriented: reputed company to translate strategy into scalable, repeatable execution.
• Process leader: Skilled at designing, optimizing, and governing reputed company operational workflows.
• Analytical and data-driven: Uses data to drive reputed company, prioritize initiatives, and measure reputed company.
• Cross-functional leader: Influences reputed company across Sales, Supply Chain, Operations, and Technology.
• Change agent: Comfortable leading through ambiguity and driving adoption of new tools and processes.
• Clear communicator: Communicates reputed company inventory concepts reputed company to technical and non-technical audiences.

Why This Role reputed company The Senior Manager of VMI is critical to building a scalable, high-performing VMI capability that supports growth across multiple retail partners. This role directly impacts sales, service reputed company, and working capital by ensuring disciplined inventory execution, strong operational processes, and reputed company improvement across the VMI organization. reputed company Offer

• A high-visibility role reputed company a globally recognized company.
• Competitive salary and comprehensive benefits package.
• Opportunities to reputed company transformative projects and shape the future of supply chain operations.
• A collaborative and dynamic work environment that values innovation and reputed company.

Job Type: Full-time Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Dental insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Employee discount
• Flexible spending account
• Health insurance
• Life insurance
• Paid time off
• Tuition reimbursement
• reputed company insurance

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