Associate Inventory Planner - 12M FTC - Merrell

Wolverine World Wide, Inc. (NYSE:WWW) is one of the world’s leading designers, marketers, and licensors of footwear and apparel; It’s global footprint spans 170 countries and territories. The Company’s portfolio includes Merrell®, Saucony®, Sweaty Betty®, Hush Puppies®, Wolverine®, Chaco®, Bates®, HYTEST®, and Stride Rite®. The Company is also the global footwear licensee of brands Cat® and Harley-Davidson®.

Wolverine Worldwide is driven by a Vision to Make. Every Day. Better. for its consumers, partners, communities, and shareholders.

In 2025, the Company was recognized by Footwear News as Company of the Year, by Forbes as one of America’s Dream Employers, America’s Best Employers for Women, and America’s Best Employers for Company Culture, and by Inspiring Workplaces as one of the Most Inspiring Workplaces Globally.

Wolverine Worldwide is a Certified™ Great Place To Work®.

We are looking for an Associate Inventory Planner to join the team. With a focus on supporting the Planning team in managing inventory; PO planning; and the complete product life cycle for the Wolverine brands. Responsibilities range from setting the products up on the system, converting buys to size level purchase orders and negotiating delivery dates with the factories to communicating delivery performance to the customer service and sales team. The role is fundamentally responsible for supporting the team in demand and inventory planning of by month and season for the European region.

KEY ACCOUNTABILITIES

• Produce and distribute stock and inventory reports to support Sales Teams and Customer Services
• Produce inbound and inventory reports to support period end analysis
• Review of regional forecasts; regional backlog; and historical product size curves to decide best size curve to support forward and replenishment business
• Raise and maintain Purchase Orders in SAP system
• Maintain records of Warehouse and Volume Direct orderbooks through Seasonal summary orders.
• Liaise daily with CPO office in China to achieve a smooth flow of production and ensure all production and ‘pending’ issues are resolved
• Negotiate and liaise factory where lead-times are not met, and ensure that POs and capacity is prioritised to service on time delivery and ensure business requirements are supported
• Identify, resolve and communicate any production/shipping/sourcing issues
• Work with the sales teams and finance to decide if air freighting stock is a viable option by assessing the need and exploring alternatives
• When necessary management of the air freight inbound stock from authorisation form to delivery
• Work with customer services and warehousing to track key accounts and expedite shipments.
• Support queries from the CS and Sales teams
• Maintenance and management of product set up in relevant systems
• Ordering, tracking and allocating New Season Samples to the sales teams across Europe
• Suggest ways to improve inefficiencies and identify procedures that could be revised
• Ad-hoc duties requested from planners and line manager

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED

• Enthusiastic and well organised
• Good analytical skills.
• Minimum of two years Demand Plan/Wholesale experience (preferred)
• Computer literate
• Good knowledge of Excel (V-look up and Pivot tables)
• SAP knowledge is preferred, but training will be given
• Ability to communicate and interact with management, sales, customer service, factory personnel, warehousing personnel and product development.
• Good Time Management Skills

WORKING CONDITIONS

Normal office environment.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed and are not intended to be an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills which may be required.

Wolverine Worldwide, Inc. is committed to creating a company that is as diverse as our consumers. We value the differences in one another and believe our differences make us stronger. Our diverse and inclusive corporate culture starts with the recruitment process. We are committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We aim to create equal opportunities for our associates, customers, and suppliers regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, or any other legally protected characteristic.