Senior Inventory Lifecycle Planner
Job Description
Senior Inventory Lifecycle Planner
\nCOMPANY OVERVIEW
\nDesigner Parfums is a fast growing, dynamic global fragrance company in the perfume & cosmetics industry, with a UK base in London and international ambition, with active business in around 70 markets.
\nWe are a small family-owned business, and we are proud to create, develop, and distribute brands from a fantastic portfolio of heritage classics to celebrity trend-led fragrances. We are brand owners and licensees for GHOST, JENNIFER LOPEZ, HAWAIIAN TROPIC, CERRUTI, PLAYBOY & JEAN LOUIS SCHERRER and proud to be distributors for ARIANA GRANDE, GUY LAROCHE, PILOMA PICASSO, AIGNER & GANT.
\nOur employees make our business special. With strong family values, we believe that Designer Parfums is a more prosperous and fun place to work when people feel free to be themselves. We believe in the power of being authentic, Agile and Approachable while meeting our business goals.
\nThe role is working from the office 4 days a week and 1 day WFH
\nJOB PURPOSE
\nTo assume responsibility for managing finished goods and component end-of-life through collaboration with internal cross-functional teams to achieve the goal of minimising negative P&L impacts. Liaising with Brand and Sales leaders to identify commercial opportunities for finished goods, components and point of sales materials. Managing activities from ideation through to the products being sold. Fostering strong internal relationships at all levels to ensure achievement of business targets and metrics.
\nIn parallel, the role plays a key part in developing and embedding best practice Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) processes to support ongoing control, governance and reporting of inventory ageing, obsolescence and write‑offs.
\nKEY DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
\nInventory/Stock Aged & Life-Cycle Management
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\nWork with Brand Leadership, Sales and Commercial teams to identify alternative uses and recovery routes for obsolete or surplus stock, including:
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\nSecondary and clearance sales channels
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\nExport or alternative market opportunities
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\nPromotional bundles, gift sets or composite products
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\nOne‑off or limited‑edition reworked SKUs
\nLead the monthly Aged/End-of-Life Stock Review meetings with the relevant business partners, ensuring clarity of status, actions, and reporting.
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\nEnsure the timely and successful creation of one-off product projects to utilise excess or obsolete components, creating saleable SKU if/where required.
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\nManage the internal commercial team’s commitments to take/sell end-of-life and/or composite products, ensuring activities/projects are completed.
\nCompliance, Quality & Regulatory Governance
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\nPartner with Procurement, Supply Chain, Quality and Regulatory teams to ensure that all proposed lifecycle solutions:
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\nComply with applicable legislation and regulatory requirements
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\nMeet brand, quality and safety standards
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\nAre suitable for the intended market and sales channel
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\nEnsure regulatory constraints (ingredients, labelling, batch coding, market authorisations) are fully assessed before execution.
\nSAP Transactional Ownership & Execution
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\nExecute and manage all SAP transactions required to implement approved lifecycle outcomes, including:
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\nCreation or amendment of Bills of Material (BOMs) for reworked or composite products
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\nRaising and managing purchase orders where additional materials or services are required
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\nCreation, release and tracking of production orders where rework or repacking is required
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\nEnsure stock movements, consumption and postings are accurate, auditable and aligned with finance requirements.
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\nAct as the SAP subject matter coordinator for lifecycle‑related inventory activity.
\nDestruction, Write‑Off & Governance
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\nIdentify inventory where no viable secondary or rework solution exists.
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\nPrepare clear, data‑led business cases for destruction or write‑off approval, including:
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\nStock quantities and values
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\nAgeing and impairment exposure
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\nOptions considered and rationale for disposal
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\nCoordinate approved destruction activities with Warehouse, Finance and third‑party partners, ensuring full documentation and audit compliance.
\nSKILLS
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\nProactive approach to problem solving with a starter-finisher approach.
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\nStrong communication and relationship management skills across all levels of leadership.
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\nProven track record of managing data related projects within a similar or global FMCG environment.
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\nAbility to analyse and interpret data to identify stock risk and sales opportunities.
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\nAnalytical and reporting skills in Microsoft Excel, including the use of data management formulas such as Vlookup and Pivot tables.
\nEDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
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\nDegree beneficial but not essential
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\nExperience of Supply Chain/Product Management in related industry – FMCG, Pharmaceutical.
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