Kering Senior Supply Chain Specialist - Wholesale

September 3, 2026

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Summary

The Senior Supply Chain Specialist is responsible for leading the end-to-end operational execution of the company's wholesale business, ensuring efficiency, visibility, and alignment across all stages of the order lifecycle. Serving as a primary point of contact for brand partners, this role operates as a strategic liaison between brand teams and internal operations, driving seamless communication, proactive issue resolution, and high service levels.

This position plays a critical role in enabling operational excellence for a portfolio of luxury brands, overseeing core processes including order prioritization, allocation, invoicing, return authorizations, and performance tracking. The role ensures that key operational and financial KPIs are effectively monitored, analyzed, and communicated to support data-driven decision-making.

Acting as a central coordination hub, the Senior Supply Chain Specialist partners cross-functionally with Origin teams, Sales, Buying Offices (internal and external), Finance, Inventory Control, Accounts Receivable, and Third-Party Logistics providers. The role is accountable for driving alignment across stakeholders, removing operational roadblocks, and ensuring end-to-end process integrity from order intake through final delivery and invoicing.

This position drives strategic visibility and operational accountability across the wholesale supply chain, ensuring alignment between commercial objectives and execution capabilities.

Job Description

KERING Senior Supply Chain Specialist- Wholesale

Job Family: Logistics/Supply Chain

Job Title: Senior Supply Chain Specialist- Wholesale

Location: Wayne, NJ

Kering is a global, family-led luxury group, home to people whose passion and expertise nurture creative Houses across couture and ready-to-wear, leather goods, jewelry, eyewear and beauty: Gucci, Saint Laurent, Bottega Veneta, Balenciaga, McQueen, Brioni, Boucheron, Pomellato, Dodo, Qeelin, Ginori 1735, as well as Kering Eyewear. Inspired by their creative heritage, Kering Houses design and craft exceptional products and experiences that reflect the Group's commitment to excellence, sustainability and culture. This vision is expressed in our signature: Creativity is our Legacy.

HOW YOU WILL CONTRIBUTE

End-to-End Visibility & Analytics

Own the analytical tracking and reporting of the wholesale order lifecycle (from market to invoicing), providing actionable insights to Sales, Merchandising, and leadership teams
Develop and maintain KPI reporting to measure performance across order intake, allocation, fulfillment, and invoicing
Identify trends, risks, and performance gaps, and translate findings into clear recommendations

Forecast Alignment & Financial Impact

Partner with Finance, Demand Planning, and Wholesale teams to validate forecast accuracy and ensure alignment with operational execution
Analyze variances between forecast, pipeline, and actuals, highlighting risks to revenue realization

SAP & EDI Order Management (Core Expertise)

Serve as the subject matter expert for SAP order processing and EDI integration (850, 860, 856, 810), ensuring data integrity and process reliability
Oversee the monitoring and validation of EDI purchase orders, ensuring accurate ingestion into SAP and compliance with customer-specific requirements
Proactively identify and resolve systemic data issues (pricing discrepancies, SKU mismatches, delivery constraints) impacting order execution

Process Optimization & Issue Resolution

Conduct root cause analysis on supply chain and order management issues, driving corrective and preventive actions
Lead initiatives to standardize and optimize workflows across brands, improving efficiency and scalability-particularly in SAP and EDI processes
Act as SME for cross-functional projects, including system enhancements and post-migration stabilization efforts

Cross-Functional Leadership & Alignment

Drive alignment between US Sales, European Customer Service, Operations, Finance, Inventory Control, and Logistics teams
Lead structured governance cadences (weekly/monthly) with brands, focusing on performance insights, risks, and resolution plans-not just status updates
Ensure clear ownership and accountability across stakeholders for order completeness, pricing accuracy, and execution milestones

Performance Management & Governance

Define and monitor critical wholesale KPIs, including order processing accuracy, fulfillment performance, on-time delivery, and invoicing timelines
Assess operational performance against routing guides, EDI compliance, and customer requirements, mitigating risks such as chargebacks

WHO YOU ARE

5+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Wholesale Operations, or Order Management
Advanced expertise in SAP and EDI order processing (850, 860, 856, 810) required
Strong analytical skillset with the ability to translate data into business insights and executive-level messaging
Advanced Excel (Power Query, pivot tables, data modeling); Power BI experience strongly preferred
Proven ability to lead cross-functional initiatives and influence stakeholders across regions
Strong problem-solving mindset with experience in root cause analysis and process improvement
Ability to operate in complex, fast-paced environments, particularly within system transformations (e.g., SAP migrations)
High level of ownership, autonomy, and attention to detail
Excellent communication skills with experience presenting to senior leadership

Salary: $35.00 - $39.00 per hour

Health benefits include: Medical and prescription drug insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance, critical illness insurance, accident insurance, hospital indemnity insurance, personalized healthcare support, wellbeing programs.

Financial benefits include: Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs), 401(k) plan, basic life and AD&D insurance, and short-term disability insurance.

Job Type

Regular

Start Date

2026-07-09

Schedule

Full time

Organization

Kering Americas Inc.

Skills:
Accounts Receivable, Actuals, Analysis Skills, Billing, Brand Strategy, Chargebacks, Communication Skills, Corrective Action, Cross-Functional, Customer Service Operations, Data Modeling, Data Quality, Demand Forecasting/Planning, Detail Oriented, Electronic Data Interchange (EDI), Establish Priorities, Finance, Financial Planning, Forecasting, Inventory Management, Leadership, Logistics, Merchandising, Operational Audit, Operational Strategy, Order Management, Order Processing, Order/Customer Fulfillment, Performance Analysis, Performance Management, Performance Metrics, Pivot Tables, Power BI, Presentation/Verbal Skills, Pricing, Problem Solving Skills, Process Improvement, Purchase Orders, Regulatory Compliance, Return Merchandise Authorization (RMA), Risk Analysis, Risk Management, Root Cause Analysis, SAP, Sales, Stock Keeping Unit (SKU), Supply Chain, Supply Chain Management, Supply Chain Operations, Sustainability, Team Lead/Manager, Third-Party Logistics (3PL), Time Management, Trend Analysis, Variance Analysis, Wholesale Industry

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