Director Inventory
As the Director Inventory, you will be responsible for developing and executing the Inventory Management strategy to optimize investment while providing high-level service to customers. You will develop and drive inventory best practices, collaborating with leadership, stakeholders and business partners.
Responsibilities :
- Partner with other leaders across the supply chain and business to identify new opportunities to drive inventory improvements
- Lead Inventory team to create, implement, and execute inventory optimization plans and programs, developing forecasts for future demand
- Develop standards, metrics, and procedures that maximizes inventory management efficiencies
- Drive cross-functional teams and stakeholder to optimize inventory capabilities and develop best inventory management practices
- Collaborate with business units to build strategic plan that aligns with business goals
- Develop and carry out process improvement initiatives and collaborates with functional areas to identify best practices and process standardization
- Define standardized KPI's based on industry best practices and ensures that these KPI's are successfully deployed
- Partner with internal / external teams to solve vendor issues, manage vendor changes and plan for product additions
- Act as coach and mentor to support career development plans
- Recruit and develop term, focusing on future leadership potential and succession planning
Qualifications :
Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred10 years of experience of inventory management, including negotiations and knowledge of key contractual language10 years demonstrated experience collaborating with business operations and functional groups8 years management / supervisory experience8 years of experience leading change managementExcellent communication and presentation skillsAbility to influence individuals and teams with or without reporting relationships10+ years leadership experience with proven ability to formulate and communicate clear vision and sense of direction and mobilize people preferred10+ years of experience organizing and facilitating multidisciplinary teams through structured workshops (strategic session, Kaizens, problem solving sessions) preferred10+ years change management leadership experience including ability to communicate a need for change, create all necessary conditions for successful change and overcome different forms of resistance preferred10+ years proven coaching and training experience including the ability to facilitate team members to develop their skills and abilities to achieve agreed upon objectives preferredAbility to travel up to 25%