Inventory Control Manager

Job Title

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Job Summary

General Purpose: Responsible for security and accountability of inventory levels for the site. Oversees the evaluation and disposition of excess inventory and develops policy for reducing and controlling inventory.

Principal Accountabilities:

• Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation.
• Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, business unit managers and warehouse managers.
• Evaluates various data extracted from the MRP system.
• Reviews and establishes the policies and procedures for the site with materials group.
• Designs, develops, and enhances metrics in response to site or corporate requirements.
• Responsible for accurate controls and procedures to be in place to properly implement cycle count operations and physical inventories
• Responsible for disposition of excess and obsolete materials.
• Inter-site materials evaluation and assessment of data.
• May evaluate and correct inventory count discrepancies.
• Evaluate excess inventory and negotiates with customer to reduce excess and obsolete material.
• Negotiates sales price and coordinates the sale of excess material.
• Reviews inventory portion of customer contracts.
• Owns inventory governance processes including adjustment approval controls, SOX compliance requirements, audit readiness, and inventory accuracy investigations.
• Establishes and maintains controls to ensure inventory transactions comply with financial and operational policies.
• Acts as site subject matter expert for inventory-related audits and compliance reviews.
• Leads cross-functional initiatives to improve inventory accuracy, material flow, warehouse processes, and supply chain performance.
• Partners with Operations, Finance, Quality, Program Management, Procurement, and IT to resolve inventory-related issues and implement sustainable process improvements.
• Owns site physical inventory strategy including planning, execution, reconciliation, audit support, and process improvements.
• Leads, coaches, and develops inventory control analysts and support personnel.
• Establishes performance expectations, training plans, and standard work to ensure team effectiveness and succession planning.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience.
• 6 years of materials experience with advanced experience using MRP systems.
• Extensive knowledge of purchasing policies and practices.
• Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
• Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
• Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.

Preferred: Master's degree preferred.

Benefits

• Full range of medical, dental, and vision plans
• Life Insurance
• Short-term and Long-term Disability
• Matching 401(k) Contributions
• Vacation and Paid Sick Time
• Tuition Reimbursement

Job Category

Global Procurement & Supply Chain

Is Sponsorship Available?

No

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