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.

• →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

• Bachelor’s Degree required; Master’s Degree preferred
• 10 years of experience of inventory management, including negotiations and knowledge of key contractual language 
• ​10 years demonstrated experience collaborating with business operations and functional groups
• 8 years management/supervisory experience
• 8 years of experience leading change management 
• Excellent communication and presentation skills 
• Ability to influence individuals and teams with or without reporting relationships
• 10+ years leadership experience with proven ability to formulate and communicate clear vision and sense of direction and mobilize people preferred
• 10+ years of experience organizing and facilitating multidisciplinary teams through structured workshops (strategic session, Kaizens, problem solving sessions) preferred
• 10+ 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 preferred
• 10+ years proven coaching and training experience including the ability to facilitate team members to develop their skills and abilities to achieve agreed upon objectives preferred
• Ability to travel up to 25%

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