Sr. Manager of Inventory Control

This is a permanent full time role. MUST work on site a few days per week.

This is *NOT * a Warehouse role.

Lead cross functional efforts to manage the inventory across two domestic distribution centers and one located in Mexico (no travel required). Responsible for overseeing the forecasting and inventory management team, developing inventory replenishment strategies and timetables, as well as keeping the inventories in line with needs at each distribution facility. Oversees collaborative forecasting process charged with insuring product supply to meet corporate service level and inventory policies. Work with the Director of Procurement to understand the purchasing systems and how purchase orders are created and issued. Experience with JD Edwards or ANY Inventory Management System is strongly preferred.

MUST be strong with MS EXCEL.

• Use predictive modeling to assess and forecast financial impacts of inventory purchases based on different scenarios. MUST have experience with forecasting
• Analyze inventory data and generate reports to provide insights and recommendations to management on inventory control strategies and purchasing decisions.
• Develop and implement inventory control strategies to optimize inventory levels and minimize stockouts or excess inventory.
• Collaborate with VP of Operational Excellence, Procurement and Finance to develop inventory management policies and targets.
• Review product and inventory within Distribution Centers to ensure adequate supply to support business programs.
• Track and review relevant economic, industry, market, and business conditions to update senior management and develop contingency plans to mitigate potential inventory and supply chain and assure supply.
• Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, Operations and Finance to develop demand planning solutions and improved forecasting tools to effectively manage inventory to maximize service levels, inventory turns, working capital and revenue growth.
• Understand retrial and promotional product strategies in support of maintaining appropriate product inventory levels
• Extract and aggregate disparate data sources to create holistic inventory models and forecasts
• Create and communicate short & long range forecasts and projections to Logistics and Procurement team.