Inventory Planning Supervisor

Embrace a career with purpose at Nice North America, a subsidiary of Nice S.p.A., an Italian multinational leader in Home and Building Automation. Guided by our vision of creating A World Without Barriers, we develop cutting-edge solutions for smart home control, security, door and gate automation, access control, and more to achieve our mission of Simplifying Everyday Movements.

Headquartered in Carlsbad, CA, with several R&D and manufacturing centers and offices throughout the region, Nice is committed to innovation that enhances everyday life. Our team thrives in an environment that fosters continuous learning and professional growth where you’ll collaborate with talented and dynamic individuals every day to create groundbreaking solutions. And, as a global leader, we offer award-winning sales and marketing programs, technical support, and CEU training to the industry’s top partners.

Our commitment extends beyond technology development; we also proudly support the Gary Sinise Foundation R.I.S.E. program, helping wounded veterans and their families through specially adapted smart homes. A philanthropic endeavor that truly embodies our corporate mission.

Summary:

The Inventory Planning Supervisor is responsible for providing leadership driving optimum inventory levels through collaborative planning and forecasting, maintaining financial reporting accuracy at our manufacturing facilities and distribution centers within North America. This position will manage, prepare, administer and control planned material flow, evaluating business opportunities and support strategic and tactical decision-making. The ideal candidate Is an analytical, skilled individual with strong attention to detail. Possessing acute commercial awareness to be able to interpret and implement data to maintain and improve the company’s inventory levels by analyzing inventory statistics. This role will work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure inventory accuracy and availability to meet customer demands.

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead Inventory Planning team developing KPI metrics, inventory management reporting in line with financial reporting at leadership staff meetings
• Achieve aggressive inventory reduction targets by establishing effective processes, tools, and controls capable of sustaining year over year objectives.
• Allocate inventory to the correct departments to establish ownership and cross-functional tasks associated with company’s inventory reduction strategy.
• Lead weekly and monthly reports to organization detailing weekly progress trends, areas of opportunity and drive action plans to achieve targets.
• Analyze market response to new products and use this to develop forecasts for new items not yet introduced.
• Support development and maintenance of inventory databases and systems for accurately managing inventory.
• Communicate inventory concerns and develop action plans to solve them including development of presentations to senior leadership.
• Lead inventory segmentation and discontinuation discussions and follow established guidelines to implement changes.
• Monitor inventory levels, perform root cause analysis and adjust requirements based on findings.
• Contribute to the inventory challenge process (excess and obsolescence) analyzing buying patterns of key customers and how they react to incentives, looking for alternatives to reduce such inventory on hand.
• Support demand cutover strategy when dealing with new technologies and how they affect the transitional demand plan and inventories tied to phase outs and material liability.
• Support ad hoc analyses and special projects such as inventory forecast and cutover strategy scenarios, what-if analysis and long-range planning, as well as analyzes of the financial impact of changes to business operations/
• Implements and maintains department policies and standards.
• Required to have a strong comfort-level communicating throughout all levels of the organization.
• Understand, support and execute all work according to the established procedures and working requirements of the organization.
• Lead, develop and mentor a team of Inventory Planners.
• Project based assignments as requested.
• Ability to effectively and professionally communicate with co-workers, leadership and others.

Knowledge Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of SIOP, Demand planning, and Distribution Center operations and/or FP&A role.
• 5 years of related experience with a Bachelor’s degree; with experience in Business, Statistics, Supply Chain, Materials/Operations Management or Finance; and/or equivalent work experience in an Inventory Planning environment.
• Strong hands-on experience problem solving with attention to detail, analyzing large amounts of information/data and developing fact-based conclusions.
• Ability to analyze and process inventory obsolescence.
• Previous experience leading a team.
• Able to solve problems using various analytical tools, including root cause analysis and overall business impact.
• Knowledge of NetSuite, and/or other ERP, MRP solutions is preferred.
• Demonstrated sense of energy/urgency and ability to learn on the fly.
• Ability to work cross-functionally with all levels of the organization.  Build strong relationships with sales, product management, marketing, finance and other cross-functional groups to drive collaborative Inventory planning strategies.
• Proactive, organized and detail-oriented, team leader.
• Strong overall understanding of the supply chain function and how internal customers utilize the demand planning information.
• Strong written communication and verbal skills. 
• Proven ability to multi-task, set project priorities, establish department/discipline goals and objectives for self and others.
• Computer literacy required, including advanced skills in Microsoft applications (i.e. Excel, Word, PPT, etc.)
• Strong attention to detail
• Positive attitude, self-motivated and eager to succeed.

Physical Requirements:

Essential functions of this job require the following minimal physical demands.  Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable the individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Required to sit, talk or hear; frequently required to use hands to grip or feel; and occasionally required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms, stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Vision and depth perception suitable for use of utilizing a computer, printer, phone, and keyboard.
• Manual dexterity suitable for use of utilizing a computer
• Sufficient personal mobility and physical reflexes which permits the employee to work in an office setting
• Ability to walk and/or climb 5% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Ability to sit at a computer for 90% of the time comfortably, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Light to moderate lifting

Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Must be comfortable working in an office environment to include moderate noise levels
• The working area is primarily in an open office setting with reasonable lighting and controlled temperatures

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Disclaimer:

The above statements reflect the general details considered necessary to decide the principal functions of the job identified and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all work requirements that may be inherent in the job. Job incumbents are expected to perform other duties necessary for the effective operation of the position, department, or business.