Inventory Systems Manager

Job Description
The Inventory Systems Manager will oversee the development and execution of the tactical SIOP processes to ensure alignment of demand and supply strategies and forecasts through, order file management, inventory management, and team collaboration. This position will support the business in developing long-range strategic and short-term tactical plans through analysis and evaluation of business and market data to align manufacturing capacities with commercial opportunities.

Key Responsibilities

• Responsible for developing and maintaining SIOP strategies (processes, systems, and tools) including order file management, inventory management, and working collaboratively with production, sales, finance, and purchasing teams to ensure that orders are shipped on-time, and inventory levels are optimized.

• Lead the SIOP process that align the demand on sales trends, identify and mitigate manufacturing constraints, and drive consensus between functions and stakeholders

• Lead change management in adoption of SIOP strategies across North American facilities

• Manage & develop SIOP team to analyze production capacity and adapt the order file to meet customer needs and optimize utilization & scheduling

• Create tools to measure SIOP cycle & metrics necessary to track its effectiveness

• Synthesize the sales forecast and operations capacity data to enable discussions on business risks and opportunities

• Provide direction for the effective utilization of manufacturing and warehousing capacity and ensure timely information is available to make crucial business decisions

• Drive analytics to uncover opportunities and/or misalignments in SIOP plans and based on the analytics, facilitate SIOP meetings, prepare reports, and recommend actions to ensure optimal SIOP execution

• Collaborate with the Scheduling & Optimization Manager on the implementation and adoption of new scheduling tools and mill production optimization strategies

• Establish a warehouse inventory management strategy to ensure timely material availability and supply while reducing the required footprint and inventory holding costs

• Assist in creating and balancing Commercial and Production volume forecasts and plans

• Ensure data integrity and accuracy in SIOP systems

• Understand, fully embrace, and model core values; “Sawdust in the Veins” (have a passion for the business and our customers), work from a “Handshake Integrity” and be “Driven to Win”.

• Act as a change agent for continuous process improvement, systems implementation, and standardization effort

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in Supply Chain, Operations, Data Analytics, Finance, Engineering, or a related field; or an equivalent amount of training, education, and experience

• Five (5) years of experience in Sales, Inventory and Operations Planning management, or project management with a focus in supply chain

• Experience in business with a manufacturing component

• Strong knowledge of SIOP processes & continue improvement methodology

• Experience with the following: Data models, data structuring, relational databases, ERP/MRP/CRM systems (Oracle, SAP, JD Edwards, Anaplan, Tableau, SalesForce, etc), query development, defining new reports and tools, technical implementation, and project management

• Strong Excel skills

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills

• Ability to communicate and prioritize input from senior management, stakeholders, and other departments

• Decisiveness and personal ownership – ability to make decisions and tenaciously own implementation

• Excellent verbal, listening, and written communication skills

• Excellent attention to detail

• Proven project management skills leading multiple, complex projects

• Experience supporting several functional organizations; knowledge and understanding of key metrics driving a sales environment

• Understanding of the people, processes, technology issues within an enterprise level corporation and how business process impacts reporting

• Positive demeanor and the ability to lead and/or function within a team and work well with others at all levels of the organization

• Ability to multi-task in a changing, fast-paced environment

• Understand and exhibit a sense of urgency

• Strong self-motivation and organizational skills