Director - Inventory

WESCO•Glenview, IL

31d

About The Position

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.

Requirements

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
Ability to travel up to 25%

Nice To Haves

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

Responsibilities

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