Director, National Warehouse Manager

dentsu•New York, NY

1d•$114,425 - $120,000•Hybrid

About The Position

Dentsu Creative is a global creative agency network integrated with dentsu’s Media and CXM businesses in approximately 120 countries and regions. The Director, National Warehouse Manager owns and optimizes the warehouse workstream end to end, including budget management, inventory oversight, and asset-purge recommendations. The role serves as a cross-functional resource for the Dentsu Field team, leadership, finance, and client partners, proactively identifying risks, efficiencies, and cost savings while maintaining strong operational and financial controls. It translates detailed inventory and financial insights into data-driven recommendations for leadership and client teams. The position reports to the Group Director, Client Leadership. It is based in New York. Employees within commuting distance of a hub office are generally expected to work in person three days per week; employees based in Los Angeles are expected in the office two days per week. Employees outside commuting distance may be designated remote, depending on the role and business needs, and all employees may need to attend an office to meet company or client needs. The position is full-time and permanent.

Requirements

At least 6 years of experience in operations, warehouse/inventory management, or supply chain management.
Ability to manage large purchase orders and budgets and provide financial reconciliation.
Strong analytical mindset and ability to translate inventory and financial data into actionable recommendations.
Strong client relationship and cross-functional leadership skills.
Excellent project management, communication, and problem-solving skills.
Ability to manage multiple workstreams, priorities, and stakeholders simultaneously.
Advanced Excel skills and strong overall technology aptitude.

Responsibilities

Oversee inventory across all markets and translate consumer giveaway and asset orders into the digital inventory management platform, ensuring system data accurately reflects usage activity.
Manage user support, inventory updates and purges, and reconciliation with local markets.
Identify opportunities to automate depletion tracking and improve inventory visibility.
Build overall warehouse budgets and submit client-facing scopes.
Monitor expenses against multiple purchase orders and reclassify expenses as needed.
Work with finance and client leadership to forecast spending.
Identify opportunities to reduce warehouse costs through inventory consolidation, footprint optimization, process improvements, and stronger inventory management.
Work with local markets to understand business needs while challenging unnecessary storage and spending.
Evaluate inventory usage regularly to identify purge opportunities; develop client recommendations, secure budgets and approvals, and coordinate execution across warehouse partners and markets.
Connect warehouse activity with broader planning and operational priorities as a cross-functional resource.