Inventory Control Manager

Flex•Orangeburg, SC

20h

About The Position

Flex is the diversified manufacturing partner of choice that helps market-leading brands design, build and deliver innovative products that improve the world. A career at Flex offers the opportunity to make a difference and invest in your growth in a respectful, inclusive, and collaborative environment. If you are excited about a role but don't meet every bullet point, we encourage you to apply and join us to create the extraordinary. Job Summary To support our extraordinary teams who build great products and contribute to our growth, we’re looking to add an Inventory Control Manager located in Orangeburg, SC. Reporting to the Director, Materials the Inventory Control Manager is responsible for security and accountability of inventory levels for the site. Oversees the evaluation and disposition of excess inventory and develops policy for reducing and controlling inventory. What a typical day looks like: Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation. Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, business unit managers and warehouse managers. Evaluates various data extracted from the MRP system. Reviews and establishes the policies and procedures for the site with materials group. Designs, develops, and enhances metrics in response to site or corporate requirements. Responsible for accurate controls and procedures to be in place to properly implement cycle count operations and physical inventories Responsible for disposition of excess and obsolete materials. Inter-site materials evaluation and assessment of data. May evaluate and correct inventory count discrepancies. Evaluate excess inventory and negotiates with customer to reduce excess and obsolete material. Negotiates sales price and coordinates the sale of excess material. Reviews inventory portion of customer contracts.

Requirements

Typically requires a Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience and extensive knowledge of purchasing policies and practices in addition to 6 years of materials experience with advanced experience using MRP systems.
Typically requires a minimum of 8 years of related experience.
Ability to work with mathematical concepts such as probability and statistical inference, and fundamentals of plane and solid geometry and trigonometry.
Ability to apply concepts such as fractions, percentages, ratios and proportions to practical situations.
Demonstrates advanced functional, technical and people and/or process management skills as well as customer (external and internal) relationship skills.
Demonstrates expert knowledge of the function and a thorough understanding of Flex and related business.
Demonstrates knowledge of multiple functional technologies/processes, industries or functions and understanding of interdependencies of such processes at the site.
Use of the following tools may be required: Office Skills: telephones, word processing, data entry, spreadsheet (PC), software.
Ability to read, analyze and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures or governmental regulations.
Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers and the general public.
Ability to solve practical problems and deal with concrete variables in situations where standardization exists.
Ability to interpret instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form.
Impacts immediate (daily or weekly) operations of the function.
Executes and provides input to functional strategic plans and objectives for site.
May participant/lead initiatives that may impact sites/customers.
Provides input for team decisions.
Decisions may affect team or sub-functions.
Demonstrates skills in performance management, teaching/leading, counseling and mentoring.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree preferred.

Responsibilities

Ensures a high degree of customer satisfaction through negotiations of customer expectations and managing and directing staff activities required to meet this expectation.
Coordinates with customers, purchasing, project managers, business unit managers and warehouse managers.
Evaluates various data extracted from the MRP system.
Reviews and establishes the policies and procedures for the site with materials group.
Designs, develops, and enhances metrics in response to site or corporate requirements.
Responsible for accurate controls and procedures to be in place to properly implement cycle count operations and physical inventories
Responsible for disposition of excess and obsolete materials.
Inter-site materials evaluation and assessment of data.
May evaluate and correct inventory count discrepancies.
Evaluate excess inventory and negotiates with customer to reduce excess and obsolete material.
Negotiates sales price and coordinates the sale of excess material.
Reviews inventory portion of customer contracts.