Inventory Optimization Analyst, Lead
About The Position
Lennox (NYSE: LII) Driven by 130 years of legacy, HVAC and refrigeration success, Lennox provides our residential and commercial customers with industry-leading climate-control solutions. At Lennox, we win as a team, aiming for excellence and delivering innovative, sustainable products and services. Our culture guides us and creates a workplace where all employees feel heard and welcomed. Lennox is a global community that values each team member’s contributions and offers a supportive environment for career development. Come, stay, and grow with us. As a team lead, this analyst is responsible for the expert application of statistical and qualitative methods to optimize inventory settings, policies and practices.
Requirements
- Requires a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Requires at least 8 years related experience. A master's degree or equivalent is preferred.
- Excellent leadership and organizational skills. Broad business acumen.
- Expert at inventory optimization analysis and best practices.
- Expert application of appropriate statistical methods to large data sets.
- Understands how decisions impacts sales, attrition, working capital, and costs.
- Expert understanding of Supply Chain Management principles. Excellent decision-making and problem-solving skills. Excellent continuous improvement skills.
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills.
- Ability to recruit, interview, select, and develop professional team members.
- Ability to motivate employees.
- Proficient in standard Microsoft Office applications (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).
- Strong functional knowledge of SAP ECC master data requirements.
- Working knowledge of SAP APO or equivalent.
- Able to define configuration parameters for inventory optimization technology toolsets (SO99, i2, Manugistics, etc.).
- Expert application of standard statistical technology packages (SPSS, Minitab, etc.) output to define settings within inventory optimization software.
- Able to configure software to optimize multi-echelon inventory networks.
- Able to define and configure parameters for lot size optimization within technology toolset.
Responsibilities
- Apply expert statistical analysis and business knowledge to optimize inventory parameter setting.
- Lead the development of inventory management policies and processes and ensure implementation across locations.
- Develop and ensure store stock assortments are maintained.
- Develop standards to track and monitor inventory results relative to objectives.
- Provide leadership in coordinating with supply and demand planning to update key inventory parameters that drive the planning and execution systems.
- Ensure the communication and validation of strategic inventory assortment and working capital objectives.
Benefits
- tuition reimbursement
- medical, dental, and vision insurance
- prescription drug coverage
- 401(k) retirement plan
- short-term disability insurance
- 8 weeks paid birthing leave
- 2 weeks paid bonding leave
- life and long-term disability insurance
- 12 days paid time off
- 2 paid well-being days
- 1 paid volunteer day
- 12 paid holidays
- 3 floating holidays per year
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
