Manager, Inventory

Interior Logic Group•West Valley, UT

About The Position

The Inventory Manager leads inventory control operations, directs a team and owns inventory accuracy, aged inventory reduction, and inventory-related financial results. This role sets regional inventory processes and standards and partners with Operations, Purchasing, Finance, Customer Service, and Administration.

Requirements

Associates / 2 year Technical School
4+ years of experience in inventory control or warehouse operations
Ability to lead, develop, and hold a team accountable for results
Ability to analyze inventory data and present recommendations to leadership.
Interpersonal skills to develop and maintain professional working relationships with builders, vendors, subordinates and co-workers
Communicate effectively with customers, co-workers and supervisors in a professional and courteous manner
Proactively identify, analyze, address, and resolve problem areas, conflicts, and issues
Displays willingness to make decisions
Exhibits sound and accurate judgment, supports and explains reasoning for decisions, includes appropriate people in decision-making process, and makes timely decisions
Strong organizational skills to ensure adequate tracking systems are utilized to maintain and track all required information associated with the ordering and production process
Working knowledge of internet, inventory, project management, spreadsheet and word process software and order processing systems

Nice To Haves

2+ years supervisory experience
SAP Experience
Bilingual experience preferred, but not required (English/Spanish)

Responsibilities

Lead SAP training and competency standards for warehouse and inventory teams
Own aged inventory targets for branches and the region, and drive reduction plans with branch leadership
Oversee and approve returns to vendors and RTV purchase orders, up to established authority limit
Partner with Finance to resolve claim invoice, receiving, quantity, and cost discrepancies, and lead root-cause prevention.
Serve as the regional escalation point for warehouse and purchasing issues.
Maintain stock lists/settings.
Ensure cost accuracy and data integrity for material setup and system transfers.
Set aged-material liquidation strategy and pricing guidelines for branch-level sales.
Analyze regional inventory reports (aged inventory, cycle count progress, not-picked orders) and present findings and recommendations to leadership.
Partner with Purchasing to set and maintain Purchasing Cockpit data standards.
Establish, audit, and enforce warehouse and purchasing best-practice procedures.
Design and manage the regional cycle count program, including frequency and variance thresholds.
Lead resolution of system inventory discrepancies, directing team members on corrections.
Drive continuous improvement initiatives to improve warehouse efficiency, accuracy, and cost.
Other duties as assigned