Manager - Inventory

Wesco•Manassas, VA

About The Position

The Manager - Inventory oversees and manages inventory for assigned locations, optimizing investment while providing high-level customer service. The role manages inventory levels and attributes, supplier performance, inventory optimization programs, and personnel development to meet service and working capital objectives.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain or a business-related field.
At least 3 years of increasingly responsible inventory management experience.
At least 3 years of supervisory or leadership experience.
Knowledge of commonly used purchasing and inventory concepts, practices, and procedures.
Strong interpersonal skills, including teamwork, leadership, and flexibility when working with all levels of the organization.
Strong written and verbal communication skills.
Ability to organize and prioritize tasks to ensure completion.
Strong mathematical, analytical, and computer skills.
Strong time management skills.
Ability to work independently, exercise good judgment, and find solutions.
Ability to explain and teach policies, procedures, and practices.

Nice To Haves

Master’s degree.
5 years of increasingly responsible inventory management experience preferred.
APICS or ISM certification.
Lean – Blue, White, or Yellow certification.

Responsibilities

Monitor and adjust order review points (ORP) and economic order quantity (EOQ) levels, making appropriate stocking decisions.
Standardize and maintain inventory attributes in purchasing and inventory systems and databases.
Use reports, inventory applications, and processes to achieve and exceed fill-rate and on-time delivery objectives.
Create, implement, and execute inventory optimization plans and programs to achieve working capital objectives for asset management.
Rationalize and standardize the supplier base at assigned locations to increase preferred supplier utilization and purchasing leverage.
Review on-time deliveries, supplier fill rates, and error reports to evaluate supplier performance, and work with suppliers to improve performance as warranted.
Use reports, applications, and programs to monitor and maintain stocking levels, make stocking decisions, conduct branch shuffles, arrange supplier returns of excess and inactive inventory, dispose of inactive inventory under established procedures and policies, and minimize inventory write-offs.
Assist with recruitment, selection, training, and coaching of personnel.
Develop and train employees in job-related activities, including purchasing procedures, PC knowledge, and the quality system.
Provide leadership to help personnel meet and exceed performance objectives, encourage professional development and future growth, and reduce turnover.