Materials and Inventory Manager

Baxters North America Inc•Cincinnati, OH

10d•Onsite

About The Position

This role owns inventory planning, inventory policy development, safety stock strategy, material risk management, inventory reporting, expiration management, and disposition of excess and obsolete inventory. The position provides leadership to the Buyer team and establishes the processes, metrics, and governance required to transition from transactional purchasing to strategic materials management. Buyers and Cycle Counters report into this position. This role requires independent actions through leadership and influencing skills to facilitate change and align cohesive strategies, processes, and execution elements to ensure all functional areas adhere to the policies.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree required
5-10 years of experience in Supply Chain and Cost Accounting
1-3 years of supervisory/management experience required
Proven extensive knowledge of the function and department processes.
Cycle Counting
Operations Management
Inventory Control Software
Data Collection
Inventory Management
Material Management
Planning Strategy
ERP systems
Strong Communication Skills
Teamwork
Leadership
Detail Oriented
Results and Goal Driven
Analytical
Initiative
Integrity
Operational Excellence

Nice To Haves

food manufacturing preferred

Responsibilities

Works closely with site-based fulfilment teams maintaining inventory dashboards that create visibility to inventory aging for finished goods, raw materials, and obsolescence in line with pre-determined inventory level goals.
Create, monitor, and improve rigorous cycle counting processes that supports the overall inventory management strategy through pre-determined count frequencies based on cost and or use of materials.
Directs investigation into any inventory inconsistencies working with each plant to effectively resolve them.
Work with procurement, business development, warehouse, and upper management to ensure that all obsolete materials are returned or destroyed in a timely manner.
Investigate, recommend, and implement inventory and vendor improvement strategies for BNA.
Maintain all required documentation and records which are required for inventory reporting.
Work with Business Development, Finance, Procurement, and site management to create inventory KPI’s that may include cycle count goals, days on hand for finished goods, raw materials, and obsolescence.
Develop and maintain short term and long-term material supply plans
Drive proactive escalation of constraints before production or customer impact occurs
Monitor supplier delivery performance and manage supplier recovery plans when commitments are at risk
Manage the recruitment and training of any new inventory support staff.
Oversee a team of buyer(s) and cycle counter(s)
Collaborate with production and supporting departments to ensure the food safety and quality of our products.
Perform other duties as assigned.