Sr Regional Inventory Manager

SiteOne Landscape Supply•Roswell, GA

11d

About The Position

The Sr. Regional Inventory Manager (Sr. RIM) partners with the Regional Vice President, Area Sales Management, and Category Management as the lead for inventory management for a specified region. The ultimate goal of the Sr. RIM is to execute towards inventory availability and turns objectives of the region through partnership with local resources. To achieve their goals, the Sr. RIM will focus on training local resources on inventory management fundamentals, development of consensus forecasts, and optimizing inventory from a turnover and obsolete perspective. The Sr. RIM excels in understanding their regional business and operations, and exhibits exceptional customer service, strong analytical skills, and detailed knowledge of demand planning applications. The Sr. RIM serves as the primary point of contact for the region they support, ensuring branches within the region have the correct inventory levels based on market demand, impacting $70-90M in average inventory and $250M+ in annual COGS. Additionally, the Sr. RIM provides thought leadership towards improvements in systems, processes, and procedures for the Inventory, Planning, and Replenishment (IPR) team. Sr. RIM’s in largest sales regions may manage a direct report, the Regional Inventory Support Specialist.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or Finance
Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in forecasting and demand planning; other areas within Supply Chain are a plus
Excellent verbal and written communication skills
Passion for providing excellent customer service
Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to interact with senior management
Experience working with Blue Yonder planning software (Demand and Fulfillment)
Detail oriented, self-starter
Able to interact with management team, including senior management
Understand the linkages between distribution requirements planning and other supply chain processes such as demand planning, inventory planning, procurement, and transportation.
Understand distribution strategies, products, markets, and customers, business experience in retail, operations, logistics, distribution, and inventory management.
Familiar with transaction systems and decision-support tools, data base creation and manipulation, spreadsheets, word processing.
Ability to work in a complex, fast paced environment and drive cross functional engagement to resolve issues and identify opportunities
Required travel: 10%

Nice To Haves

APICS certification preferred

Responsibilities

Lead regional strategy and execution of key targets for Inventory and Replenishment for the assigned Region, serving as a key point of contact for field leadership
Meet and improve upon regional In-Stock and Inventory Turns goals
Leverage forecasting and inventory planning tools (Blue Yonder Demand, MS Excel, etc) to manage the weekly forecast process
Development and maintain baseline statistical forecasts
Identify and lead the implementation of opportunities to improve forecast accuracy
Optimize inventory parameters to balance inventory efficiency vs. customer service levels
Interact with other IPR teams (DC Inventory, Vendor Purchasing) to proactively identify and take corrective action on potential stockouts
Where applicable: Oversee, train, and mentor direct report(s)
Provide guidance and thought leadership to other RIMs and the IPR team at large
Identify opportunities for progress and develop/lead projects designed to improve processes, strategies, and tools
Partnering with branch operations leaders to analyze inventory data, identify opportunities for efficiency, and collaboratively develop strategies that reduce costs and enhance overall operational success.
Working with regional sales team to leverage local market intelligence to determine trends, identify new products, and new customers to develop and document sales forecasts and inventory requirements
Supporting SKU assortment requirements by acting as a point-of-contact for initial setup and ongoing maintenance
Holding weekly Area forecast planning and inventory review meetings
Leading training and development initiatives for branch teams, mentoring staff on best practices for inventory management to foster continuous improvement and ensure consistent execution of inventory policies across the region
Attending quarterly in-market visits to provide on-site support for operational and inventory management procedures