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Summary
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.
Essential Functions
- 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
Education & Experience
Required
- Associates / 2 year Technical School
- 4+ years of experience in inventory control or warehouse operations
Preferred
- 2+ years supervisory experience
- SAP Experience
- Bilingual experience preferred, but not required (English/Spanish)
Skills & Competencies
- 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
If you like working with a growing close knit team and helping home owners design the home of their dreams, come build your career with us!
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, individual with disabilities, veteran status, gender identity or national origin.