Category Inventory Manager - The SearchLogix Group
Responsibilities: This position will be the team leader
for managing availability, purchasing, supplier performance management
and operational excellence across a group category of supplier base.
Responsibilities will include:
- Drive improvements in supplier performance and the inbound replenishment
process. Improve availability and perfect inbound orders through.
- Supplier on-time shipping.
- Transactional quality (transportation, product control issues).
- Goods receipt / invoice receipt (GRIR).
- Reduce cycle time & variability across the processes.
- Improve availability performance of the category
- Deliver on the target availability and inventory plan.
- Order to the optimal inventory plan defined by global inventory strategy
and decision support tools.
- Direct exception based action that fine-tunes the inventory plan at
the supplier level to achieve service level targets.
- Identify and deliver cost and productivity improvements through more
efficient ordering (lot sizes).
- Reduce replenishment cycle time and variability to improve availability
and supply chain responsiveness.
- Manage open order process: expedite, supply chain communication
- Manage process for preventing stock outs and responding faster to
demand (generating purchases as needed, collaborating with customer
on early planning decisions and market adjustments).
- Manage seasonal item performance at the supplier level.
- Order to plan
- Ensure effective order process: order requisition review within cycle.
- Manage the large order and seasonal exception process.
- Manage annual purchase values in excess of $75 million
- Manage Life Cycle of Inventory
- Collaborate with new item addition process effectively.
- Improve availability of new items and adjust during ramp up.
- Manage item discontinuation process effectively.
- Reduce excess / obsolete inventory.
- Ensure proper communication is generated for items being discontinued
or for items experiencing availability problems.
- Collaborate with Product Management and Procurement on supplier selection
and supplier management
- Provide evaluation of new suppliers’ capabilities during line
review or expansion opportunities.
- Ensure new suppliers are ready to perform.
- Drive enhancements to the supplier scorecard and supplier management
process.
- Work with product management to find new sources of supply for suppliers
who are not performing
Education/Qualifications:
· Bachelor’s degree; degree in Purchasing, Supply Chain
Management preferred; MBA preferred.
· 5-10 years of experience in purchasing/sourcing/inventory management
and/or managing external supplier relationships in a supply chain driven
organization.
· Skills
· Leadership and results
· Functional expertise in Inventory Mgmt / Supply Chain
· Communication and Cross Functional Collaboration
· Problem Solving; Business Acumen
· Initiative and ability to identify, prioritize, build plans
and get things done
· Relationship building
· Ability to manage multiple conflicting priorities.
Salary: $80-85K BASE plus! Excellent comprehensive
benefits package!
Relocation: Yes, position is in the Chicagoland area.
Apply: Complete your candidate profile at www.searchlogixgroup.com
and refer to job posting 15318SN or as a second choice, email your information
and requirements to resumes@searchlogixgroup.com.
Only candidates who appear to meet the above criteria will receive a
response.
