Director - Inventory

Wesco, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest

Director - Inventory

Salary Not Specified

Wesco, Bracknell, Bracknell Forest

  • Full time
  • Permanent
  • Onsite working

Posted today, 6 Nov | Get your application in now to be one of the first to apply.

Closing date: Closing date not specified

job Ref: 9c4f0c9791874998b24f469c26ff8e4d

Full Job Description

As the Director - Inventory, you will be responsible for developing and executing the Inventory Management strategy to optimize investment while providing high-level service to customers. You will develop and drive inventory best practices, collaborating with leadership, stakeholders and business partners.,

  • Partner with other leaders across the supply chain and business to identify new opportunities to drive inventory improvements
  • Lead Inventory team to create, implement, and execute inventory optimization plans and programs, developing forecasts for future demand
  • Develop standards, metrics, and procedures that maximizes inventory management efficiencies
  • Drive cross-functional teams and stakeholder to optimize inventory capabilities and develop best inventory management practices
  • Collaborate with business units to build strategic plan that aligns with business goals
  • Develop and carry out process improvement initiatives and collaborates with functional areas to identify best practices and process standardization.
  • Define standardized KPI's based on industry best practices and ensures that these KPI's are successfully deployed
  • Partner with internal/external teams to solve vendor issues, manage vendor changes and plan for product additions
  • Act as coach and mentor to support career development plans
  • Recruit and develop term, focusing on future leadership potential and succession planning

    Bachelor's Degree required; Master's Degree preferred
  • 10 years of experience of inventory management, including negotiations and knowledge of key contractual language
  • 10 years demonstrated experience collaborating with business operations and functional groups
  • 8 years management/supervisory experience
  • 8 years of experience leading change management
  • Excellent communication and presentation skills
  • Ability to influence individuals and teams with or without reporting relationships
  • 10+ years leadership experience with proven ability to formulate and communicate clear vision and sense of direction and mobilize people preferred
  • 10+ years of experience organizing and facilitating multidisciplinary teams through structured workshops (strategic session, Kaizens, problem solving sessions) preferred
  • 10+ years change management leadership experience including ability to communicate a need for change, create all necessary conditions for successful change and overcome different forms of resistance preferred
  • 10+ years proven coaching and training experience including the ability to facilitate team members to develop their skills and abilities to achieve agreed upon objectives preferred
  • Ability to travel up to 25%

Relevant jobs