Job Title - Inventory Advisor
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What you will do
Responsible for analyzing inventory data, identifying inefficiencies, and implementing effective solutions to optimize inventory levels, reduce costs, and improve service levels
1. Coordinate, communicate, align
- Collaboration and Communication: Work closely with procurement, production, supply, and logistics teams to ensure alignment and implement inventory optimization strategies
2. Execute and drive inventory optimization opportunites through various supply chain teams
- Inventory Analysis and Forecasting: Analyze historical sales data, demand forecasts, andinventory trends to determine optimal stocking levels and safety stock requirements.
- Process Improvement: Assess current inventory management processes for efficiency andeffectiveness, and develop strategies to optimize inventory control, reduce stockouts, and minimize excess inventory.
- Data-Driven Decision Making: Utilize inventory management software and analytical tools to monitor inventory performance metrics (e.g., fill rate, inventory accuracy, carrying costs)and identify opportunities for improvement
What you will do-Continued
- Reporting and Insights: Prepare insights/recommendations on inventory performance against forecasts and targets to management for actionable plans
- Change Management: Develop and implement change management strategies to ensure sustained performance improvements across the organization
- Staying Updated: Stay informed about industry trends, emerging technologies, and best practices in inventory planning and optimization to continuously improve inventory performance
- Support regional fulfillment rate objectives with optimal inventory levels through analysis & sharing learning, developing tools and metrics, driving processes and procedures and working across the regional & global supply chain organization as well as cross-functionally
- Drive development of stocking strategy and work with supply chain management to reflect the global business continuity plan requirements and stewardship
- Participate in global, regional & cross functional initiatives, projects and networks as required
What you will do-Continued
- Coordinate development of planning targets for the region, monitor and report inventory levels vs target
- Responsible for reviewing product movements in the network for slow moving/dying/phased out inventory reports and coordinate the process with stake holders to reduce exess inventory (e.g. supply chain management, production sites, storage locations, deployment team, sales, marketing)
- Drive annual SKU management and safety stock refresh projects
- Serve as power user/subject matter expert for Multi-Echelon Inventory Optimization for supply chain team
- Serve as Power user for related inventory optimization systems/tools (inventory management, overstock / understock)
- Coordinate network planning system "make-vs-move" functionality
- Drive phase in / phase out run down and ramp up in the network for different initiatives
What you will do-Continued
- Perform annual review of manufacturing tank utilization and proposed changes to support long term initiatives in network
- Lead regular network Inventory optimization effort (focus on bulk and package / warehouse capacity)
- Drive safety stocks and economic order quantities to optimum targets by ensuring accuracy of optimization tool's input and through effective engagement with supply planners
About You
Skills & Qualifications
- Bachelors degree in engineering, Supply Chain, or Operations Research (or related fields such as Applied Mathematics/Statistics)
- Minimum 3 years relevant work experience in supply chain network post-secondary school graduation
- Experience supporting supply chain activities for large scale operations preferred (particularly in Oil & Gas/Consumer Packaged Goods/Fast-Moving consumer goods)
- Experience managing/supporting large-scale network deployment/replenishment activities
- Experience with demand and/or supply planning processes for either inbound materials or finished products
- Experience with extracting information from ERP systems (such as SAP or Oracle) and utilize MS Excel to generate data insights
- Proficiency with both spoken and written in English
- Understand Supply Chain Fundamentals and Supply & Demand Principles
- Function effectively in a team environment, including virtual environments is critical
- Strong background in statistics and/or analytics
About You-Continued
- Strong persuasion / communication skills / influence without direct authority
- Experienced in network, product flow optimization, deployment/replenishment planning for large scale supply chain
- Experienced in conducting analyses and providing data driven recommendations for inventory optimization
- Ability to work independently and without direct supervision
- Customer oriented mindset and focus
- Effectively interface with internal functions and external parties
- Experienced in conducting analyses and providing recommendations for supply planning problems using
o SAP IBP/APO, Blue Yonder, Kinaxis
o Tableau and/or Power Bl for visualization
o Power Query, Excel
o Knowledge of R and/or Python for scripting is preferred
- Strong performer with ability to prioritize work strategically and independently while also functioning well within a global, virtual team
About You-Continued
- Proven self-starter with strong collaboration and influence management skills; able to work effectively with all levels of the organization
- Strong communication skills (both written and verbal)
- Experienced in project management and complex coordination
- Experienced in conducting analyses and providing data driven recommendations for S&OP processes
- Perseverant and resilient in the pursuit of objectives; willing to take on new challenges
- Improve mindset; able to anticipate future opportunities and adept at evaluating new opportunities objectively
- Strong analytical and problem solving skills, including conceptual capabilities
- Strong and effective interpersonal skills
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Thanks & Regards,
Anita
