Inventory Manager

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  

We are the leading national installer for select high-value and stylistically important interior finishes, such as flooring, cabinets and countertops, to our homebuilder customers, )single family, multi-family, commercial and repair & remodel customers.