Inventory Management Expert
At our organization, we are on a journey to simplify global trade by connecting and simplifying our customers' supply chain through end-to-end solutions. Our diverse team is crucial in making this happen.
We take pride in our diversity and see it as a strength for building high-performing teams. By joining us, you will become part of a global family that moves 20% of global trade every day. One of our core values is Our Employees. We value diversity and thrive on the diversity of our talent in all its forms. This helps us build high-performance teams across brands, cultures, and locations.
Key Responsibilities:
* The Inventory Manager provides leadership, direction, and strategy for the Inventory Control team. They enable and facilitate the execution of operational deliverables.
* Develop and progress key customer relationships and operational partnerships to drive continuous improvement and operational excellence in inventory control management.
* Ensure customer inventory accuracy is monitored and reported timely to site leadership.
* Maximize the performance of site inventory processes and systems to ensure care, custody, and control of the customer's inventory, accuracy, and proper utilization of information technology systems.
* Provide required documentation in support of compliance requirements.
* Manage proactive and reactive cycle counts in compliance with contractual service level agreements.
* Develop, implement, and validate procedures, controls, and systems to prevent, detect, and correct errors in inventory transactions and balances.
* Apply continuous improvement initiatives to drive process, inventory accuracy, compliance, on-time completion, within budget, documented results.
* Design and generate reporting to track inventory accuracy, shrink compliance, and variance root cause trends.
* Maintain thorough knowledge of internal and customer systems to provide extensive support to the operational team and customer for inventory and production.
* Develop resource plans and equipment needs budget for review with site leadership.
Requirements:
* Experience in contract logistics, especially in a customer-facing role.
* Experience working in an international matrix organization with excellent stakeholder management capabilities.
* Lean thinking and continuous improvement skills.
* Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.
* Experience with Warehouse Management Systems.
* Deep understanding of Inventory Control, its financial and operational impacts.
* Strong personality with a holistic view, courageous, effective in different cultural settings, impact-driven, and optimistic.
* Resilient team player who is goal-oriented and demonstrates a high level of commitment with the ability to work under minimal supervision.
* Passion for people and team development.
* Fluent in German and English in writing and speaking.
Our organization is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. We welcome applicants without regard to race, color, gender, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.