Manager, Inventory Deployment Planning

The Manager of Inventory Deployment Planning oversees the processes of distributing and allocating inventory across the network, ensuring our products reach the right place at the right time. This role leads a team of planners who monitor and mitigate inventory risk, minimize waste, and support sales channel growth. Additionally, this role ensures the success of critical Supply Chain optimization initiatives.

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including Supply Planning, Sales, Transportation, and Operations, to align inventory deployment strategies with business objectives.
• Decision Quality: You make thoughtful and timely decisions with the best interest of the organization in mind, prioritizing and organizing key deliverables and ensuring stakeholder buy in.
• Identify opportunities to enhance inventory management processes, including automation, technology adoption, and best practice implementation.
• Maintain optimal stock levels, minimizing excess or obsolete inventory while ensuring product availability to meet customer demand.
• Ensure compliance with inventory control procedures and implement risk mitigation strategies to prevent stockouts, damages, or losses.
• Develop and execute strategies for deploying inventory, considering factors like demand forecasts, warehouse capacity, transit and lead times, and supply chain constraints.

Requires a bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education and experience. Requires at least 8 years related experience.

• Ability to analyze data, identify trends, and make data-driven decisions.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills to effectively collaborate with cross-functional teams.
• In-depth knowledge of inventory control practices, including forecasting, planning, and optimization.
• Experience in managing projects related to inventory deployment and process improvement.
• Situational Adaptability: You flex your approach and demeanor to suit various scenarios. You successfully shift gears as new developments and competing priorities arise – balancing routine tasks, urgent action items, and long-term projects is second nature for you.
• Familiarity with inventory management systems, such as SAP, Oracle, or other relevant software.

The total compensation range for this position is $96,800 – $127,050 and will be based on the candidate’s qualifications, experience, and education. Factors that may affect the starting salary include geography/market and the individual’s tenure, performance, skills, education, experience, and other qualifications of the successful candidate.

Subject to applicable eligibility requirements, the following benefits are offered for this role: tuition reimbursement; medical, dental, and vision insurance; prescription drug coverage; 401(k) retirement plan; short-term disability insurance; 8 weeks paid birthing leave; 2 weeks paid bonding leave; life and long-term disability insurance.

Depending on date of hire, and subject to applicable eligibility requirements, new employees in this role also receive up to: 12 days paid time off, 2 paid well-being days, 1 paid volunteer day, 10 paid holidays, and 3 floating holidays per year.

Employees in this role are also eligible for an annual bonus in accordance with the terms of the Company’s applicable plan. Employees in this role are not eligible for overtime.