Principal responsibilities

• Direct the hiring, training, supervision, mentoring, review the work of individuals engaged in order fulfillment, warehouse and inventory related duties.
• Create and implement warehouse best practices, policies, system and processes to improve operational and financial performance.
• Monitor and deliver solutions to warehouse and order fulfilment problems while maintaining high levels of quality and service within budgetary requirements.
• Resolve problems concerning warehouse and inventory issues.
• Ensure the integrity of inventory accuracy, manage stock movements and rotations with the help of direct reports.
• Identify and resolve any inventory discrepancies and ensure inventory and system records are in alignment.
• Keep track of slow moving and obsolete stock and highlight to stakeholders for disposition.
• Review impact of logistics and business model changes, such as routing, shipping modes, product volumes or carriers and report results to stakeholders.
• Provide meaningful inventory and warehouse data to stakeholders to aid customer service and cost improvements.
• Identify, implement and support continuous improvement initiatives.
• Manage, coach and develop a high performing team that meets agreed objectives and delivers best practice results, added value and continuous improvements
• Set departmental objectives/KPIs and review and assess ongoing performance of direct reports.
• Ensure that all functions under supervision operate in accordance with health, safety and environmental policies and procedures to ensure the safety and wellbeing of staff and visitors.

Required qualifications/experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Business or Operations/Supply Chain Management or related field required; MBA preferred
• 5+ years of experience in Supply Chain Management/Operations, Procurement or other manufacturing-related role
• Experience working with an ERP system is a plus.