Supply Strategy & Inventory Optimization Manager

At Greene, Tweed, you'll find the cutting-edge technology, world-class polymer expertise and endless advancement opportunities you'd expect from a multi-national industry leader. You'll find them all in an environment that embraces diversity in people and opinions, moves decision making to the point of impact, and celebrates your success.

If you enjoy continuous learning and are excited about working with and creating technological solutions, explore career opportunities with Greene, Tweed.

• Lead the deployment of global inventory strategies and targets aligned to support industry and business unit plans, new product launches, commercial campaigns and forecasted demand while achieving key performance metrics.
• Ability to define trends across industries and articulate their impact to clients' business and strategic choices, particularly as it relates to purpose-driven focus areas and opportunities for innovation
• Ensure that industry best practices are adopted in implementing the business processes into the ERP Systems and roadmaps are oriented to deliver business and technology strategy, value creation objectives, and measurable key performance indicators.
• Drive global inventory analytics and optimization for the business to support weekly, monthly, and quarterly IBP process.
• Provides professional business support as an expert inventory analyst in a matrix environment.
• Runs complex inventory scenarios and makes sound recommendations based on data as input for IBP Decisions.
• Drive portfolio management, propose make to stock and make to order, forecast, or stock decisions. Work collaboratively with cross functional teams to align and maintain segmentation strategy, reorder point levels and safety stock levels.
• Ensures data integrity throughout planning systems and models, including but not limited to target stock levels, yields, lead times, etc.
• Responsible for employee recruitment, development plans, performance reviews and succession plan for their staff, setting objectives in line with Manufacturing strategy and goals. Provides motivation, coaching and direction to all direct reports to ensure they reach their full potential.
• Participate in expanding the company's digital platforms, increase use of artificial intelligence and analytics to drive manufacturing 4.0.

Required Minimum Qualifications

Education/Certifications: Bachelor's or Master's Degree in Supply Chain Management or Accounting preferred or equivalent experience

Skills and Experience:

• 10+ years of experience in manufacturing, inventory, supply planning, demand management
• Experience working with senior executives crafting and implementing strategies for growth and margin improvement at the corporate, business, or product level
• Experience leading and delivering engagements with resources in multiple locations
• Ability to ask direct questions and reply with data-driven answers
• Excellent understanding of Inventory Management principles and systems
• Previous experience with managing and developing people preferred

• Advanced strategic and analytical thinking, problem solving, and root cause analysis combined with proven ability to communicate those analysis
• Capable of communicating and influencing at all levels within the organization
• Experience in directing, planning and scheduling work for themselves and their team
• Determination to provide accurate and timely information

Job Environment:

Physical Requirements:

Standing Rarely (0-15%)

Sitting Frequently (46-100%)

Lifting Up to 10lbs without assistance

Carrying Up to 10lbs without assistance

Walking Rarely (0-15%)

Hearing Ability to detect noises with or without corrective device(s)

Vision Clarity of vision, with or without corrective lenses

Mental Requirements:

Problem Solving Frequently (46-100%)

Making Decisions Ability to make decisions that have a moderate impact

Supervise Frequently (46-100%)

Interpret Data Frequently (46-100%)

Organize Frequently (46-100%)

Read/Write Frequently (46-100%)

Communication Frequently (46-100%)

Work Environment

High Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)

Low Temperatures Rarely (0-15%)

Noises Moderate (business office with computers, printers, and light office noises)

Fumes Exposure Rarely (0-15%)

Note: This Job Description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the employee occupying this position. Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by the Supervisor. All requirements are subject to change and updates.

We also provide eligible employees with a competitive benefits package that includes health insurance, flexible spending accounts, health savings account, 401k savings plan, life and disability insurance, tuition assistance and more, to meet the diverse needs of all employees and their family members.

Equal Opportunity Employer:

Greene, Tweed is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, veteran status, or any other federally protected class.

Drug Free Workplace:

Greene, Tweed is a Drug Free Workplace. Employment is contingent upon successful completion of a pre-employment drug screening and background investigation subject to federal, state, and local laws.

NOTE: Greene, Tweed is not seeking assistance or accepting unsolicited resumes from search firms for employment opportunities, unless they have a written agreement for the position they are contacting us about. Regardless of past practice, all resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at GT without a valid written search agreement in place for that position will be deemed the sole property of Greene, Tweed, and no fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Greene, Tweed as a result of the referral or through other means.