Inventory Manager

At Maersk, we are on a revolutionary journey to simplify global trade, which will give us the chance to offer a major impact on the world economy, and on your career. At Maersk we want to be a true integrator of container logistics connecting and simplifying our customers’ supply chain through global end-to-end solutions. We need to ensure that the voices around our table reflect and understand the customers we exist to serve. If you believe you would add value to Maersk but don’t meet all the criteria we have included in this advert, we would still love to hear from you. Please explain the value you would bring in your application.

By Joining Maersk, you will become part of the global family of the company that moves 20% of global trade everyday all the way, where one of our core values is Our Employees. It goes without saying that we value diversity: we thrive on the diversity of our talent in all its forms, and we see it as a strength in building high-performance teams across brands, cultures, and locations.

Are you an experienced in Contract Logistics in a customer facing role?

Do you have experience of managing and leading an inventory team?

The Inventory Manager provides senior leadership, direction and strategy for the Inventory Control team on the site that will enable and facilitate the execution of the outlined operational deliverables. They will also be responsible for developing and progressing key customer relationships and operational partnerships necessary to drive and support an atmosphere of continuous improvement and operational excellence as it relates to inventory control management.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure customer inventory accuracy is monitored and reported timely to site leadership.
• Maximize the performance of the site inventory processes and system to ensure:
• Care, custody, and control of the customer’s inventory
• Accuracy (to floor and customer book)
• Proper utilization of information technology systems
• Provide required documentation in support of compliance requirements.
• Manage the planning and execution of proactive and reactive cycle counts in compliance with the contractual service level agreement.
• Develop, implement, and validate procedures, controls and systems that 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 appropriate 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 as well as the customer for inventory and production related issues.
• Ensure proper identification and repackaging of damaged product regarding disposal or the return to inventory as damaged merchandise.
• Develop resource plans and equipment needs budget for review with site leadership.

Required Experience & Skills

• Experience in contract logistics especially in a customer facing role.
• Experience in managing and leading an Inventory Team
• Experience to work in an international matrix organization with excellent stakeholder management capabilities.
• Lean thinking and continuous improvement will be a standard way of Leading.
• Excellent interpersonal, communication skills
• Experience with Warehouse Management Systems like JDA, Red Prairie, Manhattan etc.
• Deep and broad understanding of Inventory Control, its financial and operational impacts
• Experience of Managing Inventory within a Multi User Site

Personal Characteristics

• Strong personality; passionate, holistic view, courageous, effective in different cultural settings, impact driven and optimistic.
• Strong process-oriented approach to work and excellent attention to detail.
• Resilient team player who is goal-orientated and demonstrates a high level of commitment with the ability to work under minimal supervision.
• Passion for operational excellence (lean), driven by data & process standardization, able to make sound analysis and translate this into action plans.
• Passion for people and team development

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, 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. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

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