Associate Director, Inventory & Capital Management

About the role

This role sits within the ISC Finance organization and serves as a senior finance business partner to Supply Chain, Operations, and Strategy leadership. The position provides financial leadership across capital investment governance, strategic planning, and inventory performance management, with a focus on value creation, cash optimization, and operational efficiency.

What You'll Be Doing

• Leading capital allocation strategy and investment governance across ISC
• Driving inventory performance optimization and working capital improvement initiatives
• Serving as a trusted finance partner to Strategy and Operations leadership
• Providing data-driven insights to support long-term decision-making and transformation initiatives

Capital Management & Governance

• Lead end-to-end capital planning and allocation processes, including AOP and LRP
• Apply capital approval frameworks to ensure alignment with ROI, IRR, and strategic priorities
• Monitor capital project execution, tracking spend against approved business cases and benefits realization
• Partner with Operations and Engineering teams to:
  • Evaluate investment proposals
  • Validate business cases and financial assumptions
  • Prioritize capital deployment across regions and plants
• Drive transparency through reporting on capital utilization, returns, and key risks

Inventory Management

• Partner with Supply Chain and Plant leadership to:
  • Identify and execute inventory reduction opportunities
  • Strengthen demand and supply alignment and improve inventory planning discipline
• Provide financial oversight across:
  • Actual monthly inventory performance
  • Inventory projections, including physical and financial views
  • Slow-moving and obsolete inventory actions
  • Deep-dive analyses to identify key drivers and performance trends
• Support transformation initiatives to strengthen end-to-end inventory visibility and controls

Strategy Management

• Act as the finance lead for strategic initiatives across ISC, including footprint optimization, sourcing shifts, and network redesign
• Provide financial modeling and scenario analysis to support:
  • Long-term strategy development
  • Investment prioritization and resource allocation
• Support executive-level reviews with clear insights on value creation, risk, and trade-offs
• Ensure strong financial controls and compliance across capital and inventory management processes

What You'll Bring

• Bachelor's degree in Finance, Accounting, or a related field
• 12–15+ years of relevant experience, preferably in:
  • ISC and Supply Chain Finance
  • Capital investment analysis and governance
  • Inventory and working capital management
• Strong understanding of:
  • Financial modeling and business case evaluation
  • Inventory accounting and supply chain financial drivers
  • ERP systems (e.g., JDE)
• Demonstrated ability to influence senior stakeholders and drive cross-functional outcomes

Key Skills

• Strategic thinking with strong business acumen
• Advanced financial modeling and analytical capability
• Strong stakeholder management and executive communication
• Ability to translate complex financial data into actionable insights
• High ownership mindset with focus on results and value creation

Pay

The estimated base salary for this position is $160 to $200,000 annually. This position is also eligible for a discretionary bonus.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision coverage that start on day one
• Insurance coverage for basic life, accident, short-term and long-term disability, and business travel accident insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan (Aon Pooled Employer Plan) with a robust set of investment options, financial education, and retirement resources
• Flexible Spending Accounts
• Educational assistance programs
• Time-off benefits including paid holidays, paid time off ranging from 20 to 35 days based on length of service, family and medical leaves of absence, and paid parental leave
• Commuting benefits
• Employee Discount Program
• Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
• Childcare benefits