Valley Farms Supply Inventory Control Manager - Lansing, MI

General Description Of Position

You’re in charge of the largest ASSET at Valley Milan and Blake Equipment – Inventory!

Responsible for the accountability, accuracy, and transaction issue resolution for branch locations
Owns the General Ledger for Inventory
Responsible for Internal/External Audit reporting & questions
Tasked with training branch employees to reduce transactional issues/problems that flow through IC

One direct report, who handles Customer Warranty Product Returns and/or Vendor dispute resolutions (pricing/receiving disputes) to collect monies owed to the company

Skills Required

• Motivated and self-driven
• Ability to handle many transactions and branch questions
• Procrastinators or the unorganized will not be successful in this position.
• Strong number abilities, highly organized and process/flow thinker
• Strong and clear communicator
• Must be a team player, likes to laugh, patient (but direct) to train employees of proper processes that reduce errors
• Must have the desire and initiative to have a full understanding of how the entire chain of inventory flow impacts the business across ALL functional departments (Training will be provided; however strong self-teacher is also required for long term success)
• Strong computer skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel is required
• Prior experience, accounting, finance type background a plus

Strategic Goals Of This Position

• Train and develop the branch teams with the aspiration of making perfect sales/inventory transactions each time
• Maximize our return on inventory investment by reducing inventory losses and “Bad Inventory” (Excess & Obsolete) that negatively impacts the P&L
• Drive excellence in inventory deployment in the Customer On-Site Inventory (Consignment)
• Inventory turns and accuracy management

Daily/Monthly Tasks

• Troubleshoot and resolve employee transactional issues
• Branch Daily Cycle Counts with long term goal to remove the need for full annual physical count
• Correct/manage inventory out of balance issues
• Correct/manage orders that did not invoice correctly; direct orders or from stock
• Review orders that are potentially hung up in the system
• Adjust/Write off inventory and communicates to those P&L owners of the impact
• Ensure that your direct report’s Customer Warranty/Vendor credits are current
• Sigal theft risks or suspicions
• Limit travel to build relationships and train as appropriate/needed
• Continuous Improvement – Work on bottom 3 branches in areas to improve results
• Other projects as assigned

Job Type

Full-time

Pay

$50,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

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