North America Inventory Manager

• Job Description

When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and chances to create significant contributions to the world. 

Location/Division Specific Information

The North America Inventory Manager has overall responsibility for ensuring that inventory entitlement for MSD’s North America sites are kept to high level of usability. They will ensure Production has the right part, in the right quantities at the right time. This position’s primary objective is to review inventoried materials and ensure planning and operations have a current inventory picture in place to support their needs. This will help operations and improve the organization’s profitability.  

Discover Impactful Work

As the North America Inventory Manager, you will be working with our Global Inventory Team and the site Purchasing, Planning, Warehouse and Finance teams to monitor and manage inventory.  You will also bring multiple, less established, sites in North America into existing processes.   You will ensure that current and future inventory across North American sites support Operation’s needs and financial targets.  

A day in the Life: 

• Use MRP systems to monitor usage of inventory 
• Work with suppliers and procurement to set up consignment stock agreements (VOMI) 
• Select slow moving or obsolete materials for review and disposition 
• Work to improve management and control of inventory through process review and change (Practical Process Improvement) 
• Collect data and update current metrics for inventory management 
• Create and roll out new metrics that improve inventory entitlement  
• Work on RCCM’s (Root Cause Counter Measures) that will improve inventory status 
• Drive/set inventory entitlement goals to drive balanced stock levels 
• Review and/or participate in site projects that impact inventory 
• Work in conjunction with Global site Inventory managers/leads to harmonize efforts between sites 
• Act a liaison with local NPI, ECO planners, on adding or obsoleting part numbers 
• Maintain processes and procedure docs for the Inventory manager/lead role 
• Report out on status of inventory projects for NA sites. 
• Review and approve Safety Stock requests 
• Mentor and Guide NA site inventory representatives on standard methodology and improvement ideas 
• Review and maintain non production inventory Including but not limited to PPE, Gasses, Water cleaning.  
• Other items as assigned  

Keys to Success: 

• Must be willing to travel to multiple sites regularly 
• Must have positive relationship building skills  
• Must dedicate time to understand products and details of Manufacturing in each site
• Ability to understand and Classify, Organizational and E&O risks.  
• Grasp of Current MRP methodology 

Education

• University degree in supply chain management, or an appropriate combination of education and experience  
• APICs certification preferred but not required  

Experience

• 5 years of confirmed experience in operations and inventory management

Knowledge, Skills, Abilities

• Experienced in change management, continuous improvement and NPI activities.  
• Strong analytical skills.  
• In depth experience with inventory, planning, purchasing, and operations.  
• In-depth experience working with MRP systems (knowledge of QAD a plus but not required)  
• High level of organizational and time management skills.  
• Ability to work with teams internationally 
• Ability to influence teams with different objectives to include and consider inventory priorities.  
• Able to re-set priorities as corporate objectives change  
• Must have ability to acquire a valid passport and travel regionally and internationally as required  
• Must demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong English proficiency  
• High level of proficiency with Microsoft Outlook/Microsoft Excel/Microsoft Word. Access and Microsoft BI a plus.  

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