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Overview

The Director of Inventory Management provides strategic direction and creates, leads and executes initiatives relative to companywide Demand, Fulfillment and Safety Stock; converting business needs into functional realities. Accountability for the continual success of the department including articulating vision, measuring and developing talent and ensuring successful operation of teams. The Director collaborates across multiple departments including Merchandising, Store Planning, and IT to develop and implement operating strategies, plans, systems and processes. This position will be responsible for leading an organization of sophisticated managers and analysts that will be Blue Yonder module owners while performing fact based, data driven, and statistical analysis for Office Depot. This position will work with senior level executives to define business needs and ensure alignment and support for recommendations; evaluate, direct and approve initiatives and direct the efforts of the Blue Yonder team. The position will also be responsible for ensuring all data is migrated into Blue Yonder systems and from Blue Yonder to cross-functional systems where need exists in supporting Retail Stores, B2B and ecommerce business channels.

Primary Responsibilities:

+ Leads the team to improve efficiency

+ Recommend new initiatives and processes based on industry best practices to enable efficient use of primary forecasting, fulfillment and safety stock systems.

+ Participate in weekly senior leadership meetings to communicate results of root cause/ad-hoc analyses and identify any potential flow risks or forecasting gaps and recommends solutions.

+ Partner with cross-functional teams to evaluate and/or perform analysis of potential business needs impacting fulfillment activities, processes or business requirements.

+ Work closely with business to ensure all factors are accounted for within our multiechelon Safety Stock

+ Establish KPI’s and gain alignment on success measures cross functionally to have more accurate and healthy inventory levels (over/under stocking of product).

+ Establish processes to ensure data is migrating accurately to and from Blue Yonder systems.

+ Monitor and adjust, as needed, customer inventory levels after transition to meet customer demand by channel.

+ Determine demand that should transitioned from building consolidation and adjust accordingly.

+ Offer frequent feedback and coaching in order to develop direct reports.

+ Provide relevant forecast information and insights that help the Forecast Managers/Analysts understand and act upon sales opportunities and category objectives.

+ Serve as the primary support/back-up for the Sr. Director of Supply Chain Forecasting and represents the team for internal functions/meetings as well as industry trade shows.

Education and Experience:

+ Bachelors degree or equivalent experience in Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Accounting, Applied Mathematics, Management Information Systems or similar

+ Minimum 10 years experience in related field (Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Forecasting Analytics

+ Technical competencies in Blue Yonder, SQL, SSIS, MS Excel, Mathematics and Statistics is a plus as is any sort of coding (any language)

+ Blue Yonder Demand Planning, Fulfillment, Inventory Optimization, SQL Server, Teradata, ParAccel

+ Retail experience is a must

+ Proficient in MS Excel

+ Communication and customer service skills

+ Basic retail buying/planning industry knowledge

+ Close eye to detail and follow through skills needed

+ Must be able to troubleshoot issues and think ahead

+ Strong analytical and problem solving skills

+ Team Player

+ Strong partnerships/relationship building

+ Organizational skills

+ Multi task orientated

+ Self-starter

+ Leadership

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About The ODP Corporation

The ODP Corporation (NASDAQ:ODP) is a leading provider of products and services through an integrated business-to-business (B2B) distribution platform and omnichannel presence, which includes world-class supply chain and distribution operations, dedicated sales professionals, online presence, and a network of Office Depot and OfficeMax retail stores. Through its operating companies Office Depot, LLC; ODP Business Solutions, LLC; and Veyer, LLC, The ODP Corporation empowers every business, professional, and consumer to achieve more every day.

Disclaimer

The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by associates assigned to this classification and are not intended to be a complete list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of associates so classified. Other duties may be assigned.

Pay, Benefits & Work Schedule: The salary range for this role is $117,400/year to $199,300/year, however all state and local minimum wages will be complied with, resulting in a possible adjustment to the salary range displayed.

The company offers competitive salaries, a benefits package, which includes a 401(k) and more, along with plenty of opportunity to move and grow within our organization! For immediate consideration for this exciting position, please click the Apply Now button.

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Application Deadline

The job posting will remain open for a minimum of 3 days and will expire once the position has been filled.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The company is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all employment practices. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, citizenship status, marital status, age, disability, protected veteran status, sexual orientation or any other characteristic protected by law.

We will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records City & County of San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

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