Regional Inventory Manager - Remote

Company Overview

SiteOne Landscape Supply is the largest national distributor of landscaping products across the United States and Canada. As a leading supplier of wholesale goods for green industry professionals, we have a long history of serving those who design, build, and maintain outdoor spaces - from lawns and gardens to golf courses, sport fields and more. We pride ourselves on knowing our customers and their business better than anyone else and providing them with a one-stop shop of extensive inventory covering irrigation, lighting, turf and landscape maintenance, hardscapes, nursery, and pest control supplies.

At SiteOne, we are passionate about delivering an outstanding customer experience and will stop at nothing to help our customers win. We know that our associates are the key to this success, and our commitment to the SiteOne DNA and support for our associates through development programs, benefits, and perks align with our vision to "Be a Great Place to Work for Our Associates". We foster a culture of safety, teamwork, and continuous improvement. With over 800 locations and exciting expansion ahead, now is the perfect time to join SiteOne and grow Stronger Together™!

Position Overview

The Regional Inventory Manager works with the Regional Vice President, Area Sales Management, and Category Management as the lead for inventory fulfillment and forecasting for the region. The manager develops the consensus forecast that is critical in achieving sales and profitability, desired customer service levels, and inventory performance goals, while demonstrating business acumen, exceptional customer service, strong analytical skills, and detailed knowledge of demand planning applications. The manager serves as the primary point of contact for the region they support, ensuring branches within the region have the correct inventory levels based on market demand, impacting $50 million in inventory by ensuring appropriate fill rates are met in order to fulfill customer demand.

This position will require travel to corporate Office in Roswell, GA for training and occassional travel to supporting region.

Key Factors For Success

• Lead regional strategy and execution of key targets for Inventory, Replenishment, Fill Rates, and Distribution Centers for the assigned Region, serving as a key point of contact for field leadership
• Drive improvement on Regional fill rates
• Leverage all forecasting and inventory planning tools (Blue Yonder Demand, Fulfillment, and Order Optimization) available to achieve and exceed customer service level targets for assigned Region
• Reduce and eliminate stock outs on key items by improving forecast accuracy
• Manage the weekly forecast process, including development and maintenance of the baseline statistical forecast
• Recognize and resolve forecasting exceptions, optimize forecast fit
• Review demand history for outliers and develop recommendation on how to treat them. Manage software settings related to outliers.
• Identify and lead the implementation of opportunities to improve forecast accuracy.
• Optimize inventory planning and buying parameters for assigned Region to drive highest levels of service
• Quickly respond to and resolve all urgent customer backorder needs for assigned Region
• Monitor reporting and proactively work to prevent stock outs from DC
• Partner with Buyers, other Branches, or DC to find the optimal solution (purchase order or transfer) to quickly cover any shortages
• Support the Regional field teams and leverage local market intelligence by building and maintaining a process for developing and documenting new product forecasts and inventory assumptions
• Ensure right breadth and depth of products for branches by collaborating with category management team and regional vice presidents to meet and anticipate customer demand
• Hold weekly Area forecast planning meetings, or S&OP meetings. Work with Sales to determine trends, identify new products, new customers and evaluate risks
• Manage agreed upon adjustments / overrides to the statistical forecasts based on market intelligence
• Explain the forecast and develop consensus. Identify major issues affecting the accuracy of the forecast.
• Assist in new product launches, market expansions, SKU life-cycle management, and product supersession.
• Manage Regional inventory
• Partner with Inventory Management and Buying to drive performance to target on inventory goals for assigned Region
• Drive reduction in Excess and Dead inventory for assigned Region
  

Skills We Are Seeking

• Minimum of 5 years of experience in Supply Chain areas such as forecasting, demand planning
• Experience working with JDA/Blue Yonder planning software
• Excellent follow up, customer service, and project management skills
• Good verbal and written communication skills
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Able to interact with management team, including senior management
• Four-year university degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, or Finance
• Statistical analysis skills and experience working with large data sets
  
  

Perks

• Medical, Dental and Vision plans
• Paid Time Off
• Paid Holidays
• Competitive Compensation
• 401k with company match
• Company paid life insurance, Short Term Disability and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Product Discounts
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Opportunity for Advancement
  
  

THE INFORMATION CONTAINED HEREIN IS NOT INTENDED TO BE AN EXHAUSTIVE LIST OF ALL RESPONSIBILITIES, DUTIES AND QUALIFICATIONS REQUIRED OF INDIVIDUALS PERFORMING THE JOB. THE QUALIFICATIONS DETAILED IN THIS JOB DESCRIPTION ARE NOT CONSIDERED THE MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS NECESSARY TO PERFORM THE JOB, BUT RATHER AS GUIDELINES. THEY MAY VARY FROM POSITION TO POSITION.

SiteOne Landscape Supply is strongly committed to providing equal employment opportunities for all associates and all applicants for employment. All employment decisions at SiteOne-including those relating to hiring, promotion, transfers, benefits, compensation, placement, and termination-will be made without regard to race, color, national origin, genetic information, creed, sex, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religion, age, veteran status, uniform service, pregnancy, disability, or any other factor protected by applicable law.

This position requires that candidates be authorized to work in the U.S. We are unable to provide sponsorship.