Global Inventory Strategy & Optimization Architect

Millipore Corporation; Chandler (AZ); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

Retirement contributions

Job summary

Millipore Corporation in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Global Inventory Strategy & Optimization Lead. This hybrid role coordinates inventory governance across regions, drives policy development, and leads risk mitigation in a Make-to-Order environment.

You will partner with operations, finance, and planning to align inventory investments with business goals. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in supply chain planning, deep SAP planning experience, and strong analytical communication skills to

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Industrial Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 5+ years of supply chain planning experience in a manufacturing environment.
• Experience supporting multi-site MTO manufacturing and intercompany supply networks.
• Hands-on experience with SAP planning solutions, MRP, APO SNP & PPDS.

Responsibilities

• Lead the global inventory strategy by establishing inventory policies, safety stock methodologies, planning parameters, and governance processes that balance customer service, working capital, and supply continuity.
• Coordinate with regional inventory planning teams to ensure consistent application of inventory strategies, challenge inventory assumptions, and identify opportunities to optimize inventory across the network.
• Develop global inventory segmentation, safety stock, replenishment, coverage, and inventory positioning strategies that support business objectives while minimizing excess inventory and reducing supply risk.
• Partner with operations, finance, and planning teams to align inventory investment and inventory objectives across the enterprise.
• Serve as the planning organization's inventory analytics expert by developing and maintaining executive dashboards, KPI scorecards, and reporting tools that provide visibility into inventory performance, material availability, allocation status, inventory exposure, and supply risk.
• Analyze inventory performance, material shortages, excess and obsolete inventory, service impacts, and inventory trends to identify risks, quantify business impacts, evaluate scenarios, and support leadership with data-driven recommendations.
• Continuously improve inventory reporting capabilities, inventory metrics, and planning analytics to enhance decision quality and inventory effectiveness.
• Drive global inventory alignment by consolidating regional inventory positions, validating planning assumptions, identifying cross-regional inventory opportunities, and supporting cross-functional decision-making while promoting standardized inventory management practices across the organization.
• Maintain standardized inventory policies, planning parameters, governance processes, inventory definitions, planning calendars, and data quality standards.
• Act as the global steward of inventory governance to ensure a disciplined, repeatable inventory management process across all regions.
• Lead the global management of material constraints, inventory exposure, allocation decisions, and long-term supply risks, particularly for strategic and long-term components.
• Chair and coordinate the Allocation Board by facilitating stakeholder alignment, evaluating competing business priorities, and driving decisions consistent with established allocation policies and prioritization frameworks.
• Identify customer, operational, financial, and inventory risks resulting from material shortages and supply constraints, while ensuring visibility of mitigation and recovery plans across the enterprise.
• Coordinate network inventory balancing strategies to prevent simultaneous shortages and excess inventory across regions and manufacturing locations.
• Develop executive-ready inventory reviews that communicate inventory performance, inventory projections, supply risk exposure, shortage outlooks, allocation decisions, excess inventory trends, recovery plans, KPI performance, scenario analyses, and key recommendations.
• Ensure leadership receives timely, accurate, and actionable information to support strategic and operational decision-making.
• Own the global inventory control tower, establishing the single source of truth for inventory position, inventory exposure, allocation status, material availability, and supply risk visibility across the enterprise.

Skills

Analytical thinking

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain

Tools

SAP planning solutions

MRP

APO SNP & PPDS

Job description

Millipore Corporation in Chandler, AZ is seeking a Global Inventory Strategy & Optimization Lead. This hybrid role coordinates inventory governance across regions, drives policy development, and leads risk mitigation in a Make-to-Order environment.

You will partner with operations, finance, and planning to align inventory investments with business goals. The ideal candidate brings 5+ years in supply chain planning, deep SAP planning experience, and strong analytical communication skills to