Inventory Manager

Baker Tilly; City of Albany (NY); Remote; USD 88,000 - 135,000; Full time

Job summary

Baker Tilly in Albany, NY seeks an Inventory Manager with strong strategic planning and forecasting skills. The role rewards deep experience in inventory control, budgeting, and cross-functional collaboration.

You will lead cross-team initiatives, build business cases, and drive cost-quality tradeoffs with a focus on scalable processes. The position offers remote work options and a competitive salary package.

Qualifications

• Willingness to relocate to Albany, NY, or remote work.
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings.
• Six Sigma Green Belt and Lean Manufacturing knowledge.
• Solid understanding of business best practices and industry standards.
• 8+ years of delegation experience.
• At least 6 years building expertise within the business space.
• Track record of slow-to-anger delivery in a contract structure.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild a target that the NY team stopped believing in.
• Drive strategic planning and quarterly goal-setting across Baker Tilly business units.
• Translate 7 years of messy history into a forecast you'd stake your name on.
• Build the financial case for hiring before the business team drowns.
• Find the generously-mentoring lever that moves the metric leadership cares about most.
• Define success metrics for business programs and report on outcomes.
• Optimize the supply chain to balance cost, speed, and reliability.

Skills

Six Sigma Green Belt

Lean Manufacturing

Effective communication

Strategic planning

Forecasting

Relocation willingness

Industry knowledge

Contract delivery

Job description

Some companies bury their analysts in reports; Baker Tilly puts its Inventory Manager in the room where the budget gets argued. With ownership, a $88,000 - $135,000 salary, and 7 years of Inventory Management to draw on, you'll do your best work at Baker Tilly.

Key Responsibilities

• Rebuild a target that the NY team stopped believing in
• Drive strategic planning and quarterly goal-setting across Baker Tilly business units
• Translate 7 years of messy history into a forecast you'd stake your name on
• Build the financial case for hiring before the business team drowns
• Find the generously-mentoring lever that moves the metric leadership cares about most
• Define success metrics for business programs and report on outcomes
• Optimize the supply chain to balance cost, speed, and reliability

What You'll Bring

• Willingness to relocate to Albany, NY, or to make remote work
• Confident communicator across email, calls, and in-person meetings
• Real Six Sigma Green Belt chops, plus the Lean Manufacturing curiosity to keep growing
• Solid understanding of business best practices and industry standards
• 8+ years of Delegation reps, not just Delegation exposure
• At least 6 years building expertise within the business space
• A track record of slow-to-anger delivery in a contract structure

Few people outside NY realize that Baker Tilly powers a surprising slice of the business infrastructure running across Albany, NY today. We'd rather coach a genuinely-flexible learner than babysit a brilliant jerk, every single time.

Start at $88,000 - $135,000 and watch the benefits, growth budget, and flexible scheduling do the heavy lifting on your work-life balance.

Fresh as of this morning, Baker Tilly marked the manager seat available.