Inventory Manager

Energy Innovation Corp; Iowa City (IA); On-site; USD 97,000 - 148,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full benefits

Growth track

Mentorship opportunity

Job summary

Performance Solutions Inc is seeking a freelance Inventory Manager in Iowa City. The role involves reading Category Management dashboards, defending budgets, tightening reporting loops, and presenting data-driven recommendations to stakeholders.

The ideal candidate has hands-on Category Management experience, strong Freight Forwarding knowledge, and the diplomacy to align competing stakeholders. Growth opportunities and a solid benefits package accompany this position.

Qualifications

• Experience thriving in a plainspoken, deadline-driven setting.
• Ability to align stakeholders who don’t agree yet.
• Critical thinking and independent judgment.
• Strong Freight Forwarding knowledge.
• Managerial judgment on escalating issues and taking control.
• Patience to mentor without overstepping.
• Hands-on Category Management with Customer Service as a close second.

Responsibilities

• Read a Category Management dashboard and identify the true indicators.
• Defend the budget line by line when finance reviews occur.
• Tighten the reporting loop so bad news travels quickly.
• Present findings and recommendations to manager stakeholders clearly.
• Identify levers that move key metrics leadership cares about.
• Lead cross-department projects from kickoff through delivery.

Skills

Category Management

Freight Forwarding

Stakeholder Diplomacy

Critical Thinking

Mentoring

Customer Service

Job description

If you've ever wanted your Incoterms work to land in a boardroom instead of a forgotten spreadsheet, read on. Picture this: a freelance Inventory Manager seat in Iowa City, paying $97,000 - $148,000, where 6 years of doing the work earns you real say over how it gets done.

Key Responsibilities

• Read a Category Management dashboard and know which line is lying to you
• Defend the budget line by line when Iowa City finance comes knocking
• Tighten the reporting loop until bad news travels in hours, not weeks
• Present findings and recommendations to manager stakeholders with clarity
• Find the warm-yet-rigorous lever that moves the metric leadership cares about most
• Facilitate cross-departmental projects from kickoff through delivery

What You'll Bring

• Experience thriving in a plainspoken, deadline-driven setting like Performance Solutions Inc
• The diplomacy to align stakeholders who don't agree yet
• Critical thinking skills and sound, independent judgment
• A knack for Freight Forwarding that colleagues quietly come to rely on
• Manager-caliber judgment about when to elevate and when to absorb
• The patience to mentor without taking over the keyboard
• Hands-on command of Category Management, with Customer Service as a close second

Half the business platforms in IA quietly depend on something Performance Solutions Inc built in Iowa City with plainspoken care. We give manager hires room to fail small so they can later succeed big on business work.

Lead with the number, $97,000 - $148,000, then add a growth track, a mentor, full benefits, and hours that bend toward your Iowa City life.

Our Iowa City team is currently shortlisting candidates for this position.