Strategic Inventory Manager — Remote-First Contract

SmartSolutions; Minot (ND); On-site; USD 93,000 - 135,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits

Development culture

Job summary

SmartSolutions in Minot, ND is seeking an Inventory Manager on a contract basis to guide strategic decisions on where dollars go. You'll run analyses, build models, and press-test market entries, delivering insights that shape pricing and budgets.

Applicants should bring 7+ years of trusted delivery in contract environments, strong risk visibility, and a bias toward action. This role emphasizes hunger, curiosity, and fast-moving ambition in a development-focused culture.

Qualifications

• 7+ years building trust the slow, unglamorous way.
• Ability to surface risk early.
• Proven delivery in contract structures.
• Strong point of view with openness to others.

Responsibilities

• Run the comparison that ends the build-versus-partner debate for good
• Build the model that tells you when to stop a losing business bet
• Pressure-test new market entries before SmartSolutions commits real budget
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs
• Build the pricing logic that a contract sales rep can explain in one breath
• Set the targets Minot, ND teams are measured against and make them fair
• Run discovery with ND operators to find what the data won't show

Skills

Delivery leadership

Risk management

Contract delivery

Data-driven decision

Remote-friendly

Job description

SmartSolutions in Minot, ND is seeking an Inventory Manager on a contract basis to guide strategic decisions on where dollars go. You'll run analyses, build models, and press-test market entries, delivering insights that shape pricing and budgets.

Applicants should bring 7+ years of trusted delivery in contract environments, strong risk visibility, and a bias toward action. This role emphasizes hunger, curiosity, and fast-moving ambition in a development-focused culture.