Valley Farms Supply Inventory Control Manager - Lansing, MI

Valley Farms Supply Inc; Lansing (MI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Valley Farms Supply Inventory Control Manager – Lansing, MI is responsible for the largest asset: inventory, ensuring accuracy, supporting audits, and training branch staff to reduce errors.

You will own the General Ledger for Inventory, monitor cycle counts, partner with leadership, and manage a direct report handling returns and vendor credits; occasional travel to train as needed.

Qualifications

• Motivated and self-driven with strong numerical ability.
• Able to handle many transactions and respond to branch questions.
• Disorganized staff will struggle; requires organized, proactive work ethic.
• Clear communication and teamwork to train staff on processes.
• Understanding how inventory flows impacts all departments; self-teaching encouraged.
• Strong Excel skills; accounting/finance background a plus.

Responsibilities

• In charge of the largest asset at Valley Milan and Blake Equipment – Inventory.
• Owns accountability, accuracy, and issue resolution for branch locations.
• Owns the General Ledger for Inventory and reports for audits.
• Trains branch employees to reduce transactional issues in IC.
• Oversees one direct report handling returns and vendor credits.
• Limited travel to train as appropriate and build relationships.
• Continuously improve inventory deployment and reporting.

Skills

Motivated

Branch issues

Organized

Strong numeracy

Clear communicator

Team player

Inventory flow

Self-teaching

Excel skills

Tools

Excel

Job description

Valley Farms Supply Inventory Control Manager - Lansing, MI

Milan Valley and Blake Equipment are part of the largest national wholesaler (a division of Headwater Companies www.headwaterco.com ) in the United States, specializing in water equipment components for the residential, commercial, and irrigation systems installed by our customer, the professional contractor. (no homeowners). We are known in our local markets as having quality service, long-term quality people, and only representing the top manufacturers in the industry. Headwater Companies is a Division of Franklin Electric, a publicly traded company on the NASDAQ stock market under the symbol FELE.

Join the Headwater team where you are valued, treated well, and part of a respected, winning organization!

GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF POSITION:

• You’re in charge of the largest ASSET at Valley Milan and Blake Equipment – Inventory!
• Responsible for the accountability, accuracy, and transaction issue resolution for branch locations
• Owns the General Ledger for Inventory
• Responsible for Internal/External Audit reporting & questions
• Tasked with training branch employees to reduce transactional issues/problems that flow through IC
• One direct report, who handles Customer Warranty Product Returns and/or Vendor dispute resolutions (pricing/receiving disputes) to collect monies owed to the company

Skills Required:

• Motivated and self-driven
• Ability to handle many transactions and branch questions
• Procrastinators or the unorganized will not be successful in this position.
• Strong number abilities, highly organized and process/flow thinker
• Strong and clear communicator
• Must be a team player, likes to laugh, patient (but direct) to train employees of proper processes that reduce errors
• Must have the desire and initiative to have a full understanding of how the entire chain of inventory flow impacts the business across ALL functional departments
• (Training will be provided; however strong self-teacher is also required for long term success)
• Strong computer skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel is required
• Prior experience, accounting, finance type background a plus

Strategic Goals of this position:

• Train and develop the branch teams with the aspiration of making perfect sales/inventory transactions each time
• Maximize our return on inventory investment by reducing inventory losses and “Bad Inventory” (Excess & Obsolete) that negatively impacts the P&L
• Drive excellence in inventory deployment in the Customer On-Site Inventory (Consignment)
• Inventory turns and accuracy management
• Working with the President, Regional Managers, and Purchasing on continuous improvement around inventory deployment and appropriate reporting/planning

Daily/Monthly Tasks:

• Troubleshoot and resolve employee transactional issues
• Branch Daily Cycle Counts with long term goal to remove the need for full annual physical count
• Correct/manage inventory out of balance issues
• Correct/manage orders that did not invoice correctly; direct orders or from stock
• Review orders that are potentially hung up in the system
• Adjust/Write off inventory and communicates to those P&L owners of the impact
• Ensure that your direct report’s Customer Warranty/Vendor credits are current
• Signals theft risks or suspicions
• Limited travel to build relationships and train as appropriate/needed
• Continuous Improvement – Work on bottom 3 branches in areas to improve results
• Other projects as assigned

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $50,000.00 - $70,000.00 per year

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