Thermo Fisher Scientific
Location
Hillsboro, OR | United States
Job description
When you’re part of the team at Thermo Fisher Scientific, you’ll do important work. And you’ll have the opportunity for continual growth and learning in a culture that empowers your development. With revenues of more than $40 billion and the largest investment in R&D in the industry, we give our people the resources and opportunities to make important contributions to the world.
Location/Division Specific Information
The Inventory Manager has overall responsibility for ensuring that inventory entitlement for the Hillsboro site is kept to high level of usability, ensuring Production has the right part, in the right quantities at the right time. This position’s primary objective is to review inventoried materials and ensure planning and operations have a current inventory picture in place to support their needs. This will help operations and improve the organization’s profitability .
Discover Impactful Work:
As an Inventory Manager you will be working with our Global Inventory Team as well as the local Purchasing, Planning, Warehouse and Finance team to supervise and handle inventory. You will ensure that current and future inventory will support Operation’s needs and financial targets .
A day in the Life:
Use MRP system to monitor usage of inventory
Work with suppliers and procurement to set up consignment stock agreements
Select slow moving or obsolete materials for review and disposition
Work to improve management and control of inventory
Collect data and update current metrics for inventory management
Create and roll out new metrics that improve inventory entitlement
Work on RCCM’s (Root Cause Counter Measures) to improve inventory status
Drive/set inventory entitlement goals that will improve balanced stock levels
Review and/or participate in site projects that impact inventory
Work in conjunction with other site Inventory managers/leads to harmonize efforts between sites
Act a liaison with NPI, ECO planners, on adding or obsoleting part numbers
Maintain processes and procedure docs for the Inventory Manager
Review and approve Safety Stock requests
Review and maintain non production inventory Including but not limited to PPE, Gasses, Water cleaning .
Other items as assigned
Keys to Success:
Education
University degree in supply chain management, or an appropriate combination of education and experience
APICs certification preferred but not required
Experience
5 years experience in operations and inventory management skills
3 years experience in management of inventory control
Knowledge, Skills, Abilities
Experienced in change management, continuous improvement and NPI activities .
Strong analytical skills .
In depth experience with inventory, planning, purchasing , and operations .
In-depth experience working with ERP systems (knowledge of QAD a plus but not required )
High level of organizational and time management skills .
Able to re-set priorities as corporate objectives change
Must have ability to acquire a valid passport and travel regionally and internationally as required
Must demonstrate excellent written and verbal communication skills, with strong English proficiency
Proficiency with Microsoft Outlook/Microsoft Excel/Microsoft Word. Access and Microsoft BI a plus .
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