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Inventory Control and Distribution

Inventory Control and Distribution Managers oversee warehouse operations, inventory functions, the shipping and receiving of goods, ordering inventory items, and/or overseeing a retail operation; communicate with customers, vendors, and other departments to provide information and solve problems; use a variety of systems to prepare and complete transactions, manage inventories, update product information, maintain web pages, and record sales; prepare financial reports; monitor vendor performance and seeks out new distributors; maintain a safe working environment for employees and customers.

• Provide overall leadership for central distribution services and a warehouse operations
• Ensure cost effectiveness through efficiencies and traceable movement products
• Ensure overall department efficiency through cost containment and enforcement of policies and procedures
• Evaluate, implement, and maintain electronic inventory systems and websites
• Develop and maintain relationships with various University departments, customers, and/or outside organizations
• Evaluate material/services requests, research new products, and analyze market trends
• Adjust operational work schedules to increase work unit efficiencies
• Source, negotiate, and participate in the selection of various service vendors; collaborate on requests for proposals
• Serve as a liaison between Central Distribution/Warehouse Operations and various University departments
• Hire, train, coach, schedule, and evaluate assigned employees

Level:

– Senior Manager

Base Description:

– Manages direct reports where primary duty is the management of a working unit.

Level Summary:

– Demonstrates advanced skills in critical functions related to unit's success. Demonstrates advanced knowledge of emerging technologies and processes. Monitors completed work of others to ensure effectiveness and adherence to requirements. Sets clear expectations and holds team accountable. Establishes a shared team/unit vision. Demonstrates ability to evaluate and enhance team/unit practices that promote a strong commitment to inclusionary practices. Coaches others using appropriate strategies. Demonstrates diplomacy. Demonstrates ability to serve as liaison between senior-level management and staff. Resolves complex, controversial, or unprecedented issues and problems.

Supervisory Responsibilities:

– Oversees large team or teams of individual contributors and/or supervisors/managers
– Leads a department or functional area

Fiscal Responsibilities:

– Monitors and tracks large budgets
– Plans, forecasts, and/or develops budgets
– May approve budgets for specific area
– Typically has final signature authority for specific area

Problem Solving:

– Encounters highly varied and complex problems that impacts the team and possibly the unit
– Develops creative and/or novel approaches to resolve problems that are difficult in nature
– Independently resolves complex and/or unprecedented issues and problems

Independence of Action:

– Work results are not clearly defined
– Generally sets own goals and determines how to accomplish results with few or no guidelines to follow
– Monitors completed work of others to ensure soundness of approach, effectiveness of meeting requirements, the feasibility of recommendations and adherences to requirements
– Delegates more advanced tasks to others

Communication and Collaboration:

– Communicates with both internal and external audiences
– Collaborates closely with team members and various areas across the University
– Fosters collaboration between units and engages others' coordinated efforts to reach desired outcomes with broad scope

• Comp Grade – 12
• Minimum – $76,700.00
• MidPoint – $95,900.00
• Maximum – $115,100.00