Vice President, Supply Chain and Inventory Management

Delta Group is a Western Canadian wholesale distribution and solutions platform serving waterworks and water infrastructure, agricultural irrigation, pumps and motors, water treatment, wastewater and related markets. With approximately $130 million in annual revenue, Delta combines multi-branch wholesale distribution with specialist technical solutions, engineered systems, projects and service. Through acquisitions and organic growth, the group has an opportunity to integrate supply-chain practices while maintaining the market knowledge and relationships of its operating businesses.

Lead Delta’s end-to-end group supply-chain strategy, with executive accountability for procurement, inventory investment and quality, demand planning, vendor economics, replenishment and network efficiency. Build one disciplined operating framework across multiple companies and branches without impairing customer service or project execution. This is an operational change-leadership position, not simply a senior purchasing appointment.

• Design and implement group-wide policies for inventory, purchasing, approvals, stock allocation and supplier engagement.
• Clarify central versus local authority, escalation rules, exception management and performance accountability.
• Partner closely with General Managers, Finance, sales and operations; lead monthly supply-chain performance reviews.
• Integrate acquired businesses and branch practices into a scalable operating model.

• Own group inventory productivity, target-setting and action plans by branch, segment, category and SKU.
• Drive reduction of excess, obsolete, slow-moving and duplicate inventory through transfers, vendor returns, disposition and prevention.
• Set service-sensitive reorder points, safety stocks, inventory classifications and replenishment policies.
• Establish consistent cycle counts, inventory accuracy and inventory ownership controls; coordinate valuation and reserves with Finance.
• Protect strategic, seasonal and critical long-lead stock while improving inventory turns and cash generation.

• Coordinate category strategy, purchasing scale, approval limits and controls for committed purchases.
• Negotiate supplier terms, pricing, rebates, freight, returns, vendor-managed/consignment arrangements and service commitments.
• Implement supplier scorecards and contingency planning for critical products and manufacturers.
• Improve purchase-order visibility, interbranch-first decisions and special-order controls; prevent unsupported speculative buys.
• Maintain the relationships needed to protect exclusive lines and the commercial advantage of Delta’s technical product portfolios.

• Create rolling forecasting processes using sales patterns, seasonality, known projects and credible customer commitments.
• Differentiate recurring wholesale replenishment from project-specific purchasing for pivots, pipe, pumps and engineered packages.
• Coordinate purchasing with project managers, installation schedules, deposits and supplier lead times.
• Manage cancellations, unallocated project material, foreign-exchange and supply risks through clear ownership and exit plans.

• Evaluate branch stocking, regional hubs, stock transfers, warehousing productivity and freight economics.
• Standardize receiving, storage, picking, shipping and transfers where it creates measurable value.
• Build evidence-based business cases for any warehouse consolidation, logistics outsourcing or network redesign.

• Serve as executive business owner…