Director of Inventory Control

Interstate Companies | Eagan, MN I On-Site

Pay Range: $130,000 - $160,000 annually, DOE

The Director of Inventory Control provides enterprise leadership for purchasing, inventory management, pricing administration, vendor performance, and inventory-related systems and processes across Interstate Companies. The position develops and executes strategies that optimize the company’s inventory investment, improve availability and accuracy, reduce excess and obsolescence, strengthen supplier value, and support profitable growth.

This role leads daily purchasing and inventory control operations, establishes clear performance expectations, and partners with branch leadership, Parts, Service, Operations, Finance, and senior management to drive consistent execution, transparency, and continuous improvement.

Optimize the company’s investment in inventory through best-in-class control of total inventory investment, obsolescence, and inventory turns, while providing the sales organization competitive advantages in technology, product availability, and cost. Accomplish this by challenging current practices, promoting innovative solutions, and building collaboration across branches.

• Develop and execute purchasing and inventory control strategies aligned with operational, service, and financial objectives.
• Lead, coach, and develop purchasing and inventory control team members; recruit, interview, hire, onboard, train, and evaluate staff.
• Establish departmental goals, performance measures, workflows, and accountability standards.
• Develop, maintain, and communicate policies, procedures, best practices, and training resources, including process and vendor documentation.
• Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, innovation, and continuous improvement across corporate and branch teams.
• Provide reporting, analysis, recommendations, and transparency to branches, executive leadership, and other stakeholders.

• Oversee daily stock purchasing activities and ensure appropriate products are available to support branch and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain supplier relationships; negotiate pricing, contracts, programs, and purchasing agreements to maximize value.
• Monitor supplier performance, product quality, delivery, pricing, backorders, and supply disruptions; lead corrective action and mitigation efforts.
• Manage current purchasing tools, including RIM and RIMPRO where applicable, provide branch support, and pursue process and technology improvements.
• Standardize product programs and offerings across branches, reduce unnecessary vendor complexity, and use vendor grading and scorecards to improve performance.
• Review purchasing controls and oversee expense purchase orders, return purchase orders, and vendor discrepancy resolution.

• Direct inventory control activities to protect inventory accuracy, integrity, availability, and overall stock health.
• Analyze inventory levels, usage, turns, carrying costs, forecasting needs, excess stock, shortages, and obsolescence; recommend and implement improvement actions.
• Coach branches on right-sized purchasing and lead obsolescence reduction, returns, redistribution, and scrap accrual management.
• Monitor inventory variances and historical part issues ensuring corrective actions are completed.
• Oversee physical inventory and cycle count programs, off-sheet verification, reconciliation, and required inventory adjustments.
• Ensure new part numbers, inventory records, costs, pricing, and related system data are accurately created and maintained.

• Oversee supplier price tape maintenance, customer pricing setup and maintenance, and consistent price code structures across branches.
• Oversee applicable rebate calculations, submissions, reconciliation, and audit support.
• Ensure purchase orders, packing slips, invoices, quantities received, costs, and part numbers are accurately reviewed and reconciled.
• Partner with Accounting and Finance to resolve discrepancies, strengthen controls, and support audits and inventory…