Director of Inventory Management

Overview

Johnstone Supply, North America's leading wholesale distributor of HVACR equipment, parts, and supplies, has a great opportunity to join our team. Over the last seven decades, Johnstone has grown into a multi-billion-dollar industry leader with over 470 distributor branches and 6 distribution centers throughout North America. We work with some of the largest companies in the world, including Daikin/Goodman, Bosch, Copeland, Honeywell, Johnson Controls, and Fujitsu, to provide contractors with world-class products, technical expertise, and quality service.

Plans, directs, and manages the inventory management and centralized purchasing activities related to HVAC/R products to meet the Company Owned Store/s (COS) short and long-term goals. Maintains and maximizes use of the ERP business system for efficient management of supply chain processes. Position participates as part of the COS group/s overall leadership team.

• Hires, trains, mentors, coaches, develops, corrects, and leads the purchasing and inventory management department to ensure company and branch needs are successfully and efficiently met.
• Establishes, trains, and ensures compliance with practices and procedures to be followed by department employees. Makes recommendations for policies and procedures in conjunction with other departments for efficient overall operations.
• Ensures all department documents are properly completed and maintained as appropriate.
• Collaborates and proactively communicates with Johnstone Supply LLC supply chain, vendor management, marketing, IT and other teams to build and maintain a healthy partnership to support the business.
• Expands functionality and direct daily maintenance of ERP system (i.e. Eclipse Purchasing Module) for maximization and efficiency of department.
• Prepares inventory and purchasing related budgets and forecasts for senior management review and implementation.
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Inventory Management Responsibilities:

• Optimizes inventory items and stock quantities to drive inventory turns and reduce excess, slow, and damaged while ensuring customer needs are realized.
• Coordinates inventory stocking levels with Branch Support, logistics, and field management during new facility start-ups, peak and low season ramp ups / downs, and vendor related impacts to ensure effective and efficient operations at all branches.
• In coordination with vendor management, analyzes methods of vendor sourcing and determines best supplier relationships.

Purchasing Management Responsibilities:

• Conducts analysis of purchasing policies and procedures, develops plans, formulates guidelines, and makes continuous improvements.
• May participate in vendor negotiations in coordination with marketing and product management team.
• Understands inventory needs of branch locations, establishes priorities, assigns workloads and reviews the more difficult and complex assignments.
• Utilizes demand planning to forecast inventory levels that provide a high-level fill rate for customers.
• Works in a collaborative effort with Vendor Management, sales and operations leaders supporting all aspects of promotional and sales activities (i.e. trade shows, marketing initiatives, promotions, pricing strategies, etc.) to help meet short and long-term goals.
• Supervises and participates in the preparation of statistical reporting of inventory and purchasing related information such as vendor out of stock, inventory turns, and freight costs. Prepares and presents data, reports, and other information as requested.
• Performs research, special projects or participate in initiatives as requested by management for the smooth and efficient operation of the purchasing department.
• In collaboration with product data and pricing teams, maintains accurate costing structure from vendors and Johnstone Supply LLC.

Performs all other duties as assigned.

Johnstone Supply believes that each employee’s contribution should not be limited by the assigned responsibilities. Therefore, it is our expectation that each employee will adhere to our company values and offer his/her services wherever and whenever necessary to ensure the success of our…