Inventory and Forecasting Manager

Inventory and Forecasting Manager

Atlas Roofing Shingles, Underlayments & Ventilation, a division of Atlas Roofing Corporation, is an industry leader that develops, sells, and manufactures a full line of high-performance residential roof shingles, underlayments, and accessories systems and products. Atlas Roofing Shingles, Underlayments, & Ventilation offers innovative, quality, and unmatched roofing and construction materials for homeowners, contractors, builders, and distributors.

Atlas Roofing Shingles, Underlayments & Ventilation Division is seeking an Inventory and Forecasting Manager for our Meridian, MS facility.

• Prepare monthly recap for the VP of Sales & Marketing and VP of Operations on production, inventory, and sales history, along with 1-3 month forecast updates for the demand planning worksheet.
• Manage ongoing demand planning process with directors to maintain appropriate product mix, service area, color needs, and inventory across plants while understanding capacity constraints.
• Work with the Director of Supply Chain to evolve the Sales-Inventory-Operations Planning (SIOP) process over time to meet the needs of the organization.
• Work with the Director of Supply Chain on efforts to forecast opportunities and concerns across the operations and supply chain functions.
• Manage monthly and annual forecasting efforts for finished goods products in conjunction with the Director of Supply Chain.
• Manage existing product inventory and ordering needs based on market demand and be responsive to sales needs and trends in demand.
• Work with plant facilities on eliminating discontinued products in a fiscally responsible manner while ensuring inventories reflected in PS/Qlik are accurate and up to date for all facilities.
• Work to manage, consolidate, and prioritize shipment of inventory to minimize loss and maximize profits through sales and avoid fines.
• Work with the Director of Procurement on maintaining and communicating margin/cost/price controls for all vendor accessory products through monthly reviews and profitability analysis.
• Assist sales and business development teams in addressing inventory available for large volume opportunities as well as daily needs.
• Work with all plant schedulers to train best practices and continuity of practices, ensuring production schedules are kept up to date on People Soft.
• Work with plant schedulers and Director of Procurement to keep raw materials at optimal levels at each plant facility.
• Work with IT to make needed reporting and process updates to aid all plants in being able to see and upload production and inventory.
• Work with plant managers and schedulers to achieve uniform processes when PIDS are updated across the division.
• Set and maintain safety stock targets in People Soft.
• Build inventory floor plans for all accessory items across plants and reload facilities.
• Proactively eliminate discontinued SKUs and manage reallocation to minimize write-offs.
• Work closely with plant schedulers to align production plans with master schedules using Shingle Tech.
• Ensure safety stock levels and report on monthly deviations to plans.
• Collaborate with plants to ensure proper inventory and production planning.
• Collaborate with manufacturing teams to adjust plans as needed due to changes in demand, equipment downtime, or material delays.
• Monitor production KPIs and drive improvements.
• Coordinate with the Purchasing and planning coordinator.
• Provide backup support during vacations and other absences for finished good / raw material issues.
• Other duties as required by the Director of supply chain.
• Collaborate with the Director of supply chain on ADHOC projects and forecasting.
• Partner with Sales, Customer Service, Account Executives, and Plant Operations to ensure smooth material flow and on-time delivery.
• Work with third party Sr Director of Strategy and Innovation to develop third party products' demand and supply plan.
• Coordinate with Sr, Director of strategy and innovation on product planning, availability and reduce obsolescence.
• Work closely with IT and Supply Chain leadership on automation and tool development to improve planning processes.
• Provide…