Position Mission:
Achieves maximum market penetration, drives market growth, increased sales and profitability by creating a superior customer experience through the accurate management of all aspects of our inventory control process.
Position Performance Measures:
- Profit Quota
- Sales Quota
- Backorder Control Quota
- Shipping Percentage Quota
- Dollar Volume Per Employee
- DC Turnover
- Service Level Quota
- Factory Return Pull Accuracy & Completion
Responsibilities: The following section contains the primary responsibilities for this position. Job holder is responsible for performing any other duties as assigned by management.
- Develops a yearly inventory plan and coordinates with DC Management and centralized Purchasing to ensure all factory returns are generated after close of each classification round.
- Ensures all merchandise is in saleable condition to meet customer order requirements.
- Drives the accuracy of inventory and maintain a high service level.
- Communicates, coaches, and ensures all employees and managers are accountable for maintaining inventory availability and accuracy.
- Confirms that factory returns are pulled and shipped in a timely manner.
- Safeguards DC investments by making sure that distressed merchandise is expensed properly.
- Leads the execution and efficient completion of quality rounds of inventory each year.
- Ensures every employee maintains a clean and orderly work environment.
- Monitors and applies for all rebates.
- Partners with HR in the areas of hiring, development, coaching and promotional opportunities.
- Demands high standards of performance. Ensure appropriate standards are met as relates to employee coaching, discipline documentation, and terminations.
- Creates a culture of safety by ensuring required training is completed and employees understand their responsibility for behaving in a safe manner. Enforce safety rules and investigate every accident for the root cause.
- Administers company policies and procedures regarding employee performance, attendance, safety, training and other matters consistently and fairly.
Experience, Education, and Abilities:
- HS Diploma or equivalent required.
- A 4-year business related degree or equivalent experience preferred.
- 4 plus years’ experience working in a distribution environment in a related role.
- Strong knowledge of NAPA systems and processes.
- Knowledge of NAPA product lines and numbering system.
- Knowledge of the NAPA classification system.
- Knowledge of the JDE & Legacy Systems.
- Proficient in data entry and reporting functions of AS 400 system.
- Knowledge of basic accounting principles.
- Strong analytical and problem-solving abilities.
- Must be a confident and thoughtful leader and demonstrate an ability to make good business decisions.
- Possess a willingness to learn and apply new principles in management and leadership.
- Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to get information and ideas across to others.
- Organized, with solid multi-tasking skills and the ability to work effectively under pressure.
- Possess strong attention to detail.
Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
- While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; and talk or hear.
- The employee is frequently required to walk, stand; reach with hands and arms.
- Occasionally the employee is required to climb or balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl.
- The employee must occasionally lift and or move up to 60 pounds.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
Work Conditions:
- The employee is occasionally exposed to cold, hot and/or humid conditions.
- The employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts and vibration.
- The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.
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