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Associate Director, Inventory Optimization Leader

Associate Director, Inventory Optimization Leader

The Clorox CompanyAlpharetta, GA, United States
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Your role at Clorox :

The Inventory Optimization Leader role will own inventory governance, capability building and adoption, and value tracking and capture, for inventory across the entire enterprise. Sitting within the IBP Center of Excellence, the role will acts as an advisory leader to BUs and Functions, monitoring inventory status and progress against goals, providing recommendations to BU and Functional Leaders on where and how to drive greater scale and pace of progress across near, mid, and long term horizons. The role will champion tools and process innovation (design, build / source, deploy, and adopt) to balance inventory optimization with standardization, governance and compliance, enabling Clorox to operate at the leading edge of inventory management. Ultimately, this role will be a critical enabler for and strategic leader in Clorox’s pursuit of managing inventory more efficiently.

In this role, you will :

Inventory Strategy & Governance

  • Align each BU with enterprise inventory strategies / targets (e.g., target policies by segment, service levels, replenishment logic) that support business priorities, and develop clear path to deliver.
  • Develop and enforce inventory parameter setting frameworks (e.g., safety stock, order quantities, reorder points) in alignment with key considerations from CLX Inventory Optimization playbook (e.g. demand variability, supply risk).
  • Partner with BU IBP, Commercial, Finance, and Supply chain teams to align inventory targets with sales goals, promotions, product lifecycle transitions, etc.
  • Ensure each BU IBP team adopts the Clorox-standard, inventory setting process and tools

Process & Capability Building

  • Champion tools and process innovation (design, build / source, deploy, and adopt) to balance inventory optimization with standardization, governance and compliance, enabling Clorox to operate at the leading edge of inventory management.
  • Deploy the right processes and tools that enable the BU to proactively manage inventory to the targets (e.g., inventory health, SLOB, etc.)
  • Promote inventory planning maturity and lead continuous improvement of Clorox inventory process and tools to drive more accurate supply planning, reduce effort, and sustain the adoption
  • Serve as a key business owner for system enhancements related to inventory planning (e.g., SAP, Kinaxis). If implementing entirely new tools specific to inventory management, this role will also operate as the Product Owner for that tool / s, in service of the Clorox Global Capability and Product Models.
  • Lead capability-building efforts, including tools, training, and playbooks for planners and cross-functional partners. This will range from design and development, through launch, training, change management, etc.
  • Lead automation of inventory processes to reduce manual effort and boost efficiency, in coordination with SC teams and SC digital transformation.
  • Develop and maintain strategic roadmap for Inventory Optimization, inclusive of tech / tools evolution. Collaborate with business users, ranging from GMs and BU LTs to BU IBP and Manufacturing Teams, to gather user needs and gaps to define right prioritization of roadmap.
  • Continuous exposure to and build expertise on best practices and thought leadership on inventory management, including monitoring and assessing emerging trends and technologies that may impact or be relevant to Clorox.
  • Oversee / lead strategic projects with external consultants, to ensure delivery on-time, on-budget, and with the desired impact on capability building / evolution and value capture for the enterprise.
  • Performance Management & Advising

  • Set right KPI targets and build / maintain dashboards to track inventory metrics, enabling E2E inventory visibility.
  • Monitor inventory performance across BUs, assess areas for improvement, and recommend actions / adjustments to prioritize.
  • Utilize new processes and tools to provide independent / objective analytics and insights to BUs and other functions into risks, issues, opportunities, tradeoffs and implications. Co-develop the actions to address these as part of each BU’s IBP process, and advise BUs on driving stakeholders alignment.
  • Drive root causes analyses in BU teams of inventory imbalances and ensure execution of corrective actions, incl. leading cross-functional efforts to resolve structural / systemic issues impacting multiple BUs.
  • Advise and support BUs in scenario planning and inventory sensitivity analyses.
  • Leadership & Change Management

  • Collaborate and influence across Functions & BUs to ensure BU inventory strategies align with enterprise goals
  • Serve as a strategic advisor to BU IBP Leads as well as GMs, BU LTs, and Global Capabilities Leaders, bringing recommendations on where and how to pursue improvements, and guiding them on implementation.
  • Act as a thought partner to IBP, Marketing, Finance, and Customer teams to ensure inventory plans are integrated and aligned.
  • Coach and support team members in developing inventory-related knowledge and discipline.
  • Manage the creation and delivery of training programs to strengthen organizational skills and capability development.
  • Champion a culture of data-driven decision-making and continuous improvement in planning and inventory management processes.
  • What we look for :

  • Minimum : 10+ years of experience, CPG / fast moving consumer preferred
  • Desirable : 15+ years of experience
  • Recent S&OP / supply planning experience
  • Experience with and understanding of inventory management and optimization, ideally with exposure to or strong knowledge of leading practices (ex. Multi-echelon inventory optimization)
  • Strong understanding of end-to-end planning (demand, supply, S&OP / IBP) and CPG go-to-market models (retail, DTC, omni-channel)
  • Operational experience in supply chain operations (e.g. mfg., logistics, DC ops, inventory planning)
  • Deep experience using ERP / supply planning tools, with ideally strong skill set in Kinaxis & SAP S4Hana & NetSuite
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional work and influence without authority across multiple functions
  • Experience interfacing and influencing across multiple organizational levels, from “executional” roles up through Business Unit General Managers and Leadership Teams
  • Business Acumen / Skills :

  • Strategic vision : Ability to shape clear vision for Inventory Optimization capability improvement, aligned with broader business goals and objectives.
  • Forward-looking and holistic, strategic thinking : Ability to synthesize disparate data into coherent, forward-looking business strategy and tactics for advancing enterprise and BU priorities around inventory.
  • Technical Acumen : Ability to understand the functionalities and constraints of digital tools & systems to contribute to the development of system enhancement initiatives and project timelines
  • Digital dexterity : Adaptability to operate across different, changing systems
  • Executional dexterity : Able to effectively operate across time horizons, from driving immediate improvement and value capture in the near term, to anticipating future needs and aligning priorities to deliver on longer-term ambition / goals.
  • Inventory optimization knowledge : In-depth understanding of best-in-class inventory management processes, methodologies, tools and challenges
  • Financial acumen : Strong financial acumen, focused on working capital and P&L implications of overall inventory management and supply chain choices.
  • Analytics / data mastery : Strong analytic skillset and familiarity with data science applications, including :
  • In-depth understanding of how to build an inventory strategy and the core data inputs that influence it
  • In-depth understanding of capacity drivers / constraints and how they inform the long-term supply plan
  • Understanding of how a forecast model works, strengths / pitfalls of the ML model and the core elements of the model predictivity
  • Able to diagnose inventory management issues / risks / opportunities, and establish plans to address
  • High fluency / dexterity in working with data
  • Ability to recognize trends within data and translate that back into relevant insights on root causes / drivers, implications for business or function, potential levers to address, and priorities to focus on.
  • Supply chain ops : Strong understanding of E2E supply chain, supply chain network mgmt. & operations, potential tradeoffs, and impact on inventory management, across time horizons from short term execution through long term planning.
  • Proven ability to lead cross-functional work and influence without authority across multiple functions and organizational levels.
  • Education Level / Degree :

  • Minimum : BA or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or Predictive Analytics
  • Preferred : Masters or equivalent in Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations Management, Business, or Predictive Analytics
  • –Zone A : $153,700 - $309,000

    –Zone B : $140,900 - $283,300

    –Zone C : $128,100 - $257,500

    All ranges are subject to change in the future. Your recruiter can share more about the specific salary range for your location during the hiring process.

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