Inventory Manager

**Canada’s Best Truck Body Manufacturer and Upfitter** **Inventory Manager** **St Catharines, Niagara Region** CanAmerican Stone Spreader is a fast growing, family run, customer centric business located in St. Catharines, Ontario. Our company started during the early 90s. Since that time with a focus on innovation and excelling in meeting our customers demanding standards, we have become a leader in the slinger truck body manufacturing market across North America, as well as the dump truck body manufacturing leader across Ontario with a full order book. We continue to explore large untapped markets across North America as we build our business for success. As a result, we are reassessing our current management structure and gearing up to continue to drive top and bottom-line growth throughout the 2020s. The leadership team have determined an **Inventory Manager** role is needed to manage the large quantities of product stocked (>3000 items) and to assist with extending the current manufacturing control system helping to automate much of the heavy lifting around the key functions of inventory control, purchasing and receiving, works order planning and control, materials storage and issuing, and ultimate shipping. A Central Store has been set up to bring the inventory under one roof and the **Inventory Manager** will play an active role in the operation of this facility. CanAmerican has teamed up with the Business Development Bank of Canada to help facilitate changes in management structure and developing business capabilities for the future. The **Inventory Manager **would immediately be part of this new and exciting transformational stage and it is expected the incumbent will grow with us as a leader through this transformation and beyond, making their mark on the business by developing innovative solutions to drive production performance to meet business requirements; the primary priority is to ensure the company can seamlessly work through these transitions and continue to deliver its services to its customers and employees. Our goal is to build and sustain a high performing team of skilled and motivated individuals. To that end, every person at CanAm will: 1. Know what is expected of them. 2. Know how much is expected of them. 3. Know how to do what is expected of them. 4. Know where they always stand. 5. Know how they are rewarded for success. Good leadership and good management will sew the team together. At CanAmerican, we follow the S.M.A.R.T. Goal Principles. By following these guidelines, we will stay: **Inventory Manager**:Primary Responsibilities: **Procurement, Receiving and Workshop Provisioning** - Ensure stock is adequately provisioned for all distribution channels (production floor, parts sales, repairs, warranty claims and supporting partners). - Maintain effective routines, coordinating with production managers to flag risks of potential shipping delays which could impact the production plan. - Place orders to replenish stock avoiding stock outs or excessive surplus. - Analyze sales data to anticipate future needs - identifying any critical parts/long lead time items and ensure these are prioritized. - Evaluate suppliers to achieve cost-effective deals, lower min orders quantities and improved/consistent lead times. - Deploy the Materials Handler to consolidate and delivery materials to the work cells (kits and Kanban) **Maintaining Inventory Accuracy and Control** - Setup and coordinate cycle counts from ERP system - run reports to measure stock accuracy and highlight discrepancies between physical count and system quantities. Organize and carry out stock checks as required. - Investigate discrepancies to determine root cause and recommend corrective action. - Report on inventory levels in collaboration with operations across all physical warehouse locations (Central Store and Lineside) to identify potential aged inventory, calling out inventory risk and arranging disposal. - Devise ways to optimize inventory control procedures. - Manage Timed Delivery Routes (TDR) and work cell inventory replenishment. - Adjust stocking strategies to eliminate the need for technicians to access stores for additional components. **Leadership and Teamworking** - Collaborate with other staff to ensure business goals are met. - Report to upper management on stock levels, supply, and supplier issues. - Lead and motivate a small team to achieve excellence in workshop service and support all distribution channels with a first-class fulfillment performance. - Increase inventory turnover levels to between 6-10 times per year. **Systems and Processes - Configuration and Maintenance** - Assist with the development and maintenance of the Priority system covering key functions of Purchase Ordering, Works Orders, Warehouse Management, Materials Requirements Planning and Stock Counts. - As the business continues to grow, evaluate tools that help the team drive bottom line growth, improve customer serv