Inventory Manager

• Manage  all activities with respect to the maintenance support of Legacy Fleet Master Maintenance Plan relating to Material & Supply Chain activity requirements 

• Understand and prioritize material / procurement / business needs and translate them into tactical actions and then deliver 

• Collaborate with the leadership team to determine a long-term goals that support inventory and non-inventory Material Management  

• Coordinate between material planning, service requirements and shipping schedules to meet project needs and timelines 

• Take ownership of all inventories including monitoring product quality, shipping/receiving, storage,  cycle and annual inventory counts, repair and return of repairable spares and warranty management including issues concerning damaged and defective products  

• Continually review material demand / availability, create tools / processes / KPIs / action plans  

• Prepare and present legal requirements that are applied to the project relating to Materials Management and Supply Chain 

• Advise the Senior Manager of Supply Chain of any developing issues or potential issues in a timely manner 

• With the support of the team support, produce timely and quality periodic reports as required by Operations or by Upper Management 

• Provide management, training and oversight of several Material Control Supervisors and a unionized staff of Store persons across two (2) Maintenance Facilities, building a strong rapport with the team,  

• Manage and lead cross-functional process improvement projects and business wide improvement initiatives 

• With HR assistance, promptly addresses personnel issues / grievances & complaints / disputes of various type 

• Ability to create, track and present overall Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) to measure success  

• University degree or College Diploma in Supply Chain/Material Management (or related field). 

• 5 to 10 years in the Material / Supply Chain, Logistics field. 

• Minimum 5 years’ experience in a leadership role that ideally involved professional Supply Chain professionals and management of hourly employees 

• Background in Project Sourcing and Purchasing and warehouse management 

• Extensive background in establishing and executing a wide scope of business strategies 

• Experience in dealing and being accountable for results and overall performance to a Head-Office   

• Ability to manage multiple KPIs. 

• Excellent communication skills, inter-personal skills and impeccable ethics   

• Strong problem solving, project management and planning/organizing skills 

• Strong knowledge of the MS Office suite and above all, an in-depth knowledge of Excel 

Nice to Have: 

• Experience working in a Unionized environment and application of Collective Bargaining Agreements 

• Previous experience in heavy rail/passenger rail maintenance 

• ERP experience