Inventory Manager
Colony Brands, Inc.

Job Description

Exciting growth opportunities. Professional stability. You can have both!

Our Heritage: Over the last 97 years, our company has grown from a premier mail-order cheese company to include a diverse portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from apparel to award-winning bakery goods. All the while maintaining our roots as a private, people-centric business based in Monroe, WI. Today, Colony Brands is one of North America's largest and most successful multi-channel direct marketing companies.

To build on that success and support future growth, we are seeking an Inventory Manager to support one of our non-food divisions (either Home or Apparel). As an Inventory Manager, you will be monitoring trends, analyzing issues, and recommending improvements, as well as providing leadership and training to inventory team members.

What You'll Do:
As an Inventory Manager you'll be responsible for purchasing, flowing and managing inventory levels of assigned categories. You'll work cross-functionally to develop buying plans and maximize inventory and sales performance. You'll also be responsible for:
• Ensuring inventory levels satisfy demand and meet financial objectives associated with fulfillment, turnover, and profitability
• Managing all aspects of the non-food catalog development process, as related to Purchasing to assure all deadlines are met
• Monitoring inventory levels at the category, product, and SKU levels to maximize inventory turnover, and optimize cash flow, while meeting customer demand
• Maintaining system data integrity to assure best data is available for critical decision-making
• Training and/or supervising the training of new department employees to assure they are full trained and have all the knowledge and tools they need to be successful

Qualifications

What It Takes
We're looking for someone with strong verbal and written communication skills with buying experience. Ideally you will have a bachelor's degree in a Global Supply Chain Logistics, Business, Statistics or a related discipline and 3+ years' of inventory management experience. In addition, we are looking for:
• 3+ year experience maximizing returns on excess inventory
• Knowledge of manufacturing processes and Supplier bases and the ability to troubleshoot issues to ensure a reliable merchandise supply
• 3+ year data analysis experience
• An extensive knowledge and use of MS Office and Windows applications.
• The ability to work independently with limited supervision

About Us

Colony Brands, Inc. is one of North America's largest, multi-channel, direct-marketing companies. The company maintains an extensive portfolio of affiliates, brands, and products ranging from cheese and petit fours to apparel and kitchen appliances, while maintaining its roots as a private, customer-centric business based in Monroe, WI. We're financially sound, yet our success is not just defined by our profits; it's about living our Core Values, giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work! To that end, Colony Brands generously supports the communities we work in and offer many benefits and programs that support the well-being of our employees.

Benefits Details

Colony Brands is not just about growing our profits - We are about giving our employees the opportunity for growth and providing a better place to live and work. We also offer our employees many great rewards in addition to monetary compensation: