Operations, Director

Mountain View, CA, United States

Inventory Management Director

49038BR

USA - California - Mountain View/Sunnyvale

Job Description and Requirements

Inventory Management Director

OVERALL RESPONSIBILITY:

The Inventory Management Director reports to the Senior Director of SDG Manufacturing Operations (HAPS) and is responsible for the management and control of all SDG Production Inventory. This will be achieved by providing the essential business expertise to manage and control the SDG Inventory located throughout the world. This will be accomplished using expert knowledge to implement strategies to achieve continuous inventory accuracy and optimal on hand inventory balances. Done while ensuring that the Inventory Operations are integrated with the manufacturing functions of Planning, Supply Chain Management, Purchasing, Production, Order Fulfillment and Field Support.

Job Description and Key Focus Areas:

Understand and identify the company's needs, studying feedback from internal and external parties, and analyzing existing systems with the intent of implementing solutions that address the weaknesses and vulnerabilities of the SDG inventory management system.

Provide Leadership needed to keep the material management processes running smoothly.

Employ Problem-solving skills to identify and address problems, resolve operational gaps to successfully achieve the goals of the business.

Employ excellent communication skills to lead and manage the Inventory Management Team and to coordinate with the rest of the Operations Team.

Incorporate the principles of manufacturing systems regarding logistics, supply chain management, materials management. Plan how to use resources efficiently and economically. Create solutions and systems to solve problems related to waste and inefficiency associated with operational inventory. Identify strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.

Lead the group to develop process improvement strategies following GMP guidelines.

Manage cross functionally with quality, logistics operations, procurement, finance, sales, and marketing.

Employ SAP for inventory management.

Employ lean and six sigma principles for continuous improvement.

Redesign Inventory Management Processes and Procedures for Inventory Accuracy

Manage 3PL partnerships.

Train and certify the team to written procedures while developing to skills and capabilities

Manage the improvement of inventory accuracy and utilization.

Manage root cause analysis of excess and obsolete inventory. Implementing corrective actions.

Manage Physical Inventory accuracy through cycle counting and discrepancy reconciliation.

Identify and disposition inventory excess and obsolete, investigate causes and implement changes.

Establish Key Performance Indicators creating and reporting.

Manage RMA reverse logistics and spares inventory levels at field warehouse locations to targeted levels. Track usage and replenishment.

Technical Skills: Expert in value stream, process improvement, and project management tools and methodologies.

Extensive experience managing projects, people and complex products and systems within a complex, global value stream (across multiple sites, organizations and disciplines).

Fundamental project management skills (project planning, scheduling, executing, monitoring and closing) within cost, schedule and scope constraints.

Proven success defining and improving IT-enabled business processes, developing new products and services, and streamlining operations for multi-national corporations.

Knowledge and experience with multi-site ERP and product data management (PDM) tools used in the electronics industry.

Knowledge and experience in product lifecycle (PLC) processes and product information flow used in the electronics industry, including concurrent execution of the PLC involving various functional groups.

Experienced in lean six sigma and/or design for six sigma problem solving tools and methodologies.

Achieving results with challenging assignments and ambiguous problem statements.

Strong critical thinking, leveraging knowledge of problem-solving tools and methodologies to drive projects to completion effectively and efficiently.

ABOUT US

At Synopsys, we're at the heart of the innovations that change the way we work and play. Self-driving cars. Artificial Intelligence. The cloud. 5G. The Internet of Things. These breakthroughs are ushering in the Era of Smart Everything. And we're powering it all with the world's most advanced technologies for chip design and software security. If you share our passion for innovation, we want to meet you.

Our Silicon Design & Verification business is all about building high-performance silicon chips-faster. We're the world's leading provider of solutions for designing and verifying advanced silicon chips. And we design the next-generation processes and models needed to manufacture those chips. We enable our customers to optimize chips for power, cost, and performance-eliminating months off their project schedules.

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Job Category

Operations

Country

United States

Job Subcategory

Operations

Hire Type

Employee

Base Salary Range

152,000 - 228,000

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