Company Summary

Benjamin Moore is proud to be a part of Berkshire Hathaway, which was recognized by Fortune magazine as the world's third most admired company. And for more than 140 years we've been a respected leader in the architectural coatings and home decor landscape; creating the products and tools that enrich and beautify thousands of communities each day. We recognize that our associates are the driving force behind our success and we strive to provide a work environment where hard work, creativity and purposeful collaboration are fostered and encouraged.

Join a company where innovation is constantly recognized as we look for individuals who produce world-class products, best-in-class services and customer experiences, design pioneering paints using the latest technologies and deliver unparalleled value and brand experiences for our customers and retail network.

Job Summary (Summary of overall role responsibilities)

This is a unique opportunity to gain broad experience, have significant responsibility, drive change, lead process improvements and engage with key decision makers. The Finance Inventory Control Manager ensures all sites adhere to inventory processes and procedures. This includes but not limited to ensuring all inventory related procedures and documentation are updated on an ongoing basis and compliant with industry best practices; ensuring all sites are adhering to compliance of inventory procedures & cycle counts; review and analysis of inventory related movements; and working with partners to resolving inventory discrepancies. The role will leverage business analytics for inventory to identify root causes. The Manager will be required to travel to all Benjamin Moore locations on a regular basis to ensure compliance with inventory best practices. The Manager will partner with Supply Chain and Finance teams to ensure compliance with process and procedures, share analysis findings and continually drive process improvements.

Reporting Structure:

The Finance Inventory Control Manager will report to the VP of FP&A as part of the Financial Planning & Analysis team. There are direct reports reporting into this role.

Key Responsibilities

Maintains inventory controls oversight. Responsible for ensuring all inventory related polices & procedures documentation is updated and reviewed on an ongoing basis and aligns with industry best practices
• Ensure site employees are effectively trained for cycle count and inventory related system transactions through periodic audits
• For areas of control deficiencies, facilitate the establishment of procedures and development of appropriate documentation to mitigate issues and prevent issues going forward
  Plan and execute periodic site audits inclusive of inventory control procedures and adherence to policies and procedures
• Compile & present concise monthly summary and actionable reports for business leaders on monthly basis
• Analysis of inventory stock movements focused on identifying outliers/issues, root cause, and findings. This includes but not limited to manufacturing & warehouse deliveries, inter-movement transfers, scrapping, negative on hands and faulty stock movements
• Strong knowledge of statistics, data collection, analysis, and data presentation and the ability to examine data and draw accurate, meaningful conclusions that can be turned into preventive or corrective action plans
• Support Continuous Improvement surrounding process improvement projects by identifying and implementing opportunities to improve inventory controls
• Ability to travel, including overnight travel to conduct unannounced cycle count audits at all Benjamin Moore locations.
• Provide leadership, employee development and adhere to the values of Benjamin Moore instilling the value of trust, openness, and collaboration within the FP&A team

Required Skills

• A bachelor's or master's degree in business administration, supply chain, information science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 10+ year of experience. Ability to operate and influence effectively across the organization and within complex contexts. SAP experience a plus but not required.
• Demonstrated leadership; ability to develop direct reports, history of leading complex, multidisciplinary teams
• Leader with the ability to communicate openly and honestly with colleagues and customers. Takes personal responsibility for the quality and content of the work, and complies with information confidentiality requirements where applicable
• Experience in integrating complex, cross-corporate processes, and information strategies, and/or designing strategic metrics and scorecards
• Ability to communicate openly and honestly with colleagues and customers. Takes personal responsibility for the quality and content of the work, and complies with information confidentiality requirements where applicable
• Establishes and maintains effective relationships by collaborating with customers by fully understanding and meeting their expectations
• Excellent business acumen and interpersonal skills; able to work across business lines at senior levels to influence and effect change to achieve common goals.
• Seen as a team player that encourages collaboration and quickly gains trust and support of peers. Finds common ground and solves problems for the benefits of all
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills with high degree of accuracy and attention to detail. The ability to sell ideas and process internally at all levels.
• This position requires travel to all sites of up to 25%
• There are minimal physical requirements for this position