[Hiring] Field Inventory Manager @LGG Industrial

Role Description

The Field Inventory Manager is responsible for supporting inventory performance across assigned districts and branch locations. This role partners closely with Operations, Sales, Procurement, Buyers, and Supply Chain leadership to:

• Maintain appropriate inventory levels
• Support customer commitments
• Improve replenishment accuracy
• Reduce excess and obsolete inventory

This role supports both recurring operating processes and project-based business needs, including:

• New account onboarding
• One-time customer events
• Lost business
• Backlog reviews
• SIOP preparation
• Stock/nonstock assessments

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Supply Chain, Logistics, Mathematics, or a related field preferred
• 5+ years of relevant supply chain, inventory management, purchasing, operations, or industrial distribution experience preferred
• Experience in a multi-location distribution environment preferred
• APICS, supply chain, or inventory management certification preferred
• Travel required based on business needs (10% - 25%)

Requirements

• Manage inventory planning and field inventory support for assigned districts and branch locations
• Review and execute field inventory requests, including validation of customer commitments, usage history, forecasts, and stocking recommendations
• Assist in setting and maintaining replenishment parameters, including LP/OP, min/max, planner settings, manual parameters, and stock/nonstock status
• Review inventory needs for critical customers and provide buy recommendations to buyers and branch leadership
• Support inventory planning for new business opportunities, customer onboarding, turnarounds, maintenance shutdowns, and other one-time events
• Support inventory actions related to lost business, including parameter adjustments, stock status changes, and rehoming customer-specific inventory where appropriate
• Review high-value purchase order lines as required and coordinate with buyers on recommended changes to replenishment parameters or purchase quantities
• Develop and execute activities to minimize excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and inactive inventory
• Identify and coordinate excess inventory transfer opportunities across branches and districts
• Support setup and system requirements for customer VMI and other customer-specific inventory programs

Benefits

• Competitive compensation plan
• Health Benefits: medical, dental, vision, short-term and long-term disability
• 401k with company match
• Paid time off