Vendor Managed Inventory and Inventory Optimization

Inventory Monetization & E&O Management

• Own the framework for disposition of excess, aging, and obsolete inventory.
• Determine the optimal economic outcome across consumption, redeployment, supplier return, resale, brokering, or write-down scenarios.
• Develop financial models that maximize recovery value while minimizing E&O exposure.
• Partner with Procurement and Finance to execute inventory monetization strategies and broker engagements.
• Establish closed-loop learning to reduce future excess inventory creation.

Financial Governance & Working Capital

• Partner with Finance to establish inventory valuation, economic decision-making, and benefit measurement methodologies.
• Evaluate inventory decisions based on working capital, cash flow, cost of capital, inventory risk, and profitability.
• Ensure financial benefits are measurable, realized, and appropriately governed.
• Provide executive visibility to inventory exposure, opportunities, and financial impacts.

Cross-Functional Leadership & Transformation

• Lead strategic initiatives across Planning, Procurement, Finance, Operations, and external partners.
• Develop analytics, dashboards, and exception-based management processes to improve inventory performance.
• Leverage advanced analytics and AI to improve inventory entitlement, risk prediction, and monetization decisions.
• Drive the transition from reactive inventory management to proactive inventory economics optimization.

Success Measures

• Working capital and company-owned inventory reduction
• VMI inventory performance versus entitlement
• Inventory turns and aging reduction
• E&O exposure reduction
• Broker recovery and inventory monetization performance
• Supplier inventory performance and material availability
• Realized financial benefits versus targets
• Reduction in recurring excess inventory creation

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in Supply Chain, Inventory Planning, Procurement, Operations, Finance, or related disciplines.
• Strong expertise in inventory planning, VMI, supplier-owned inventory, inventory finance, and working capital optimization.
• Experience with excess inventory management, inventory recovery, supplier returns, or resale channels preferred.
• Proven ability to influence cross-functional organizations and drive enterprise-scale transformation.
• Bachelor's degree required; MBA or advanced degree preferred.

Leadership Competencies

• Strategic inventory and supply chain leadership
• Strong financial and commercial acumen
• Enterprise influence and stakeholder management
• Advanced analytical and problem-solving skills
• Process governance and operational excellence
• Risk management and decision-making
• Executive communication and storytelling

Pay & Benefits

The pay range for this role is $105,050 to $161,800 USD annually with additional

opportunities for pay in the form of bonus and/or equity (applies to United

States of America candidates only). Pay varies by work location, job-related

knowledge, skills, and experience.

Benefits:

HP offers a comprehensive benefits package for this position, including:

• Health insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Long term/short term disability insurance
• Employee assistance program
• Flexible spending account
• Life insurance
• Generous time off policies, including;
• 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
• 11 paid holidays
• Additional flexible paid vacation and sick leave
• US benefits overview https://hpbenefits.ce.alight.com/

The compensation and benefits information is accurate as of the date of this

posting. The Company reserves the right to modify this information at any time,

Job -

Supply Chain & Operations

Schedule -

Full time

Shift -

No shift premium (United States of America)

Travel -

Relocation -

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