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# Director, Inventory Governance

- **Company:** Novolex Holdings, LLC
- **Location:** Lake Forest, IL, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $170,000.0
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Data Analysis, Oracle (Applications), SAP (Applications), Systems Integration
- **Published:** September 4, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.businessworkforce.com/job.asp?id=3377306435&tx=KJ2929FFP&pt=1&aff=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54&utm_source=Job%20Feed&utm_medium=textkernel&utm_campaign=DE&utm_term=0B19D771-A501-4A5E-8338-2A822B784D54

## About the Role

* Required Experience: 10+ years in global supply chain management, inventory operations, or manufacturing governance.
 * Leadership Scope: 5+ years managing large, geographically distributed teams in an enterprise corporate environment (15,000+ employees).
 * Industry Domain: Proven experience in high-speed manufacturing or consumer packaged goods (CPG) industry
 * Technical Proficiencies: Experienced in SAP, Oracle, Blue Yonder or applicable ERP systems. Hands-on architecture experience with Advanced Planning Systems (APS) and diverse WMS platforms.
 * Advanced Methodology: Proven track record of successfully implementing or re-engineering ABC inventory controls, SKU segmentation models, and healthy IQR frameworks at an enterprise scale.
 * Education: Bachelor's degree in supply chain management, Logistics, Operations, or Finance (MBA or Master's degree highly preferred).
 * Certifications: APICS (CPIM/CSCP) or Six Sigma Green/Black Belt credentials are highly advantageous.

## Description

The Director, Inventory Governance, establishes the enterprise-wide strategy, compliance frameworks, and control policies for all physical and financial inventory. Operating at a scale of 23,000 employees, this leader ensures total inventory accuracy across global manufacturing plants, distribution networks, and third-party logistics (3PL) providers. The successful candidate will safeguard margins by minimizing material waste and driving standardized operating procedures (SOPs)., Governance

 * Design and enforce global inventory control policies tailored too high-volume. manufacturing and distribution facility standards.
 * Track and proactively mitigate obsolescence through DOH/DOS adherence.
 * Establish compliance and controls for material and inventory stocking agreements
 * Distribution space and capacity management to ensure efficient operations

Strategic Segmentation & Optimization

 * Standardize and maintain the global ABC analysis framework to systematically categorize items based on annual usage value, production criticality, and cost impact in support of business strategies.
 * Develop advanced product segmentation models that categorize packaging products by demand volatility, customer profile, and commercial margins.
 * Utilize segmentation intelligence to establish optimal safety stock levels, minimum/maximum parameters, and reorder points for distinct product classes to optimize working capital.

Technology & Systems Integration Analytics

 * Maximize enterprise data integrity and seamless system integration across ERP platforms.
 * Leverage Blue Yonder and Advanced Planning Systems (APS) to automate and scale ABC classifications alongside demand-driven product segmentation models.

Strategic Leadership & Collaboration

 * Partner closely with Supply Chain, Operations, and Finance to reconcile inventory valuation discrepancies.
 * Provide critical inventory health metrics to the Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) team to steer capacity planning and strategic decisions.
 * Directly manage, mentor, and cultivate a team of inventory governance managers and analysts.


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