Urgent Need - Inventory Management Workstream Lead - Remote

Inventory Management Workstream Lead

Remote

Duration: 3 + months
The Inventory Management Lead will provide overall leadership and direction for the inventory-related workstream within the engagement. This role owns the end-to-end view of inventory processes, risks, and controls across donor, warehouse, logistics, and nonprofit recipient interactions and serves as the primary point of accountability for inventory design decisions.
Key responsibilities include:
Leading the assessment and redesign of in-kind inventory intake, valuation, tracking, movement, distribution, adjustment, and reconciliation processes across distributed, partner-dependent environments
Identifying and prioritizing inventory and valuation risks specific to product philanthropy models, including completeness, cut-off, custody, FMV reasonableness, damages, obsolescence, and third-party-held product
Ensuring inventory processes align with financial reporting, audit expectations, and donor and nonprofit partner requirements, while remaining practical for day-to-day execution
Coordinating closely with finance, operations, logistics, and technology stakeholders to align physical and virtual/bypass inventory flows with system and reporting workflows
Providing subject-matter leadership in design workshops and executive reviews, translating complex inventory and valuation topics into clear decisions and actionable documentation
Reviewing and validating inventory-related deliverables, including process narratives, flow diagrams, and Risk & Control Matrices
The ideal candidate brings senior-level experience managing inventory in logistics, distribution, or supply chain intensive environments, with familiarity operating in ecosystems involving donors, third-party logistics providers, and downstream recipients. Experience in nonprofit, humanitarian aid, retail, CPG, or 3PL contexts is strongly preferred, along with the ability to balance control rigor with operational realities.