Job Description | - Lead development and execution of the cell stockpile strategy to support SOP, ramp-up, production stability, and contingency planning.
- Establish stockpile targets, inventory policies, and replenishment plans based on production demand, lead times, supply risk, and business requirements.
- Develop and manage repacking strategies for finished cell, including pallet optimization, packaging transitions, relabeling, and transportation compliance requirements.
- Coordinate repacking activities across suppliers, external warehouses, 3PL providers, and plant operations to ensure uninterrupted material availability.
- Ensure inventory accuracy and material traceability throughout stockpile and repacking processes, including serial number, lot, and batch management.
- Lead planning and execution of stockpile inventory migration activities between warehouses, staging locations, and production facilities.
- Develop and maintain stockpile inventory dashboards, KPIs, and management reporting for leadership review.
- Monitor inventory aging, shelf-life requirements, storage conditions, and stock rotation to minimize obsolescence and quality risks.
- Ensure compliance with hazardous material handling, UN38.3 requirements, packaging standards, customs regulations, and transportation requirements.
- Drive inventory reconciliation activities between MES, WMS, ERP (SAP S/4HANA), and physical inventory records.
- Lead root-cause investigations and corrective actions related to stockpile discrepancies, receiving errors, labeling issues, ASN inaccuracies, damaged materials, and inventory variances.
- Coordinate engineering change implementation, material disposition, and inventory balance-out activities to minimize obsolete inventory exposure.
- Support launch readiness reviews and material risk assessments by identifying supply constraints, stockpile gaps, and recovery plans.
- Partner with Production Control, Material Control, Purchasing, Logistics, Quality, Engineering, and Suppliers to ensure alignment on inventory and repacking requirements.
- Develop warehouse space utilization plans and stockpile storage strategies to maximize capacity and operational efficiency.
- Manage external warehouse and 3PL performance related to stockpile storage, repacking operations, inventory accuracy, and service levels.
- Establish standard operating procedures (SOPs), work instructions, and governance processes for stockpile and repacking operations.
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