Job For Africa Inventory Manager at General Electric

GE Healthcare provides transformational medical technologies and services to meet the demand for increased access, enhanced quality and more affordable healthcare around the world. GE works on things that matter - great people and technologies taking on tough challenges. From medical imaging, software & IT, patient monitoring and diagnostics to drug discovery, biopharmaceutical manufacturing technologies and performance improvement solutions, GE Healthcare helps medical professionals deliver great healthcare to their patients. We are recruiting to fill the position below: Job Title: Africa Inventory Manager Ref Id: 3131304 Location: Nigeria Job Function: Manufacturing Business Segment: Healthcare Sustainable Solutions Role Summary

Operationally owns, in conjunction with the Commercial, S&OP, OOM & Logistics functions, reducing distribution inventory in the following buckets: Finished goods (FG) in warehouses, installation in process (IIP) at customers, locally sourced items (LSI / ICAT), etc.

Essential Responsibilities Key responsibilities include:

Drive continuous improvement and implement best practices across global materials team
Exhibit leadership and effectively communicate with all levels of the organization including senior leadership
Lead key materials projects to improve the overall working capital position for GE Healthcare
Drive for continuous inventory turn improvement and implement best practice models to assure targets are achieved
Partner with Regional functional teams to establish operating mechanisms and develop actions to reduce aged inventory which will improve working capital and reduce obsolescence expense
Lead regional Commercial & OOM/LogOPS leaders to identify aged systems stranded in the region
Root cause reasons why inventory is aging and develop action plans to prevent in the future
Engage commercial team to promote sales, match aged systems with backlog, and reallocate inventory to align with demand
Develop domain expertise in inventory management leveraging oracle, istock and tableau reporting tools

Quality Specific Goals:

Aware of and comply with the GEHC Quality Manual, Quality Management System, Quality Management Policy, Quality Goals, and applicable laws and regulations as they apply to this job type/position
Complete all planned Quality & Compliance training within the defined deadlines
Identify and report any quality or compliance concerns and take immediate corrective action as required

Qualifications/Requirements

Bachelor’s degree and 8 years supply chain experience or HS diploma and +7 years supply chain experience
Proven Oracle knowledge and experience
Must have valid authorization to work full-time without any restriction in the role’s location
Proven ability to drive change initiatives in a matrix environment
Ability to successfully motivate and maintain employee involvement while driving change
Demonstrated troubleshooting, analytical and planning skills
Demonstrated strong communication skills (written and verbal) to all levels of the organization

Desired Characteristics:

Certified six sigma green/black belt
Lean manufacturing experience
OMLP Graduate
MBA or Master’s Degree/ or equivalent knowledge or experience
Previous experience with global inventory management
Proven ability to drive change initiatives in a matrix environment
Ability to successfully motivate and maintain employee involvement while driving change
Demonstrated troubleshooting, analytical and planning skills
Demonstrated strong communication skills (written and verbal) to all levels of the organization