Walker & Company Brands, Inc Hiring for Operations Manager (Inventory & Logistics Management) at Atlanta, GA Full Time

Walker & Company Brands, the maker of Bevel, is a fast-growing consumer packaged goods (CPG) company that exists to make health and beauty simple for people of color. We do this by designing, developing, and testing products and services specifically tailored to our community’s needs and delivering on the promise of great customer service and an easy, practical shopping experience.

Position Summary

Reporting to the Senior Director of Operations, The Operations Manager will ensure consistent delivery of finished products for BEVEL consumers through Retail and Direct-to-Consumer Channels. This leader will manage the organization’s inventory levels and processes and ensure all orders are fulfilled, shipped, and accounted for both physically and systemically.

This position will partner with suppliers and distribution partners. It will work closely with teams across Innovation / Product Development, Sales, Marketing, and Finance to obtain sales data and plans needed to make critical production decisions and ensure the company’s operations are timely, efficient, and cost-effective.

Personal Qualifications

The candidate selected for this position will be a driven, ambitious thinker who is intellectually curious with a demonstrated interest in learning. This individual will also need to be self-motivated with the ability to function in a fast-growing, performance-driven environment. He/she/they must be accustomed to working on multiple tasks in parallel. This professional must demonstrate strong leadership skills, best demonstrated by the individual’s ability to gain credibility with team members and senior management.

Key Responsibilities

• Formulate and implement processes and procedures for tracking and managing inventory from purchase requisition through retirement
• Responsible for developing process workflows and required process documentation for process implementation and rollout
• Refresh or establish policies and procedures for identifying and tracking inventory and orders
• Evaluate and implement inventory management and processes that achieve the highest degree of asset data accuracy
• Investigate and resolve inventory and orders to ensure system of record accuracy at all times
• Recommend improvements to processes and controls and develop a plan to address issues raised in internal and external audits
• Effectively communicate inventory management and logistics strategies to team members and stakeholders in a timely and clear fashion

Personal Qualifications

• Building analytically complex inventory models using Excel
• Financial KPIs and understanding key financial drivers of a business
• Excel, PowerPoint, and statistical analysis
• Experience working with senior stakeholders/leaders across multiple teams such as Finance, Product, and Sales
• Managing and leading cross-functional projects
• Experience in Excel and analytical capabilities to drill into the data in order to identify patterns and trends
• Program management experience in communicating and presenting across various stakeholders to seek alignment on program deliverables
• Project management experience in sustaining the program to ensure all elements are prioritized and aligned