Manager, Inventory Management (Corporate Warehouse) (Houston or Mont Belvieu)

Enterprise Products - Houston, TX

Full-time - Manager

Houston, TX

Pipeline Transportation

About the position

The Inventory Management Corporate Warehouse Manager is responsible for providing corporate-level support, management, training, and leadership to the Inventory Management and Operations teams, as well as field staff assigned to operate all Enterprise-owned warehouses and utilize third-party warehouses. This role serves as a subject matter expert on Enterprise's corporate warehouse footprint, layout, guidance, processes, and policies. The manager will develop and serve as the process owner of policies, procedures, operations, and data control for Enterprise-owned warehouses. In this position, the manager will plan, execute, and lead regular best-practices meetings with inventory management and field inventory personnel who are manning Enterprise-owned and managed warehouses, as well as those utilizing third-party warehouses. They will also plan and lead tailored company-wide training on corporate warehouse processes, policies, operations, and applicable software applications, such as Prometheus vStore. Interaction with all levels of management, adjacent business organizations, and field personnel is essential to identify and understand the corporate warehouse laydown, recommend efficiencies and optimization, and implement best practices and improvements. Collaboration with lateral business organizations in Operations, Supply Chain, Capital Projects, Accounting, Compliance & Audit, Information Technology (IT), and Security is crucial to identify, resolve, or prevent warehouse management and operational issues. The manager will also collaborate with the IT group as the corporate warehouse business lead, manage company-wide warehouse data architecture (Oracle and Prometheus' vStores), and enforce consistency of usage. Analyzing data, recommending, and tracking key performance indicators, and implementing new process capabilities for warehouse optimization and management are key responsibilities. Additionally, the manager will develop warehouse business report formats and key performance indicators as needed to support Operations and Supply Chain Management, plan and execute routine warehouse process and operations audits, and own any corporate warehouse management required roles and responsibilities with respect to Enterprise's Sarbanes-Oxley compliance process. Finally, the manager will advise and represent the Director of Inventory Management and Vice President of Supply Chain Management on all corporate warehouse management-related matters.

Responsibilities

• Provide corporate-level support, management, training, and leadership to Inventory Management and Operations teams.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on Enterprise's corporate warehouse footprint, guidance, processes, and policies.
• Develop and serve as the process owner of Enterprise-owned warehouse policies, procedures, operations, and data control.
• Plan, execute, and lead regular best-practices meetings with inventory management and field inventory personnel.
• Plan and lead tailored company-wide training on corporate warehouse processes, policies, operations, and applicable software applications.
• Interact with all levels of management and field personnel to recommend efficiencies and optimization.
• Collaborate with lateral business organizations to identify, resolve, or prevent warehouse management issues.
• Manage company-wide warehouse data architecture and enforce consistency of usage.
• Analyze data, recommend, and track key performance indicators for warehouse optimization.
• Develop warehouse business report formats and key performance indicators as needed.
• Plan and execute routine warehouse process and operations audits.
• Own corporate warehouse management roles and responsibilities for Sarbanes-Oxley compliance.
• Advise and represent the Director of Inventory Management and Vice President of Supply Chain Management on warehouse management matters.

Requirements

• A bachelor's degree from college is preferred or a minimum of 10 years of experience.
• 5 to 10 years of experience in warehouse operations, policies, and processes.
• Experience in operations/maintenance, or maintenance, repair, and operating (MRO) supplies and spares inventory.
• Experience within the energy sector is preferred.
• Minimum 5 years of experience with computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS) such as Oracle, Maximo, or SAP.
• Experience with warehouse and inventory management software applications (Prometheus) is preferred.
• Strong teamwork and communication skills, able to communicate effectively across multiple organizational levels.
• Basic computer skills including Microsoft Office application suite and Oracle e-Business Suite.
• Ability to travel domestically up to 40% of the time.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in the energy sector is preferred.
• Proficiency in warehouse and inventory management software applications (Prometheus) is preferred.