Manager Inventory Control
- Req. Number: 2023-28719
- Mall Name: 1 Express Drive
- City, State: Columbus, Ohio
- Posted Date: 5/26/2023
Overview
This is a unique and exciting time to join Express. Since launching our EXPRESSway Forward strategy in 2020, we have been steadily advancing a transformation from being known as a store in the mall to a brand with a purpose, powered by a styling community. We believe that clothes can serve a higher purpose to make people look the way they want to look and feel the way they want to feel, and our Express brand purpose - We Create Confidence & Inspire Self-Expression - speaks to the role our brand can play in their lives. In 2021, we introduced our innovative Community Commerce program, inviting brand fans and style enthusiasts to take their passion for fashion to the next level by working with us.
Today, we are building, activating and amplifying the Express styling community, and we invite you to join us. Our culture is defined by three values - Express Yourself, Express Together, Express Success - and every associate at every level in every department is an important part of our transformation and our future.
For more information about Express, Inc. please visit www.express.com.
Responsibilities
The Inventory Control Manager is responsible for designing and implementing procedures to ensure accurate accounting and reporting of inventory for both finished and non-finished goods in multi-channel retail environment. This person is also responsible for monitoring systems and collaborating cross-functionally to resolve discrepancies and ensure accuracy and consistency in accordance with SOX/internal controls. The Inventory Control Manager works closely with executive and functional leaders to oversee the execution of critical inventory initiatives including physical inventories, RFID cycle counts, fabric liability management, and transfers of goods between channels/locations which support brand merchandise strategies while optimizing the inventory investment.
Required Experience & Qualifications
Critical Skills & Attributes
Closing
As an equal opportunity employer, EXPR does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or any other terms and conditions of employment on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected characteristic. EXPR only hires individuals authorized to work in the United States.
Notification to Agencies: Please note that EXPR does not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, EXPR will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
This is a unique and exciting time to join Express. Since launching our EXPRESSway Forward strategy in 2020, we have been steadily advancing a transformation from being known as a store in the mall to a brand with a purpose, powered by a styling community. We believe that clothes can serve a higher purpose to make people look the way they want to look and feel the way they want to feel, and our Express brand purpose - We Create Confidence & Inspire Self-Expression - speaks to the role our brand can play in their lives. In 2021, we introduced our innovative Community Commerce program, inviting brand fans and style enthusiasts to take their passion for fashion to the next level by working with us.
Today, we are building, activating and amplifying the Express styling community, and we invite you to join us. Our culture is defined by three values - Express Yourself, Express Together, Express Success - and every associate at every level in every department is an important part of our transformation and our future.
For more information about Express, Inc. please visit www.express.com.
Responsibilities
The Inventory Control Manager is responsible for designing and implementing procedures to ensure accurate accounting and reporting of inventory for both finished and non-finished goods in multi-channel retail environment. This person is also responsible for monitoring systems and collaborating cross-functionally to resolve discrepancies and ensure accuracy and consistency in accordance with SOX/internal controls. The Inventory Control Manager works closely with executive and functional leaders to oversee the execution of critical inventory initiatives including physical inventories, RFID cycle counts, fabric liability management, and transfers of goods between channels/locations which support brand merchandise strategies while optimizing the inventory investment.
- Lead team of accountants responsible for inventory reconciliation
- Review journal entries and balance sheet reconciliations during month-end close process to ensure timely and accurate financials
- Develop budgets and manage forecasts related to inventory activities and significant accounting estimates (cancellations, shrink, LCM, logistics expense and sell-off income) in collaboration with FP&A partners
- Functional project lead for systems upgrades and new system implementations overlapping the Inventory Control space
- Drive and maintain successful partnerships across functions internally as well as externally with physical inventory and sell-off partners to improve inventory accuracy, maximize returns on aged inventory, and ensure proper fiscal management of inventory measurements
Required Experience & Qualifications
- 7+ years of accounting experience
- Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, or related field
- Project management, system implementation and logistics experience preferred
- Proven ability to drive favorable financial results through new initiatives and manage successful cross-functional engagements
- Additional credentials a plus i.e MBA, CPA
Critical Skills & Attributes
- Accountable, professional, and mature
- Ability to coach and mentor associates
- Motivated self-starter; strongly organized and attentive to detail; resourceful and solution-oriented
- Strong aptitude with ERP, reporting & reconciliations systems
- Demonstrates logistical analysis and problem-solving skills
Closing
As an equal opportunity employer, EXPR does not discriminate in recruiting, hiring or any other terms and conditions of employment on the basis of any federal, state, or locally protected characteristic. EXPR only hires individuals authorized to work in the United States.
Notification to Agencies: Please note that EXPR does not accept unsolicited resumes or calls from third-party recruiters or employment agencies. In the absence of a signed Master Service Agreement and approval from HR to submit resumes for a specific requisition, EXPR will not consider or approve payment to any third-parties for hires made.
