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City of Austin - JOB DESCRIPTION

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Inventory Control Manager II


FLSA: Standard/Exempt EEO Category: (20) Professionals
Class Code: 19525 Salary Grade: DI2
Approved: Last Revised: September 11, 2017


Purpose:
 

The purpose of this position is to provide strategic leadership/management of Asset Management Business Operational functions to include maintenance and operations planning, scheduling and coordination, materials management, and purchasing services.

Duties, Functions and Responsibilities:
  Essential duties and functions, pursuant to the Americans with Disabilities Act, may include the following. Other related duties may be assigned.
  1. Provides strategic leadership/management of maintenance and operations including planning, scheduling and coordination, materials management, warehousing, reclamation and disposition, purchasing activities, and supply chain requirements).
  2. Develops and/or presents long-range business plans for new inventory management systems and enhancement of existing systems, operational business functions, and coordinates with stakeholders and executives.
  3. Develops, implements, monitors, and reports key business metrics, conduct feasibility studies, and perform cost-benefit analysis to determine viable solutions for process improvement, business needs, and procurements.
  4. Provides and/or presents ongoing analysis of data associated with assets for direct business decisions purposes.
  5. Develops and implements standard operating procedures, work processes, and defined standards; monitors and measures adherence to regulatory requirements for recording assets, materials management, and procurement.
  6. Oversees the planning, development, and monitoring of the business unit(s) budgets.
  7. Oversees and recommends the development of training plans required to use and/or support business systems.
  8. Functions as subject matter expert between business units and information technology support personnel and other stakeholders to meet operational objectives.
  9. Maintains systems that assure timely distribution of materials to support customers and stakeholders and record data for key business metrics.
Responsibilities - Supervisor and/or Leadership Exercised:
 
  • Responsible for the full range of supervisory activities including selection, training, evaluation, counseling and recommendation for dismissal.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
  Must possess required knowledge, skills, abilities, and experience and be able to explain and demonstrate, with or without reasonable accommodations, that the essential functions of the job can be performed.
  • Knowledge of asset and materials managements systems, applications, technology, and techniques.
  • Knowledge of the best practices in Asset Management Systems; planning and scheduling and project coordination functions and processes.
  • Knowledge of general business and management processes including logistics operations; warehousing, purchasing, material handling, and internal controls.
  • Knowledge of purchasing and contracting.
  • Knowledge of fiscal planning and budget preparation.
  • Knowledge of leadership, supervisory and managerial techniques and principles.
  • Skill in oral and written communication.
  • Skill in data analysis and problem solving.
  • Skill in planning and organizing.
  • Skill in using computers and related software applications.
  • Skill in handling multiple tasks and prioritizing.
  • Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with other city employees and the public.
  • Ability to lead, manage and train a multi-disciplinary workforce.
Minimum Qualifications:
 
  • Graduation with a Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university with major course work in a field related to the area supported, plus six (6) years of related experience, two (2) of which were in a supervisory or management capacity.
  • Master’s degree may substitute for up to two (2) years of experience.
Licenses and Certifications Required:
 
  • Valid Texas Class C Driver’s License, if required for the position.
  • If required for position, legally mandated training must be completed within 1 year of employment.

This description is intended to indicate the kinds of tasks and levels of work difficulty required of the position given this title and shall not be construed as declaring what the specific duties and responsibilities of any particular position shall be. It is not intended to limit or in any way modify the right of management to assign, direct and control the work of employees under supervision. The listing of duties and responsibilities shall not be held to exclude other duties not mentioned that are of similar kind or level of difficulty.