J.C. Whitney Work Values

Daily Duties at J.C. Whitney:

Responsible for all aspects of corporate purchasing function incl. budgeting inventory levels and demand planning. Also responsible for the timely capture, entry and integrity of item info in data base [typically auto parts, suppliers, and prices]. While at J.C. Whitney, I was able to: * Develop and implement an inventory plan to reduce back order costs while increasing fill rates and optimizing inventory * Institute vendor performance tracking and reporting for the 60 highest-impact vendors * Reduce existing staff by 21% while absorbing responsibility for office admin. in addition to procurement and liquidation * Orchestrate a master purchasing schedule to support the relocation of our D.C. while minimizing service level degradation * Formulate three new administrative support teams: a) office services b) item attribute data base, c) Internet support (total staff of 35 w/ 7 direct reports) * Co-manage user development and installation of company-wide order mgmnt. software

What they like about J.C. Whitney:

Organizations with strong, centralized leadership are particularly attractive to you. You require a work environment with leadership that aggressively seeks to expand and grow the business and does so in a visible and decisive manner. In general you prefer to work in an environment in which there is a strong link between leadership, its actions, and a strong set of company-wide values.

Tags

Vp, Director, purchasing, procurement, inventory, supply chain

Skills

These are some of the questions we asked our climbers about their experiences with J.C. Whitney: