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Summary of Primary Duties and Responsibilities:\ This position directly supervises Storeroom employees within our service territory. Acts as a liaison with satellite management and the Supply Chain for all locations assigned and provides leadership and guidance to stores and operations personnel regarding inventory stocking levels and operational logistics. Works directly with service center management to provide emergency and storm support materials and resources, when required. Must have strong customer focus and the ability to manage people and situations effectively. Is on call 24 hours a day, seven days a week.\ \ Responsibilities/Duties:\ Financial Leadership:\ Responsible for leading the service center storerooms to achieve annual financial and productivity goals.\ Lead in developing strategy to continuously improve the business, including productivity and efficiency improvements.\ Oversees inventory management controls, ensuring accuracy, accurate inventory stock locating, interfacing with Inventory Management to maintain a high fill rate and proper inventory levels & mix.

Operations Leadership:\ Establish, manage, and coordinate Supply Chain Management operation strategies and activities.\ Collaborate in the monitoring, addressing, and resolving nonworking and slow-moving inventory.\ Lead a team of hourly union employees (1523 & 304) to achieve logistical excellence, attain company goals, and provide superior customer service.\ Drive communication within the operations centers storerooms and local management.\ Recommend measures to improve methods and equipment performance while keeping quality of service in mind.\ Evaluate current practices and drive standardization efforts to improve productivity.\ Introduce new ideas and best practices into a mature environment.\ Drive achievement of metrics in line with corporate goals and direction.\ Resolve escalated problems. Training company employees on material standards, functions, and installation practices.

People Leadership:\ Drive the development of staff.\ Provide opportunities for cross training.\ Provide mentoring, coaching, performance reviews, and career development for staff.\ Initiate and implement strategies to motivate workers to achieve work goals.\ Assign responsibility for specified work or functional activities and disseminates policies and objectives to staff.\ Directs, resolves problems, prepares schedules, and sets deadlines to ensure timely completion of work.\ Safety:\ Lead a safety-first culture partnering with other departments to constantly improve safety procedures and metrics.\ Complying with all company safety regulations and procedures and report non-compliance.\ Operating a safe work environment through continuous safety awareness and full compliance to all Evergy programs and activities.\ Ensures compliance of safety program to include meeting OSHA requirements to obtain and maintain zero injuries and no lost time accidents.