Vendor Managed Inventory and Inventory Optimization

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Job Summary

The Principal, Vendor Managed Inventory (VMI) & Inventory Economics will lead HP’s general strategy for VMI, inventory ownership, working capital optimization, and inventory monetization. This role is accountable for balancing supply continuity, inventory risk, working capital, and financial performance through data-driven inventory decisions and governance.

The position serves as the central point of leadership across Inventory Planning, Procurement, Finance, Operations, suppliers, and broker partners to optimize inventory economics throughout the product lifecycle.

Key Responsibilities
VMI Strategy & Inventory Optimization
- Define and govern HP’s global VMI strategy, operating model, policies, and performance framework.
- Establish inventory entitlement and ownership strategies across suppliers, hubs, and factories.
- Optimize inventory levels based on demand variability, supply risk, service requirements, and lead times.




- Identify opportunities to shift inventory ownership to suppliers while maintaining operational performance.
- Drive inventory reduction, working capital improvements, and supply continuity.

Inventory Monetization & E&O; Management
- Own the framework for disposition of excess, aging, and obsolete inventory.
- Determine the optimal economic outcome across consumption, redeployment, supplier return, resale, brokering, or write-down scenarios.
- Develop financial models that maximize recovery value while minimizing E&O; exposure.
- Partner with Procurement and Finance to execute inventory monetization strategies and broker engagements.
- Establish closed-loop learning to reduce future excess inventory creation.

Financial Governance & Working Capital
- Partner with Finance to establish inventory valuation, economic decision-making, and benefit measurement methodologies.
- Evaluate inventory decisions based on working capital, cash flow, cost of capital, inventory ris

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