VPC Inventory Management Specialist

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The Inventory Management Specialist ensures full visibility and control over vehicle status at the VPC, enabling efficient delivery planning and issue prevention. By managing both pre & post-delivery conditions, (including quality checks, complaints, and return coordination), the role safeguards delivery integrity. This position plays a vital part in maintaining accurate inventory flow and ensuring timely, issue-free handover to dealers and customers.The Inventory Management Specialist ensures full visibility and control over vehicle status at the VPC, enabling efficient delivery planning and issue prevention. By managing both pre & post-delivery conditions, (including quality checks, complaints, and return coordination), the role safeguards delivery integrity. This position plays a vital part in maintaining accurate inventory flow and ensuring timely, issue-free handover to dealers and customers. The Inventory Management Specialist ensures full visibility and control over vehicle status at the VPC, enabling efficient delivery planning and issue prevention. By managing both pre & post-delivery conditions, (including quality checks, complaints, and return coordination), the role safeguards delivery integrity. This position plays a vital part in maintaining accurate inventory flow and ensuring timely, issue-free handover to dealers and customers.The Inventory Management Specialist ensures full visibility and control over vehicle status at the VPC, enabling efficient delivery planning and issue prevention. By managing both pre & post-delivery conditions, (including quality checks, complaints, and return coordination), the role safeguards delivery integrity. This position plays a vital part in maintaining accurate inventory flow and ensuring timely, issue-free handover to dealers and customers.

Workplace Information
The primary workplace for this position is the Seoul Square. In addition, this position is required to work at the Vehicle Preparation Center (VPC) at least once per week.

VPC inventory control and vehicle flow management

• Design and maintain scalable ETL/ELT pipelines using tools like Databricks (SQL, PySpark), Azure Data Factory, or Apache Airflow
• Closely manage and track vehicle inventory status at VPC to ensure accurate visibility.
• Maintain systematic records of vehicle movements to optimize logistics and delivery flow.

• Monitor incoming and outgoing vehicle flows at the VPC, identifying issues and blocking dispatch when necessary.

Pre & post-delivery issue handling

• Address operational issues before delivery, such as PDI pending, dealer complaints, or parts delivery delays.
• Coordinate internally to ensure vehicles meet all quality and readiness criteria prior to dispatch.

• Actively communicate with relevant departments to resolve vehicle delivery-related disruptions.

Return process and quality revalidation

• In case of post-delivery issues (e.g., customer complaints or quality defects), coordinate the vehicle's return to the VPC.
• Oversee rework, repair, and re-dispatch processes, ensuring proper documentation and resolution.

• Manage communication and timelines across departments to minimize delivery impact.

Inventory reporting and process enhancement

• Generate and manage inventory status reports for internal stakeholders.
• Support inventory accuracy improvement by analyzing recurring issues or flow disruptions.

• Recommend preventive actions or procedural changes based on delivery and inventory trends.
  
  Qualification

  
  Education

• Minimum B.A. degree

  
  Experience

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  5+ years of experience in automotive logistics, inventory management, or related supply chain roles

  
  Specific knowledge

• Hands-on experience with vehicle status tracking systems or ERP platforms
• Prior involvement in cross-functional coordination with sales, logistics, and field operations teams
• Experience in analyzing and reporting stock-related KPIs and operational data
• Good communication, analytical and problem solving skills with very high technical and quality managerial abilities.
• High level of leadership and communication skill to cooperate with service providers and business partners
• Good analytical and problem solving skills which are essential
• Team spirit
• Good communication, analytical and problem solving skills with very high technical and quality managerial abilities.
• Fluent in both written and spoken English