Inventory Control Manager at Allen Distribution – Carlisle, Pennsylvania

Job Title: Inventory Control Manager

Reports To: General Manager

Department: Operations

Position Type: Full Time

Salary Range: $70,000.00 to $90,000.00/YEARLY

Position Expectations

Production Support:

• Coordinate product and packaging material inventory use.
• Do inventory audits and cycle counts as required.
• Ability to coordinate, problem solve, and communicate inventory issues to customers, vendors, and Production Planner.
• Coordinate the product recoup operation.
• Backfill on production lines as needed.
• Oversee all customers’ inventories and must be able to work in all facilities in assigned region.

Safety:

• Follow established Dock Safety policy.
• Complete the Motorized Equipment Daily Inspection sheet.
• Report all equipment malfunctions to manager and/or maintenance immediately.
• Wear PPEs as required.
• Follow safety and security policies and SOPs.

Monitor ALL Inventory Counts:

• Ensure inventory counts are done correctly. This is true whether it's physical inventory counting, inventory cycle count, or data from perpetual inventory management software or an order management system.

Perform Inventory Audits:

• Inventory numbers need to be accurate, or they can damage a business' bottom line. Inventory control managers must perform audits regularly to uncover any problems.
• Confirm and secure all Hold Product identified by the Customer.
• Sustain accurate Receipt of Inventory
• Minimize inventory adjustments.

Quality:

• Collect samples when requested by customers.
• Work with Production Planner to coordinate packaging material changes.
• Work with customers/vendors/Production Planner to resolve quality issues.
• Follow our Standard Operating Procedures (SOP) and specific customer work instructions.

Initiative:

• Interface directly with customers and maintain a professional and courteous relationship.
• Ensure customer requests are responded to within an hour. Provide customer with an estimated time of completion including factual response.
• Immediately escalate to management customer’s complaint (i.e. inabilities to meet customer requests or customer reported error).

Inventory Forecasting:

• Using the data gathered from inventory counting and sales, a manager needs to predict future trends. Done correctly, they can optimize the amount of product kept on hand and keep costs low.

Train Warehouse staff:

• Ensure department employees are properly trained and working as a team.
• Optimize efficiency is achieving proper Inventory Control.

Working with the Site Management Team - Lead achievement of the following:

• Maintain an accurate Inventory exceeding agreed performance.
• Sustain a reconciled Inventory of the Allen WMS “Book of Record” within the DC to the Customer’s Inventory Record.