What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Control Manager position at Jake's, Inc.?
ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Labor planning and scheduling of inventory control staff – Ensure all activities are completed timely, as labor availability and priorities change, utilizing all personnel effectively. Includes prioritizing and delegating ad hoc requests in cooperation with warehouse operations personnel
- Associate coaching and development – Attract, develop, and lead a highly skilled and motivated team
- Drive continuous improvement – Work with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities for improvement and develop/implement best practices/routines
- Cross-functional collaboration and influence – Identify and resolve root causes of inventory losses, working with cross-functional partners to problem solve and implement preventive measures
- Inventory Adjustments weekly Routine – Working with the Area Director of Finance; monitor and communicate performance metrics. Analyze significant cycle count adjustments to identify root causes and communicate with the team
- Reclamation of vendor packaging issues – Ownership of the reclamation process, coordinating with buyers for billback and/or on-site repackaging of product. Reviewing data and analyzing for trends and determining root causes for potential prevention measures
- Manage non-saleable (suspense) inventory – Ownership of inventory placed into suspense (Fresh to Frozen, recall, damage, etc.) and work with cross-functional partners to ensure timely resolution
- Review and approve customer credit requests; determine root causes for process improvement and prevent duplication
- SOx compliance – Effectively perform controls such as Inventory report review, open delivery route aging and reconciliation reports and 100% quarterly cycle count completion
SUPERVISION: Management of up to 9 employees depending on market size and complexity.
QUALIFICATIONS
Education/Training:
- High School diploma or equivalent required. Associates degree with management or supply chain background preferred.
- Forklift and HAACP training will be provided, certification within 1st 90 days required
Related Experience/Requirements:
- 5 years minimum experience in inventory control or warehousing required
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:
- Strong understanding of inventory control procedures
- Excellent analytical skills
- Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required
- Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Office Suite programs (Outlook, SharePoint, PowerPoint, etc.)
- Experience in leading continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, etc.) preferred
- Demonstrated supervisory experience and time management skills
- Inspires followership of peers and team members
- Excellent communication skills
- Experience with timekeeping, warehousing and distribution back office systems
- Experience in foodservice distribution preferred
This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.
Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance. To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html
