Inventory Control Lead

Summary

The Inventory Control Lead plays a crucial role in overseeing and managing all inventory movements within the facility. As part of the Operations team, this position is responsible for maintaining accurate inventory records and ensuring that the system is updated in alignment with company service and cost objectives. Under the guidance of the Operations Manager, the Inventory Control Lead carries out essential duties to maintain inventory accuracy and provide necessary information to other departments.

Essential Duties And Responsibilities

• Control and oversee all inventory movements in the system.
• Perform daily cycle counts to maintain inventory accuracy in the Acumatica system.
• Provide inventory information as requested by other departments.
• Investigate inventory discrepancies and provide root cause analysis for any discrepancies.
• Manage the stock item master, identifying and rectifying incorrect descriptions and stock numbers.
• Control the lot and movement file, handling over 100 moves per day.
• Manage the cycle count process by systematically entering counts and reconciling as necessary.
• Coordinate the reservation of promotional products by tracking forecast files and reserving or releasing products as needed.
• Analyze and manage minimum order stock (MOS) daily, coordinating and scheduling trucks between Oklahoma and California to balance inventory levels, ensuring three months of inventory is left behind and bringing new products to Oklahoma before launch dates.
• Monitor incoming quality control (QC) products and systematically release them once approved by QC.
• Control all reject/QC products in Oklahoma, performing all QC system moves.
• Generate monthly reports on expiring products to track inventory levels (OTC report).
• Coordinate and update daily files for all kits and estimated time of arrival (ETA) for kit builds, systematically releasing kits.
• Reconcile production orders in the Acumatica system.
• Run daily inventory balance reports for all locations, analyzing inventory levels and accuracy.
• Coordinate all company inventory requests, ensuring timely provision of products and making any necessary adjustments.
• Create all international production orders, issuing materials and completing moves. Close with accurate work-in-progress (WIP).
• Create all over label production orders, issuing and releasing them.
• Replenish collections to meet 8-week sales targets by analyzing collections and balancing singles and collection sales.
• Assume QC team responsibilities until a team is established in Oklahoma.
• Other duties as requested by business need.
  
  

Qualifications Required For Role

• High school diploma or GED equivalent.
• 3-5 years of experience in inventory and supply chain management.
• Forklift certification or ability to successfully complete forklift training and operate machinery safely according to company protocols.
• Proficiency in computer systems, including Microsoft Excel and data entry systems.
• Excellent organizational and efficient time-management skills.
• Strong verbal and written communication skills.
• Ability to meet deadlines and work well under pressure.
• Consistent and regular attendance is expected.
  
  

Certificates/Licenses Required For Role

• None.
  
  

Physical Demands

This position is designated as safety sensitive by the company, and the ability to work in a constant state of alertness and in a safe manner is required.

The physical and mental demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. This role is subject to occasional mandatory overtime.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, use hands to finger, handle, feel and/or use tape dispensing gun, reach with hands and arms to handle materials; and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include acuity in color vision, close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, push cartons across a skate conveyor; stoop, kneel, and is occasionally required to crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. The employee is occasionally required to access product on floor or low shelves; and may operate a hand truck, pallet jack to move materials.

The employee must occasionally lift, move (in some cases drag items), slide, raise and/or place:

• Pallets from floor onto side, move up to 10 feet and return to original position at a weight up to 35 lbs.
• Cartons onto a cart to move materials within the fulfillment areas.
  
  

The employee must frequently lift, move (in some cases drag items), slide, raise and/or place:

• Boxes weighing up to 25 lbs. from 5 inches off the ground up to 36 inches high and return to original position.
  
  

Working Conditions

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is sometimes exposed to moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is typically mild to moderate.

SeneGence is an equal opportunity employer. All employment decisions are made without regard to race, color, age, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, marital status, pregnancy, religion, citizenship, national origin/ancestry, physical/mental disabilities, military status or any other basis prohibited by law.