Inventory Control

Position: Inventory Control Coordinator

Born and brewed in Southern California since 1963, The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® has become one of the world’s largest specialty coffee and tea retailers. Today we have global presence with Cafés around the world and offices in California, Singapore, and Malaysia.

As we grow our brand, we are committed to maintaining our values, heritage, and passion for our products. We have always had a creative and caring spirit. This energy embodied by our Team Members made us famous and beloved by our guests, first in Southern California and now around the world. We are a brand centered around passion. A passion for our premium products, our people, and our customers. Passion is contagious, and we’ve got a serious case of it. If you are just as passionate as we are, come join our Brew Crew!!

The position we are brewing:

The Inventory Control Coordinator position is accountable for overseeing the cycle count program of all raw materials, ensuring accurate inventory levels, item creation assigning new item SKUs and UPCs as required, and pricing maintenance. Maintains daily inventory movement and set-up new items within various platforms such as AX, Cadence, and NCR Aloha. Monitor and align inventories at the Roasting and Distribution facility, and other remote warehouse locations. Responsible for sales price and purchase cost maintenance, reviewing weekly Green Coffee reports, arranging recounts, and making adjustments to match inventory counts. Maintain accurate records, identify discrepancies, and address issues while regularly reviewing and confirming item details within seasonal promo roll-out guides. Responsible for leading the annual physical counts at the Roasting and Distribution facility and for monitoring annual cost at distribution warehouse in Los Angeles.

What you will Measure and Blend:

3rd Party Warehouse:

• Daily monitoring of 3PL Sales Order Interface from specific locations and addressing any errors that occur.
• Daily monitoring of warehouse-to-warehouse transfer interface Picking, shipping and invoicing orders for Fulfilled by Amazon (FBA) and Walmart.com within AX.
• Daily Cadence inventory adjustments from the prior day.

Cycle Count & Inventory Adjustments:

• Perform the cycle counts for a set number of items with all items within the warehouse being counted within a 2-month timeframe.
• Coordinating, conducting, and leading the Annual RAD year-end physical inventory count, along with other physical inventory counts at specified location(s).
• Managing inventory control of raw materials, making adjustments.

Green Coffee & Roasted (WIP) Coffee:

• Reviewing weekly Green Coffee usage and comparing Roaster’s count vs AX Inventory. WIP report i.e., providing feedback to production data entry coordinator on any discrepancy identified for corrections. Report variances and adjustments to Leadership Team on a weekly basis.

Item Set-Up & Validation:

• Assigning Item and UPC numbers, new product setup in AX, Resolve, and Aloha for both CBTL manufactured items and purchased products.
• Reviewing and confirming item details in season promo roll-out guides, including item number, unit of measure, pack size, and price.

• Sales price maintenance (ad-hoc) and purchase price maintenance including monthly dairy pricing updates.
• Communicating new products are set up correctly at DDC within the Cadence platform.

Other Duties:

• Generating various reports, including ad-hoc reports.
• Responsibilities include but are not limited to the stated assigned duties.

Food Safety:

• Adhering to company Inventory Control Procedures, Good Manufacturing Practices and complying to company policies and safety standards.
• Reporting any food safety or food security concerns to the supervisor or manager.

Your Ingredients:

• Bachelor’s or Associate’s degree in business, supply chain management or related field and the equivalent or 3 to 5-years prior related experience
• Experience in logistics, supply chain management, operations management, analysis, accounting, and finance or relating to these industries within a manufacturing or similar environment preferred
• Excellent communication skills including writing, speaking and interpersonal communication.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills for planning project objectives and schedules
• Highly detailed-oriented to ensure projects meet all the business standards and goals
• Ability to coordinate across departments and strong collaboration abilities
• Advanced data analysis and data visualization skills
• Expert inventory control knowledge, with a deep understanding of supply chain management, and logistics including effective solutions for common obstacles
• Strong math skills, strong record-keeping, and client relations abilities
• Ability to multi-task effectively and handle a variety of tasks in a demanding environment
• Computer proficiency, excellent data entry accuracy, project management, adaptable, analytical, and solutions-oriented
• Goal-driven, determined, with the ability to meet strict deadlines and work well under pressure
• Quick critical thinking and problem-solving skills
• Ability to make strategic decisions to manage uncertainty in areas of customer service, project management, inventory control, logistics and cost management
• Computer-savvy with working knowledge of MRP/ERP software and other technology for inventory and Microsoft Office and performing digital administrative tasks.  

 Perks:

• Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, Health Savings Account (HSA), Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA), Voluntary Benefits: Accidental Insurance, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity Insurance, Commuter Benefits, Life Assistance Program, Pet Insurance, Accident, Life and AD&D, Long-Term & Short-Term Disability along other Valuable Extras Benefits

• Discounts on our Coffee and Tea

• Exclusive savings and discounts on: Theme parks, attractions, shows, hotels, flights, rental cars, concerts, sports, live events, movie tickets, electronics and much more
• Pay Range: $25.00 to $30.00/hr.
• Observed Holidays
• Vacation Pay
• Sick Pay

This role may be subject to the following working conditions:

• Climbing
• Balancing
• Stooping
• Kneeling
• Crouching
• Crawling
• Reaching
• Standing
• Walking
• Pushing
• Pulling
• Lifting
• Grasping
• Feeling (Tangible)
• Talking
• Hearing
• Repetitive Motion
• Sitting
• Sedentary work. Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
• Light work. Exerting up to 20 pounds of force occasionally, and/or up to 10 pounds of force frequently, and/or a negligible amount of force constantly to move objects. If the use of arm and/or leg controls requires exertion of forces greater than that for sedentary work and the worker sits most of the time, the job is rated for light work.
• The worker is subject to both environmental conditions. Activities occur inside and outside.
• The worker is subject to noise. There is sufficient noise to cause the worker to shout in order to be heard above ambient noise level.

International Coffee & Tea, LLC dba The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® is fully committed to Equal Employment Opportunity and to attracting, retaining, developing, and promoting the most qualified employees without regard to their race, sex, gender, color, religion, sexual orientation, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, citizenship status, veteran status, genetics, or any combination of those characteristics status protected by state or federal law. A perception that the person has any of these characteristics or any combination of those characteristics. A perception that the person is associated with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics or any combination of those characteristics. The Coffee Bean &Tea Leaf® expressly prohibits any form of employee harassment or discrimination on the basis of any such protected status.

The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, sex, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, marital status, amnesty, or status as a covered veteran in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. This policy was intended to comply, and The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf® complies with applicable state and local laws governing non-discrimination in employment in every location in which the Company has facilities. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including, but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfers, leaves of absence, compensation, and training. We are dedicated to providing a work environment free from discrimination and harassment, and where employees are treated with respect and dignity.