Director, Inventory Control

Monster Energy•Corona, CA

5d•$135,000 - $180,000

About The Position

The Director, Inventory Control leads the enterprise inventory control function across Monster Energy’s manufacturing facilities, co-packer network, warehouses, third-party logistics providers, and distribution centers. The role is accountable for inventory accuracy, financial integrity, product traceability, and the SOX control environment for a material balance-sheet asset. It sets and executes inventory control strategy and governance, owns inventory-related financial controls and close and audit processes, and partners with stakeholders to improve working-capital performance, system-of-record integrity, and inventory health. The Director builds and leads a multi-site organization through managers, establishing scalable, standardized processes and a culture of accountability. The position establishes enterprise policies and governance for inventory adjustments, write-offs, transfers, reconciliation, and controls. It oversees inventory-related SOX controls, close activities, audit readiness, and accounting coordination for reserves, valuation variances, and shrink. It also governs third-party, consigned, and in-transit inventory; product shelf-life, lot traceability, quality holds, and recall readiness; enterprise inventory KPIs and analytics; and inventory-health and working-capital initiatives. The Director owns inventory system-of-record integrity and inventory master data standards across SAP S/4 HANA and WMS platforms, leads the business side of related technology deployments and enhancements, and promotes barcode/RFID scanning and automation. The role manages the functional workforce plan and budget, approves hiring, promotion, and reward decisions, and develops standardized playbooks, training, and certification for count and reconciliation teams.

Requirements

More than 10 years of progressive inventory control, supply chain, or manufacturing finance leadership experience in food and beverage or CPG manufacturing.
Experience with multi-site operations and a co-packer/3PL network in a SOX-controlled public-company environment.
At least one enterprise ERP/WMS transformation.
More than 7 years leading leaders, including managing multi-site teams through subordinate managers, workforce planning, budget/P&L accountability, and building or scaling a function.
Knowledge of manufacturing and co-packer sites, warehouses, distribution centers, and 3PLs.
Experience with SOX inventory controls and audit management, co-packer and 3PL inventory governance, shelf life, lot traceability, recall readiness (FSMA 204), and working-capital and SLOB/E&O management.
Advanced Microsoft Office Suite skills, including advanced Excel.
Knowledge of barcode/RFID and mobile scanning technologies, with hands-on experience in SAP S/4 and WMS implementations.
Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Business Administration, Finance/Accounting, Operations Management, Logistics, Industrial Engineering, or a related field is preferred.

Nice To Haves

MBA or other advanced degree.
SAP S/4 HANA experience, preferred over other ERP experience.
Experience with SAP S/4 HANA (MM/WM/EWM), SAP ECC, SAP IBP, WMS, Power BI, and advanced analytics.
ASCM/APICS CPIM or CSCP certification; CLTD is a plus.
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt certification; Green Belt is the stated minimum.
CPA or CMA may be considered in lieu of supply chain certification for finance-oriented candidates.

Responsibilities

Set the 2–3 year inventory control strategy, operating model, and governance framework across manufacturing, co-packer, warehouse, 3PL, and distribution center operations.
Establish and maintain enterprise inventory policies, standards, approval matrices, and segregation-of-duties controls for adjustments, write-offs, and transfers; drive consistent adoption and compliance.
Own the design and operating effectiveness of inventory-related SOX key controls.
Lead book-to-physical reconciliation, inventory adjustment review and approval, and month- and quarter-end close activities.
Partner with Accounting on excess and obsolete reserves, obsolescence reserves, standard cost and inventory valuation variances, and shrink accounting.
Serve as the primary business owner for internal and external inventory audits.
Govern inventory held outside company control, including co-packer, consigned, vendor-managed, 3PL-held, intercompany, and in-transit inventory, as well as hand-offs to bottler and distributor partners.
Define partner contractual count and reporting requirements, variance tolerances, shrink claims and chargeback processes, and SLA scorecards; resolve partner variances and recoveries.
Own shelf-life and code-date management, including FEFO rotation, aged-inventory identification and disposition, and destruction authorization.
Own lot and batch traceability and quality hold and release controls in partnership with Quality Assurance.
Maintain recall readiness, including mock recalls, and ensure inventory records meet FSMA 204 traceability requirements.
Define and own enterprise inventory control KPIs and targets, including inventory record accuracy, cycle-count completion and compliance, shrink, book-to-physical variance, aged and obsolete inventory, and close timeliness.
Deliver executive-level dashboards and lead root-cause analysis and corrective-action programs for variances and control failures.
Partner with Planning/S&OP, Finance, and Manufacturing to improve days inventory outstanding, inventory turns, and SLOB and E&O exposure.
Provide inventory-health visibility, aging analytics, and disposition decisions that complement Planning's ownership of inventory targets and replenishment.
Own inventory system-of-record integrity in SAP S/4 HANA and WMS platforms, including inventory master data standards and WMS-ERP integration controls.
Drive adoption of barcode/RFID scanning and process automation.
Lead the business side of S/4, WMS, and inventory-related technology deployments and enhancements.
Build, lead, and develop a multi-site inventory control organization through managers, including site and regional inventory control leaders.
Create workforce and staffing plans, manage the functional budget, and approve hiring, promotion, and reward decisions.
Establish standardized playbooks, training, and certification for count and reconciliation teams while fostering accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.