Inventory Control Lead

Bakerly Ranch LLC•San Antonio, TX

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About The Position

The Inventory Control Lead is responsible for ensuring the accuracy, integrity, traceability, and availability of all ingredients, packaging, components and finished goods inventory within the facility. This role serves as the primary technical resource for inventory control, ensuring alignment between physical inventory and ERP records through accurate transactions, inventory validation, cycle counts, reconciliation, and traceability compliance. All of this contributing to Bakerly’s mission of crafting high-quality bakery products like those enjoyed by millions of families in France. This position plays a key role in bringing Bakerly’s vision to life, delivering moments of joy and connection through our products, while upholding our core values of honesty, reliability, collaboration, positivity, and excellence. The position partners with Warehouse Operations, Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Supply Planning to maintain inventory accuracy, support production continuity, and identify inventory risks before they impact operations. The Inventory Control Lead supports the Supply Chain Manager and Supply planning and purchasing lead in maintaining accuracy, traceability, and compliance for ingredient inventory and contributes to broader inventory control initiatives across the facility.

Requirements

4+ years of experience in inventory control, warehouse operations, materials management, or supply chain
Experience with ERP and Warehouse Management Systems (WMS)
Forklift experience
Ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment
Strong understanding of inventory control principles, cycle counting, reconciliation, FIFO/FEFO, and lot traceability
Excellent written and oral communication skills
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and inventory reporting tools
Knowledge of GMP, SQF, FDA, and inventory compliance requirements
Strong organizational, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills

Nice To Haves

Associate’s degree in supply chain, Logistics, Operations, or related field preferred.
Forklift certified is a plus

Responsibilities

Own inventory validation of all ingredients, packaging, components, receipts and finished goods, including quantity verification, lot and batch accuracy, expiration and shelf-life validation, material condition, and compliance
Ensure ERP transactions accurately reflect physical receipts before inventory is made available for use
Prevent receipt of ingredients into the system without proper validation and documentation
Prevent dispatch finished Goods into the system without proper physical verification
Partner with Receiving and Quality to ensure proper material release and compliance
Ensure inventory transactions (receipts, moves, and consumption) are accurate, timely, and aligned with physical inventory
Validate ingredient consumption transactions and ensure alignment with production work orders and system records
Investigate ingredient consumption variances and partner with Production to identify root causes
Monitor and audit ERP inventory transactions to prevent discrepancies
Identify and escalate system versus physical inventory mismatches
Validate that ingredients, packaging, components and finished goods are stored in correct locations, properly identified, and aligned with ERP records
Ensure compliance with FIFO, FEFO, lot traceability, and inventory control standards
Identify and address inventory issues including misplaced inventory, incorrect locations, labeling errors, and traceability gaps
Escalate recurring inventory control issues and drive corrective actions
Execute cycle counts and support annual physical inventories for ingredient inventory
Validate alignment between physical inventory and ERP records
Investigate inventory discrepancies and perform root cause analysis
Reconcile inventory variances and ensure proper documentation and approvals
Drive corrective actions to improve inventory accuracy and reduce inventory adjustments
Escalate inventory risks and material constraints to the Supply Planning team
Partner with Warehouse Operations, Production, Quality, Purchasing, and Supply Planning to support inventory accuracy and material availability
Support inventory-related audits, traceability exercises, and continuous improvement initiatives
Serve as the subject matter expert for ingredients, packaging, components and finished goods inventory processes, controls, lot traceability, and inventory transactions.
Coordinate and execute cycle counts, physical inventories, reconciliations, and inventory discrepancy investigations.
Assist in identifying inventory control risks, process gaps, and continuous improvement opportunities to improve inventory accuracy and compliance.
Serve as a backup resource during staffing shortages, vacations, and peak operational periods.