Inventory Control Manager

RJW Logistics Group•Lockport, IL

11h•Onsite

About The Position

The Inventory Control Warehouse Manager is responsible for managing the daily operations of the department across multiple facilities. This role ensures that adequate inventory of products and services are maintained in accordance with inventory cycles and organizational philosophy. The position involves conducting daily inventory analysis to solve problems, implementing inventory control procedures, coordinating and managing daily physical counts, and training and managing the team. This position reports to the General Manager of Warehousing.

Requirements

Must be able to effectively communicate, read, write, and speak English.
5-10 years of Warehouse Management experience.
Ability to report/track trending and historical data.
Must have strong business writing and case analysis skills.
Intermediate Microsoft Office Excel with basic knowledge of Access, data entry and general computer abilities.
Experience in warehouse safety and safety training.
Management skills and the ability to manage a staff of employees.
Ability to lead or support IT modification projects.
Ability to maintain an organized, neat and orderly operation as it pertains to Inventory Control.
Ensures that all project and client KPIs are met or exceeds expectation.
Requires knowledge of reporting requirements as it pertains to co-pack.
Good communication, problem resolution, and people skills.
Must be able to occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
Must be articulate and comfortable speaking in front of others.
Regularly work in an indoor/office environment and required to sit and/or use repetitive hand motion.
Frequently required to talk, hear, stand and walk.
Must be able to work in excess of continuous 8 hours when required.
Must be able to work under stressful situations, have good cognitive skills, maintain work accuracy, and the ability to concentrate on more than one task at a time.

Nice To Haves

3PL Experience a Plus.
Synapse WMS Experience a Plus.

Responsibilities

Manage and maintain physical inventory of external customers.
Timely communication with customer representatives regarding inventory issues including the existence, cause and resolution of inventory variances.
Implement and maintain policy and procedures relating to inventory control, to include ensuring the accuracy of warehouse inventory and analysis of product flow.
Ensure that division follows government regulations (FDA & AIB) and compliance.
Maintain AIB policy and procedures.
Perform all recall and quality holds for operation -- assign and release holds based on feedback from QA or QRC.
Responsible for employee development through training on policy & procedures.
Create a cohesive organization by keeping lines of communication open.
Setting up warehouses; pick fronts, storage, allocations, chaining, etc.
Recognize signs of operational problems and provide detailed action steps required to correct them.
Develop and consistently execute the cycle count program to insure inventory and location accuracy, including (but not limited to aisle audits, empty slot report, and special counts for high value items).
Train production management and QA personnel on the proper methods for resolving quality, production and inventory related issues in the site's warehouse management system.
Labor Planning.
Timely communication of inventory issues with the Operations Manager, Shift Managers and Shift Supervisors.
Handle special project requests from clients.
Generation and distribution of weekly reports that summarize inventory accuracy through the use of cycle counts.
Peco & Chep pallet management.