Inventory Control Team Lead

Parker Hannifin•Austin, TX

About The Position

The Inventory Control Team Lead is responsible for the continuous improvement and sustainment of PSC inventory integrity. The role leads or contributes to high-performance teams (HPTs) working to improve safety culture and reduce risks in processes that affect inventory control. It assures effective cycle-count and annual physical-inventory processes, tracks errors, drives root-cause solutions, and supports investigation and resolution of inventory discrepancies. The position also owns slot-management processes and strategies and develops approaches to reduce dead inventory and improve warehouse capacity. This position does not have direct reports. Parker considers the position safety-sensitive and requires pre-employment cannabis testing as a condition of hire. The role may also perform general warehouse team-lead responsibilities as required. The listed duties are examples of work associated with the classification and are not an exhaustive list; assignments may be modified, and reasonable accommodations may be made for qualified employees. Parker describes itself as a global leader in motion and control technologies, with team members in more than 40 countries. Its stated purpose is to enable engineering breakthroughs that lead to a better tomorrow, supported by a people-first culture emphasizing teamwork, inclusion, learning, and growth.

Requirements

1–3 years of experience in inventory control and/or warehouse and customer-service processes that affect inventory control.
Basic computer, software, and data-analysis skills.
Problem-solving competency to execute basic problem-solving steps, such as 10 Step, 8D, or A3, and implement actions.
Moderate written and verbal communication skills to present findings, action plans, and strategies.
Collaboration skills to drive process improvements with NHPTs within PSC and share best practices and standards with other PSCs and divisions.
Ability to work in a team environment and facilitate a group or coach one-on-one with a positive, motivating approach.
Team-building skills and ability to create and maintain enthusiasm for challenges, model new ideas, and promote positive change.
Training skills, aptitude, and/or experience.
Basic business acumen.
Thorough understanding of and adherence to Parker’s values and respect-in-the-workplace policies.
Demonstrated leadership experience.
Ability to meet the pre-employment cannabis-testing condition for this safety-sensitive position.

Nice To Haves

Experience with Parker Lean systems and teams.

Responsibilities

Own the cycle-count program and sustain randomized twice-yearly counts; lead continuous improvement to achieve program goals.
Own the annual physical-inventory process and lead improvements to achieve its goals.
Drive inventory-control improvement against goals for cycle-count variance, location accuracy, inventory-control error rate, and aged in-transit; goals may also include PLISC and dock-to-stock time.
Lead or support inventory-control problem solving and root-cause analysis for the inventory-control team and/or warehouse NHPTs.
Ensure appropriate warehouse NHPT value streams implement solutions.
Investigate inventory-control best practices and technology, and standardize processes.
Support problem solving for invoice or shipment errors as needed, including errors that may not be inventory-control issues.
Approve inventory adjustments up to a set limit.
Own slot-management processes and strategies, including new slots, resizing and moves, slot identifiers, overflow, Safety Gold Zone, productivity and step reduction, and minimizing duplicate locations.
Develop and maintain standard work and a cadence for slot-management optimization performed by Inventory Control Specialists.
Develop and implement strategies to reduce dead inventory and increase warehouse capacity.
Perform general warehouse team-lead responsibilities not directly related to inventory control as required.
Lead or contribute to HPTs to improve safety culture and reduce risks in processes affecting inventory control.
Track inventory errors and drive root-cause solutions, including resolving discrepancies between physical counts and system records.

Benefits

Competitive compensation of $25.00–$30.00 per hour.
Participation in an annual incentive program.
Medical, prescription drug, dental, vision, voluntary optional life, accident, hospital indemnity, and critical illness insurance coverage.
401(k) plan with company matching contributions equal to 100% of the first 5% of pay.
Company-provided defined-contribution retirement plan with an annual contribution equal to 3% of pay.
Career development and tuition reimbursement.
Paid parental leave.
Short- and long-term disability programs.
Adoption assistance.
Care.com membership.
Financial planning assistance.
Supplemental identity-protection, legal-protection, and pet-wellness programs available at competitive rates.
Paid time off and 13 company-paid holidays.