Inventory Manager

NOV • Fort Worth, TX

20d

About The Position

The Inventory Manager oversees inventory control activities and ensures inventory accuracy, proper storage and preservation of assets, and timely material delivery for capital, spare parts, service, repair, and warranty requirements. The role manages warehouse KPIs, inventory workflows, cycle counts, material shortages, returns, and related records, while coordinating with departments across the organization and supporting after-hours material and transportation needs. The manager also develops and trains employees, promotes teamwork and workplace safety, maintains warehouse equipment and work areas, and ensures compliance with company policies, procedures, and environmental and safety requirements.

The position calls for a self-directed, organized, and detail-oriented professional who can make effective decisions, anticipate and adapt to change, collaborate to resolve problems, and represent the company professionally. The manager is accountable for the inventory expense budget, employee timecards and attendance, annual evaluations, warehouse security, and the maintenance of inventory work instructions and processes.

Requirements

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Five to ten years of Warehouse Management experience preferred.
• Proficiency with computers, Microsoft Office, Excel, and Teams.
• Understanding of ERP systems, their operation, and function.
• Strong, professional interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to communicate professionally across departments and communication media while priorities change.
• Effective time-management and organizational skills, with the ability to manage multiple responsibilities efficiently.
• Detail-oriented approach and commitment to accuracy in documentation and procedures.
• Knowledge of warehouse and pack-out practices.
• Ability to collaborate with others to resolve problems.
• Ability to learn to read and understand production blueprints and routers.
• Ability to perform the role with limited intervention, adapt to change, make effective decisions, collaborate, and represent the company professionally.

Nice To Haves

• Bachelor’s degree in project management, operations management, supply chain, or business administration.
• Oracle knowledge.
• Understanding of blueprints, machining, fabrication, and raw materials.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory control activities, including receiving, stocking, cycle counting, and inventory pulls for capital, spare parts, and warranty orders.
• Maintain inventory accuracy and ensure proper storage and preservation of inventory assets and timely material delivery.
• Meet warehouse KPIs and regularly report on their status.
• Maintain working knowledge of inventory, spare parts, and warranty order requirements; ensure prompt processing and movement of parts through Inventory.
• Monitor production requirements and schedule, assign, and track material issuing and shortages for capital, aftermarket, and spare parts business.
• Audit job pulls and shipping and receiving activities for accuracy.
• Coordinate with Project Management and Purchasing to expedite shortages and satisfy workflow requirements.
• Manage daily cycle counts, research discrepancies, approve variances, initiate actions to reduce variances, and generate and publish cycle count variance reports.
• Coordinate material flow for warranty returns with Sales, Service, Shipping, Receiving, Project Management, and Purchasing.
• Work with Engineering to verify part numbers and descriptions and initiate change requests when applicable.
• Generate and maintain Inventory Control work instructions and support processes for receiving, stockroom tasks, and shipping; train personnel as required.
• Maintain accurate inventory logs for customer returns, customer-supplied items, and return material requests.
• Hire, develop, mentor, and train employees to support teamwork, timely execution, inventory accuracy, and workplace safety.
• Promote a team-oriented culture in which employees are valued, trusted, accountable, and focused on collective results.
• Ensure machinery is operated safely and report equipment issues to Maintenance.
• Review employee timecards daily and approve them weekly; track PTO and attendance and address issues as required.
• Conduct annual job evaluations for Inventory Control personnel.
• Maintain accurate files related to inventory activities and meet the expense budget.
• Organize and maintain Inventory Control operations, company equipment, and work areas professionally and orderly.
• Support after-hours Service and Sales material and transportation requirements for shipping parts to customers and field service technicians.
• Follow applicable company and corporate policies, procedures, programs, process maps, support processes, safe work practices, and environmental and HSE requirements.
• Maintain clean and orderly inventory areas; follow and enforce safety and environmental policies, report hazards or productivity risks, and report injuries when they occur.
• Resolve problems collaboratively and interface professionally with Sales, Service, Shipping, Receiving, QA, Inspection, Purchasing, and Planning.
• Help secure the warehouse by challenging unauthorized personnel about their needs and promptly reporting theft, loss, or missing items.
• Acquire and maintain working knowledge of operating systems used for Inventory, Shipping, and Material Handling functions.
• Maintain warehouse supplies and submit purchase requisitions.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• 401(k) retirement plan with NOV matching each dollar invested up to 5% of base pay and overtime.
• Competitive medical plans effective on the date of hire.
• Free MDLIVE virtual visits when enrolled in an NOV medical plan.
• Free preventive medical and dental care for the family when enrolled in an NOV medical and dental plan and using an in-network physician.
• Free basic life and AD&D insurance equal to twice annual salary for full-time employees.
• Three weeks of paid vacation per year for regular full-time employees, prorated based on start date; relevant pre-NOV experience may be considered for vacation accruals.
• Up to 11 paid holidays per year for regular full-time employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED