Manager I, Inventory

Atlanta Community Food Bank•Atlanta, GA

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Manager I, Inventory Management leads inventory control and management activities in a high-volume distribution environment. The role ensures inventory is accurately recorded, properly stored, available for fulfillment, and maintained in accordance with operational, financial, food safety, and regulatory requirements. It oversees inventory reconciliation, cycle counting, physical inventory, exceptions, product holds, expiration management, restocks, adjustments, and related system transactions. The position directly supervises two Restock Clerks and partners with Warehouse Operations, Supply Chain, Finance, Procurement, Production, Food Safety, Analytics, and Information Technology to resolve issues, improve processes, and maintain inventory accuracy. The role is based in the office every day at the East Point location. It calls for inventory control expertise, analytical problem-solving, systems proficiency, operational leadership, and the ability to promote accountability and continuous improvement in a fast-paced distribution environment. Expected local travel is 10%.

Requirements

Knowledge of inventory control practices, including cycle counts, physical inventory, reconciliations, adjustments, and discrepancy resolution.
Ability to analyze inventory data, identify trends and variances, and make informed operational decisions.
Experience using ERP, WMS, inventory management, or similar operational systems.
Strong organizational skills, attention to detail, and ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Experience investigating issues, conducting root-cause analysis, and implementing corrective actions.
Ability to develop, document, maintain, and improve processes, procedures, and internal controls.
Strong communication and collaboration skills, including experience partnering across operational and administrative teams.
Advanced Microsoft Excel skills and experience with operational reporting, analytics, and business intelligence tools such as Power BI.
Understanding of supply, demand, and inventory management principles.
Experience in distribution, warehousing, manufacturing, grocery, food distribution, or another complex operational environment.
Experience supporting financial, operational, food safety, regulatory, or compliance audits.
Demonstrated success driving continuous improvement and enhancing operational efficiency.
Ability to routinely lift 25 pounds.

Responsibilities

Lead inventory control activities and resolve physical, transactional, and system-related discrepancies.
Oversee cycle counts, variance investigations, inventory adjustments, and reconciliation processes.
Maintain accurate inventory quantities, lot information, expiration dates, statuses, and other key attributes in applicable systems.
Oversee resolution of restocks, damaged, suspended, held, quarantined, unidentified, and other exceptional inventory.
Monitor expiration, shrinkage, and product loss, and coordinate actions to minimize waste and inventory risk.
Monitor receiving, put-away, picking, replenishment, transfer, and shipping discrepancies that may affect inventory accuracy.
Serve as a functional subject-matter expert for inventory-related ERP and WMS processes.
Support audits, financial and physical inventory reconciliations, food safety requirements, traceability, and regulatory compliance.
Monitor inventory KPIs and identify opportunities to improve accuracy, efficiency, controls, and performance.
Partner with analytics, IT, system administrators, vendors, and operational teams to resolve system-related inventory issues.
Partner with Warehouse Operations on inventory organization, consolidation, slotting, and bin utilization.
Support user training and adoption of inventory-related system processes.
Review inventory processes and improve accuracy, efficiency, control, and standardization.
Develop, document, maintain, and reinforce standard operating procedures and work instructions for inventory activities.
Establish controls to reduce inventory errors and prevent recurrence; conduct root-cause analysis of significant or recurring discrepancies.
Assist with corrective actions resulting from inventory-related audit findings.
Support implementation of inventory processes, technologies, reporting tools, and operational controls.
Lead, coach, develop, and direct inventory control employees on procedures, systems, controls, and best practices.
Set team responsibilities, priorities, goals, performance expectations, and accountability.
Monitor employee performance, provide ongoing feedback, and administer performance management tools and disciplinary processes.
Foster accuracy, ownership, collaboration, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.
Support hiring, onboarding, and training of new team members.