Retail Inventory Control Manager

Albertsons Companies • Issaquah, WA

11d

About The Position

The Retail Inventory Control Manager oversees receiving and inventory-control activities, including processing deliveries, verifying orders and invoices, reconciling costs, and transmitting balanced receiving information for payment. The position helps prevent shrink, damage, and spoilage; maintains secure, sanitary, and organized receiving and storage areas; and supports customer service and company policies. The role includes training duties, vendor interaction, and occasional assistance with dairy or frozen food tasks when those clerks are absent. It requires sound judgment, accuracy, safe work practices, and the ability to work early mornings, weekends, and holidays in a backroom receiving environment with exposure to varying temperatures and equipment-related hazards.

Requirements

• Friendly, courteous, tactful demeanor and ability to maintain composure when dealing with customers, coworkers, and vendors.
• Good interpersonal, organizational, verbal, and written communication skills; ability to work as part of a team.
• Ability to comprehend and follow written and oral instructions.
• Ability to frequently reach, lift, stack, and maneuver objects weighing up to approximately 80 pounds from floor level to overhead.
• Ability to push and pull fully loaded hand trucks, six-wheel carts, and pallet jacks.
• Ability to operate power lifts, balers, compactors, cutters, pricing guns, handheld and stationary computer equipment, 10-key, and a keyboard.
• Ability to stand for long periods; walk and move rapidly; bend, stoop, twist, and turn frequently; and climb ladders as needed.
• Manual dexterity and good eye-hand coordination.
• Mental alertness to complete work safely and accurately, including repetitive tasks.
• Knowledge of basic mathematics and Company policies and procedures regarding receiving, ordering, stocking, merchandising, pricing, inventory control, and product warehousing and storage.
• Product knowledge, including seasonality and perishability; knowledge of product movement and factors affecting gross margins.
• Ability to work early mornings, weekends, and holidays; regular attendance is required.

Responsibilities

• Champion Company and Division customer service programs and promote personalized service.
• Receive deliveries, log them into the computer, break down deliveries from DSD suppliers, and move products to storage, freezer, cooler, or sales areas as needed.
• Verify orders against invoices, audit product contents, and use the electronic receiving system to verify costs and maintain inventory controls.
• Reconcile vendor invoices with computer costs, enter item-level differences, balance receiving, and transmit information to the general office for payment.
• Maintain invoices and reports in the established filing system according to the record-retention schedule.
• Review and accept only proper and correct orders submitted by outside sales representatives.
• Review emails from the DSD Coordinator and retrieve vendor invoices daily.
• Prevent product shrink, damage, and spoilage; repair and price saleable damaged products and discard or return other damaged products as required.
• Maintain security, sanitation, and organization in receiving, storage, and loading dock areas.
• Perform training duties and operate related equipment and computer equipment.
• Occasionally perform dairy or frozen food duties, including ordering, stocking, stacking, facing, pricing, marking, and rotating items, when the relevant clerks are absent.
• Perform job duties safely, accurately, and with honesty and integrity.
• Maintain good working relationships with vendors and delivery personnel.
• Judge and react to business activity and perform other necessary duties.
• Comply with Company policies, including attendance, grooming standards, and dress codes.
• Use cleaning supplies, chemicals, and safety cutters as needed.

Benefits

• Medical insurance
• Dental insurance
• Vision insurance
• Disability insurance
• Life insurance
• Sick pay accrued based on hours worked
• PTO/Vacation pay accrued based on hours worked, or Flexible Time Off
• Paid holidays (8–9 days annually; the role-specific section states 9 days annually)
• Bereavement pay
• Retirement benefits, including pension and/or 401(k) eligibility
• Quarterly bonus may be available if applicable

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: No Education Listed