Warehouse Inventory Lead

Gasser Chair Company•Youngstown, OH

6d•$22 - $22

About The Position

The Warehouse & Inventory Lead is responsible for maintaining an organized, accurate, and controlled raw-material and purchased-parts warehouse. This hands-on lead position is the primary day-to-day owner of warehouse organization and inventory integrity, ensuring materials are identified, stored, located, counted, staged, and transacted correctly in the company ERP system. The role has functional authority to reinforce established warehouse and inventory-control practices, investigate discrepancies to determine root causes, report findings, and obtain approval before inventory corrections are made. It also supports receiving, material handling, and staging as workload and staffing needs require. The role works across Production, Purchasing, Receiving, Engineering, Quality, and other functions to resolve material and inventory issues. As the role develops, it may include day-to-day work direction and task coordination for other warehouse personnel, without initially carrying formal supervisory responsibility. Gasser Chair is a third-generation, family-owned company founded in 1946 that designs and manufactures premium seating solutions.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail, including the ability to maintain consistent warehouse standards and material-location discipline.
Working knowledge of warehouse operations, inventory-control principles, cycle counting, material handling, and manufacturing material flow.
Ability to use an ERP or inventory-management system to research on-hand quantities, locations, receipts, transfers, adjustments, and transaction history.
Ability to investigate inventory discrepancies methodically, distinguish symptoms from root causes, document findings, and communicate conclusions clearly.
Ability to provide functional leadership and reinforce established practices without relying on formal supervisory authority.
Ability to recognize when issues require escalation due to inventory, production, safety, quality, cost, or policy impacts.
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to work across departments to resolve material and inventory issues.
Ability to balance hands-on warehouse work with accurate computer-based inventory transactions and recordkeeping.
Must be able to obtain and maintain required company qualification or certification for material-handling equipment.
Must be able to stand, walk, bend, reach, count, organize, lift, and move raw materials and parts as required.
Must follow applicable safety requirements and use required personal protective equipment.

Nice To Haves

Additional education or training in warehousing, inventory control, logistics, manufacturing, or a related field.
Prior experience in warehouse operations, inventory control, material handling, manufacturing, or a related operational role.
Experience using an ERP or inventory-management system.
Forklift and material-handling equipment experience.

Responsibilities

Maintain an organized, clean, and controlled warehouse environment for raw materials and purchased parts.
Establish and maintain designated storage locations, rack and bin identification, aisle organization, and clearly defined staging areas.
Ensure materials are clearly identified and stored in assigned locations; correct or report misplaced, unidentified, excess, or improperly stored material.
Consolidate partial quantities and maintain appropriate material-rotation practices, including FIFO where applicable.
Maintain physical inventory accuracy and ensure inventory movements are properly recorded in the ERP system, including location transfers, returns, staging movements, and other applicable transactions.
Establish and perform routine cycle counts and support periodic physical-inventory activities.
Identify inventory discrepancies and investigate root causes, including reviewing receipts, transaction history, material movements, scrap, incorrect locations, and production usage.
Document and report inventory-discrepancy findings to the Materials Supervisor and obtain required approval before making inventory adjustments or corrections.
Recommend and support corrective actions to prevent recurring inventory discrepancies or warehouse-control issues.
Assist with moving raw materials and parts into designated staging areas for transfer to Production; the position is not primarily responsible for final delivery of parts to Production locations.
Support receiving during high incoming volume, employee absence, or staffing shortages, including physical handling and system receipt of incoming materials when needed.
Safely operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other required material-handling equipment.
Communicate and reinforce established expectations for receiving, identifying, storing, moving, staging, counting, and recording materials.
Work with Production, Purchasing, Receiving, Engineering, Quality, and other functions to resolve material, location, transaction, and inventory issues.
As the role develops, provide day-to-day work direction and task coordination to other warehouse personnel without initially having formal supervisory responsibility.
Perform other related duties as assigned consistent with the purpose and level of the position.