Warehouse Inventory Lead

Gasser Chair Company•Youngstown, OH

About The Position

The Warehouse & Inventory Lead is responsible for maintaining an organized, accurate, and controlled warehouse for raw materials and purchased parts. The role is the primary day-to-day owner of warehouse organization and inventory integrity, ensuring materials are identified, stored, located, counted, staged, and transacted in the company ERP system. This is a hands-on lead position with functional authority to reinforce established warehouse and inventory-control practices. The lead investigates inventory discrepancies, reports findings, and obtains approval before inventory corrections are made. The position also supports receiving, material handling, and staging as workload and staffing needs require. The role works regularly in a manufacturing and warehouse environment, spending significant time on the warehouse floor while also performing computer-based inventory research, transactions, and documentation. It collaborates with 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.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent required.
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail.
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 quantities, locations, receipts, transfers, adjustments, and transaction history.
Ability to investigate discrepancies methodically, identify 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 impact.
Effective written and verbal communication skills and ability to work across departments.
Ability to balance hands-on warehouse work with 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 safely operate forklifts, pallet jacks, and other applicable material-handling equipment.
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 a clean, organized, and controlled warehouse environment for raw materials and purchased parts.
Establish and maintain storage locations, rack and bin identification, aisle organization, and staging areas.
Ensure materials are identified and stored in assigned locations; correct or report misplaced, unidentified, excess, or improperly stored material.
Consolidate partial quantities and maintain material-rotation practices, including FIFO where applicable.
Maintain physical inventory accuracy and record inventory movements in the ERP system, including location transfers, returns, and staging movements.
Establish and perform routine cycle counts and support periodic physical-inventory activities.
Investigate inventory discrepancies to identify root causes, reviewing receipts, transaction history, material movements, scrap, incorrect locations, production usage, and other potential causes.
Document and report 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 and warehouse-control issues.
Move raw materials and parts into designated staging areas for transfer to Production; final delivery to Production locations is not the primary responsibility of this role.
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 as needed.
Perform other related duties consistent with the purpose and level of the position.