Inventory Control Manager

What you will do:

The Inventory Control Manager will provide senior leadership, direction and strategy for the Inventory Control team that will enable and facilitate the execution of the outlined operational deliverables.  This role will be responsible for developing and progressing key customer relationships and operational partnerships vital to drive and support an atmosphere of continuous improvement and operational excellence as it relates to inventory control management. 

Our Norman Manufacturing Plant is a state-of-the-art facility supporting the research, design, manufacturing, and testing of our rooftop products. The 900,000-square-foot facility includes almost 400,000 square-feet of incremental laboratory and manufacturing space and renovations to over 150,000 square-feet of office and meeting space.

How you will do it

• You will assist with the implementation of outstanding Inventory Cycle Counting program to drive accuracy levels at or above 98%

• Ensure inventory accuracy and shrink are supervised and reported timely to leadership as well as improve the performance of the site inventory processes and system to ensure: Care, custody, and control of customer inventory, Accuracy (to floor and customer book), Proper utilization of information technology

• Provide required documentation in support of compliance requirements.

• Manage the planning and execution of proactive and reactive cycle counts in compliance with the contractual service level agreement.

• Develop, implement and validate procedures, controls and systems that prevent, detect and correct errors in inventory transactions and balances.

• Apply continuous improvement initiatives to drive process, inventory accuracy, compliance, timely completion, within budget, documented results.

• Design and generate appropriate reporting to track inventory accuracy, shrink compliance, and variance root cause trends.

• Maintain detailed knowledge of internal and customer systems in order to provide extensive support to operational team as well as the customer for inventory and production related issues.

• Ensure proper identification and repackaging of scrap or damaged product to ensure timely disposal or the return to inventory as damaged merchandise.

• Develop labor plans and equipment needs budget for review with site leadership.

What we look for:

Required

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field highly preferred

• 8 years of Material Management experience in a warehouse, manufacturing or production environment 

• Experience with inventory forecasting, developing master production schedules, and reducing scheduling variances

• Extensive knowledge and experience with MRP and ERP systems

• Must be able to analyze and interpret complex technical procedures, business periodicals, and journals as well as create reports and procedure manuals.

Preferred:

• SAP experience

• APICS CPIM, CSCP or CLTD certification

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