Inventory Control Supervisor
Primary Responsibility:
Operates and maintains the inventory of the warehouse. Supervises all inventory related activities.
Essential Functions:
- Advise associates on care and preservation, handling, storing, maintenance and shipping of product.
- Train associates in equipment operations, safety and general operations.
- Promote a safe work environment through personal actions. Identify and report on any safety concerns.
- Assign and direct work and monitor performance of inventory employees. Schedule tasks to maximize efficiency.
- Utilize the Warehouse Management System to monitor inventory accuracy, inventory discrepancies, and errors. Direct tasks of inventory associates based on the system generated reporting and inventory needs.
- Identify and report on operational errors impacting inventory accuracy. Issue corrective actions as needed.
- Review and monitor inventory errors, including lost inventory, damaged inventory, etc. Ensure SOPs for handling discrepant inventory are followed.
- Conduct regular inventory counts, including quarterly cycle counts, full physical inventories, and customer required counts. Record count results and any discrepancies. Communicate count results to Management and/or the Customer as needed.
- Analyze data and make recommendations on inventory layout and management practices to maximize inventory and maintain inventory at optimal accuracies.
- Review records and comply with established procedures for storing product.
- Communicate with Management on a regular basis of warehouse inventory accuracy and discrepancies
- Communicate with the Customer on an as needed or defined bases of customer inventory accuracy, status, and discrepancies.
- Research and resolve inventory discrepancies including, but not limited to: researching customer claims, cycle count for missing product, adjust inventory quantities, handle damaged inventory, disposing of inventory.
- Recommend the approval or denial of customer claims.
- Maintain and update inventory and inventory discrepancies within the Warehouse Management System. Maintain and update product master files and/or product information.
- Identify problem areas and make recommendations for corrective action.
- Other inventory related duties as requested.
Qualifications & Experience:
- College Degree plus 3 to 5 years warehousing experience; or equivalent combination of education and experience
- Experience in Quality Assurance Management or Inventory Control
- Three years supervisory/management skills
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:
- Strong analytical and mathematical skills
- PC skills, including Microsoft Office, AS400, WMS and RF
- Forklift license, CPR and First Aid training a plus
Physical Requirements:
- Requires the ability to sit for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions
- Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending
- Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work
- Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks
- May require travel by automobile and airplane up for business
- May require a visit facility operation in temperatures at or below freezing
- May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 20 pounds
- Requires the use of various electronic tools
- Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes
- Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management
BGDC Distribution is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.
Pay: $60,000.00 - $65,000.00 per year