Position Summary
Manages all aspects of inventory control.

Personal Protective Equipment Required:

• Obey GMPs for production areas.

Tasks:

• Manages all inventory control systems, processes and procedures.
• Maintains Inventory Management System.
• Maintains inventory accuracy through managing the cycle counting program and other inventory control procedures.
• Ensures proper rotation of products.
• Ensures accurate inventories in all production and warehouse areas.
• Supervises inventory control operations and teams according to established policies. Follows standard procedures that maximize inventory management efficiency. Assists with inventory planning, scheduling, forecasting, and control operations. Utilizes Inventory tools and systems for tracking, analysis, auditing, and reporting. Collaborates with cross-functional teams and stakeholders to implement and support initiatives to optimize inventory capabilities using best inventory management practices.
• Reports project plans, progress, and results.
• Collaborates with other departments as necessary to meet customer requirements, to take advantage of sales opportunities or, in the case of shortages, to minimize negative impacts on a business.
• Develops an understanding of customers' needs and takes actions to ensure that such needs are met.
• Works with Cost Accounting to implement and execute accurate material planning and consumption processes.
• Provides effective leadership to ensure that practices and procedures are followed on a consistent basis.

Confidential Internal Distribution Only

• Works with warehouse and plant personnel on inventory and consumption issues.
• Work with procurement and quality team to adjust inventory or resource number changes.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills:

• Active Listening - Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.
• Critical Thinking - Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions, or approaches to problems.
• Writing - Communicating effectively in writing as appropriate for the needs of the audience.
• Monitoring - Monitoring/Assessing performance of yourself, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.
• Time Management - Managing one's own time and the time of others.
• Judgment and Decision Making - Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.
• Management of Personnel Resources - Motivating, developing, and directing people as they work, identifying the best people for the job.

Attributes:

• Deductive Reasoning - The ability to apply general rules to specific problems to produce answers that make sense.
• Inductive Reasoning - The ability to combine pieces of information to form general rules or conclusions (includes finding a relationship among seemingly unrelated events).
• Oral Expression - The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand.
• Problem Sensitivity - The ability to tell when something is wrong or is likely to go wrong. It does not involve solving the problem, only recognizing there is a problem.
• Oral Comprehension - The ability to listen to and understand information and ideas presented through spoken words and sentences.
• Written Comprehension - The ability to read and understand information and ideas presented in writing.
• Information Ordering - The ability to arrange things or actions in a certain order or pattern according to a specific rule or set of rules (e.g., patterns of numbers, letters, words, pictures, mathematical operations).
• Mathematical Reasoning - The ability to choose the right mathematical methods or formulas to solve a problem.
• Thorough knowledge of functional area under supervision.

Experience and Education: Bachelor’s degree preferred. In lieu of bachelor’s degree three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.