Inventory Manager

Job Location:

Bridgewater, New Jersey, USA Job Requisition  Join our global diversified pharmaceutical company enriching lives through our relentless drive to deliver better health outcomes to our patients. We are all in it together to make a difference. Be a part of a culture that doesn't just wait for change but actively creates it—where your skills and values drive our collective progress and impact.

The Inventory Manager is responsible for leading inventory governance, control, compliance, and continuous improvement activities supporting U.S. and Canada distribution operations. This role provides oversight of inventory controls across multiple third-party logistics (3PL) partners, ensuring inventory accuracy, regulatory compliance, and financial integrity throughout the distribution network. The position serves as the business lead for inventory-related systems, integrations, and process improvement initiatives, partnering closely with IT, Finance, Customer Service, Supply Chain, external logistics providers, and auditors.

The Inventory Manager owns critical inventory-related SOX controls, supports strategic business initiatives, and acts as a subject matter expert on inventory management processes, compliance requirements, and distribution operations.

• Own inventory governance and reconciliation processes across U.S. and Canada distribution operations, ensuring inventory accuracy, financial integrity, and compliance across multiple third-party logistics partners.
• Perform daily inventory reconciliation at the batch level between SAP and 3PL ERP systems.
• Monitor and resolve inventory discrepancies, identify root causes, and implement corrective and preventive actions.
• Identify, investigate, and coordinate resolution of EDI failures between internal and external logistics systems.
• Manage the product destruction process and ensure compliance with company policies and regulatory requirements.
• Coordinate product donations to approved charitable organizations.
• Investigate and support resolution of serialization and product traceability discrepancies involving customers, distribution partners, and internal stakeholders.

• Own key inventory-related SOX controls and compliance processes, serving as the primary point of contact for internal and external audits.
• Ensure inventory controls effectively support inventory accuracy, financial reporting integrity, and regulatory compliance.
• Oversee cycle count programs across multiple 3PL providers, including annual ABC classification reviews, count execution, discrepancy analysis, and corrective actions.
• Maintain accountability for inventory control activities, including:
• Proof of Delivery (POD) Testing
• Inventory Adjustment Reconciliation
• Inventory ABC Classification
• Additional inventory-related compliance controls as required

• Lead cross-functional Supply Chain technology initiatives, including Warehouse Management System (WMS) integrations, system enhancements, process automation efforts, and SAP S/4
  
  HANA-related projects.
• Serve as the business lead for inventory and logistics system implementations, upgrades, and enhancements.
• Partner with IT, external vendors, consultants, and business stakeholders to define requirements, execute testing, manage issue resolution, and support successful implementations.
• Lead User Acceptance Testing (UAT), process validation, defect remediation, and implementation readiness activities for system projects.
• Leverage SAP expertise to support business process optimization and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Lead root cause investigations involving complex inventory, system, compliance, and operational issues.
• Coordinate resolution efforts across Supply Chain, IT, Finance, Customer Service, Quality, and external business partners.
• Identify and implement process improvements that enhance inventory accuracy, compliance, operational performance and customer service outcomes.
• Develop and analyze inventory, logistics, and performance reporting to support business decision‑making and identify improvement opportunities.
• Support Supply Chain, Customer Service, Finance and other business functions on inventory-related priorities and initiatives.
• Serve as a subject matter expert on inventory controls, distribution operations, logistics systems, and compliance requirements.
• Provide business continuity support and act as the primary backup to the Director for critical operational, compliance, and project-related activities.
• Support and mentor other team members while promoting best practices across inventory and logistics processes.

• Bachelor's Degree required; degree in Supply Chain Management, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, or a related field preferred.
• 6+ years of inventory management, supply chain, logistics, or distribution experience, including at least 3 years within the pharmaceutical,…