Inventory Control Analyst

Posted Thursday, February 11, 2021 at 5:00 AM

The Inventory Control Analyst is responsible for counting and maintaining the inventory integrity of the facility. This position acts as a liaison between operations, supply chain, and finance on a regular basis.

This role reports directly to the Warehouse Operations Manager, with a matrix relationship to the Inventory Control Manager. This role is expected to possess a strong problem-solving skillset to help ensure material is available for the production line(s).

This role is responsible for inventory accuracy analysis for a specific set of operations in the facility, as well as in the storage warehouses.
Root Cause, Corrective Action prowess is a must, as well as helping to drive changes in material flow, presentation, and process improvement.

Strong communication, leadership, technology (computer use, scan gun experience, MS Office), and familiarity with warehouse management in a manufacturing/assembly environment are required. This role will be assisting with process instruction to hourly and salaried individuals.

• Cycle Count product daily according to a cycle count schedule.
• Record and adjust any opportunity count outside of the cycle count schedule.
• Analyze counts for variances and perform any necessary bin to bin movements.
• Research any remaining variances for errors in shipping, receiving, locating, etc.
• Block missing product and adjust product counts in order to assure smooth product flow.
• Research any shipping or production orders where some or all of the parts on the order cannot be found.
• Perform necessary bin/location checks (walk through) in order to minimize no location orders.
• Handle count requests/product checks from various departments (Operations, Sales, Inventory Management and Purchasing).
• Assist with re-labels and plant to plant transfers
• Document and file all daily work performed.
• Adhere to safety standards, immediately correcting or reporting any unsafe conditions
• Research Picking Errors determining root cause of error, reporting back to the Materials Department
• Maintain a spreadsheet of all picking errors & the results
• Activate/Delete bin/pallet/bulk locations for various storage locations
• Extend part #’s for various warehouse locations
• Material extension for various warehouse locations
• Return to vendor adjustments (Adjusting product in/out of stock)
• Process re-labels for purchasing both physically & systematically.
• Process plant transfers, transferring product physically & systematically.
• Raise capacity for storage bin locations.
• Scrap adjustments (adjusting product out of stock physically & systematically when product is no longer sellable)
• Assist with supplier packaging, labeling, and count compliance efforts.
• Assist with internal and external audits