Manager, Inventory Control

Position:

Inventory Control Manager

RCDC/Branch

A career at Crawford Electric Supply is more than a job. You're investing in a brighter, more sustainable future together and joining a team that makes a real difference for our customers.
Crawford Electric Supply offers electrical products and services to contractors. If it helps bring electricity to an office, home, factory or other building – you can find it here. We operate throughout the southeast region of the United States, and are part of the Sonepar group, the world’s #1 electrical distributor with over 45,000 associates around the globe.

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Crawford Electric Supply we offer a supportive culture and great benefits, and as part of the larger Sonepar group, we can offer exciting opportunities to grow your career.

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• Lead, Coach and develop the Inventory Control team, including leads and associates.
• Establish performance expectations, conduct evaluations and support professional development.
• Ensure staffing levels and workflows support operational needs.
• Oversee daily monitoring of system queues related to returns, defectives, items in review, backorders and disputed transfers.
• Ensure timely resolution of discrepancies via Shipping, Receiving, Operations, Wire Yard, Pipe Yard, Dematic (Goods to Person Automation)
• Manage and approve all stock returns and RGA return processes.
• Oversee bin location maintenance, slotting strategies and warehouse mapping.
• Monitor non-stock inventory and ensure proper documentation controls (Aged tagged inventory)
• Own the SUSA Cycle Count program, including planning preparation, execution and variance analysis for metrics.
• Maintain and update SOPs related to inventory control, ensuring alignment with CDC operations
• Identify process gaps and implement improvements to reduce errors and increase efficiency.
• Manager scrap process and ensure compliance with company policies and procedures.
• Support management of dead and obsolete inventory, including reporting and disposition strategies.
• Partner with Shipping, Receiving, Operations, Wire Yard, Pipe Yard, Dematic (Goods to Person Automation) and Transportation to ensure inventory accuracy across all workflows.
• Support Crawford locations, cross-docks and other network locations with inventory control and returns process.
• Provide inventory analysis and reporting to leadership to support decision making.
• Maintain and enhance inventory performance dashboards, reporting tools with the help of in-house Crawford Data Analysts.
• Track KPIs such as accuracy, top offenders, shrink, adjustments, cycle count compliance and return processing.
• Perform additional duties as required to support CDC operations.

• Detail oriented with excellent communication and time management skills.
• Self-motivated, positive attitude, able to multi-task within a fast-paced environment.
• Inventory/purchasing knowledge including procurement – order points, line points, demand, safety stock, excess and dead stock, WMS & RF experience.
• Good and dependable mathematic, verbal, and written communication skills, Proven leadership and organization skills, Reliable, Responsible, and a great work ethic.
• College degree in Industrial Distribution, Business Management and/or equivalent industry experience is preferred but not required, 5+ years’ electrical distribution industry experience.
• Typical environment includes offices and warehouse.
• Light to moderate noise level.
• While performing the duties of this job, employee is frequently required to stand.
• The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

Note: The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by people assigned to this classification. They are not to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties, and skills required of personnel so classified. All personnel may be required to perform duties outside of their normal…