Lead Inventory Control Specialist (4107

Job Details

Job Location:

Littleton, Ma Corporate Office - Littleton, MA 01460

Position Type:
Full Time Salary Range: $34.00 - $36.00 Hourly

Job Shift: Day

Position Summary:

The Lead Inventory Control Specialist is the senior individual contributor responsible for inventory accuracy, inventory-control processes, and material traceability across warehouse and related storage locations. This role serves as the primary subject-matter expert for inventory transactions, cycle counting, physical inventory, discrepancy investigation, and inventory-process improvement.

Operating as the daily extension of the Warehouse Manager for inventory-control matters, the Lead Inventory Control Specialist establishes standards for inventory accuracy, leads inventory-related problem solving, supports audit readiness, and coaches warehouse personnel on proper inventory-control practices. This position balances hands‑on warehouse execution with analytical review, cross-functional coordination, and continuous improvement. This role provides technical leadership and functional direction in inventory-control matters but does not have direct people‑management responsibility.

• Own and lead daily inventory‑control activities, including cycle counts, physical inventories, transaction review, discrepancy investigation, and reconciliation.
• Maintain a high level of inventory accuracy across factory, warehouse, offsite, and other designated storage locations.
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies involving material quantities, locations, lot numbers, serial numbers, work orders, sales orders, purchase orders, returns, and ERP transactions.
• Perform and review advanced ERP inventory transactions to ensure material movement, receiving, put‑away, picking, transfers, adjustments, and consumption are recorded accurately and timely.
• Develop, maintain, and improve cycle‑count processes, count schedules, inventory‑control procedures, and related documentation.
• Analyze inventory trends and recurring discrepancies; identify root causes and implement corrective and preventive actions in partnership with Warehouse, Logistics, Quality, Supply Chain, Production, Finance, and Engineering.
• Serve as the primary escalation point for warehouse personnel on inventory‑control questions, transaction errors, material‑location issues, and count variances.
• Support inventory‑related audits, compliance reviews, and internal controls by maintaining accurate records and ensuring audit readiness.
• Monitor inventory‑control performance metrics and communicate key findings, risks, and improvement opportunities to the Warehouse Manager.
• Coordinate and support annual or periodic physical inventory activities, including planning, execution, reconciliation, and follow‑up actions.
• Ensure materials are properly identified, labeled, stored, and traceable in accordance with company procedures and applicable quality requirements.
• Support nonconformance, return material authorization, return‑to‑vendor, and disposition processes as they relate to inventory accuracy and material control.
• Partner with Warehouse and Logistics personnel to ensure accurate staging, shipping, receiving, and material movement.
• Train, mentor, and provide practical guidance to Warehouse Coordinators, Warehouse Specialists, and other team members on inventory‑control standards, ERP transactions, and proper material‑handling practices.
• Lead or participate in lean, process‑improvement, and standard‑work initiatives that improve inventory accuracy, efficiency, safety, and warehouse performance.
• Perform hands‑on warehouse activities as needed, including receiving, put‑away, picking, staging, material movement, and cycle counts.
• Perform other duties as necessary to support Mevion’s goals.

• 12+ years of progressive experience in warehouse operations, inventory control, materials management, or logistics; experience in a regulated manufacturing environment is preferred.
• Demonstrated expertise in inventory accuracy, cycle counting, physical inventory, inventory reconciliation, and discrepancy resolution.
• Advanced proficiency with ERP systems, inventory…