Inventory Management Support D 1

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Job Title:

Senior Associate, Inventory Management

Job Code: 42045

Job Location:

Palm Bay, FL

Job Schedule:

9/80 Reg

Job Description:

The Sr Associate, Inventory Management – Transportation & Packaging Operations is a working Sr Associate responsible for the hands-on leadership and day-to-day management of shipping, receiving, transportation, and packaging operations across multiple Brevard County sites. This role is equally rooted in the shop floor and the office — directly engaging with team members, materials, systems, and customers to ensure operational excellence, contractual compliance, and on-time delivery performance.

This position plans, controls, and manages activities related to inventory control, shipping and receiving, storing, traffic analysis, and distribution of materials and finished goods across sales warehouses, distribution centers, and factory operations. This role establishes and modifies operational methods and procedures, analyzes inventory levels and positioning, and ensures materials are available to meet production schedules and customer delivery requirements. Working closely with programs, internal customers, DCMA, carriers, and freight forwarders, this role serves as the operational hub connecting the shop floor to the supply chain — ensuring zero customer escapes and 100% on-time delivery to external customers.

The Sr Assoc. directly contributes to the management team in support of employees across Transportation and Packaging/Shipping operations, providing daily work direction, training, performance management, and career development support. When needed, this leader works alongside the team — processing documentation, verifying shipments, operating systems, and resolving discrepancies — modeling the standards of accuracy, accountability, and excellence expected of every team member.

• Direct, and develop a team of Shipping Packers and Transportation support employees across Brevard County sites (Malabar, Palm Bay, and John Rodes), providing hands-on daily work direction, real-time shop floor coaching, and operational support as needed to maintain workflow, productivity, and manpower balance; conduct regular 1:1s, complete performance appraisals, set goals, identify advancement-ready team members, and provide input on hiring, training, promotions, compensation, and disciplinary actions
• Manage and participate in the daily execution of shipping, receiving, transportation, and packaging operations, including the creation of waybills, BOLs, freight bills, and all associated documentation; determine routing and carrier selection based on item characteristics, urgency, and cost; reroute urgent shipments and arrange special deliveries as needed.
• Inspect for non-conforming material and shipments per company procedures and track all production and non-production material using the SHIP tool and other applicable systems
• Interface directly with internal and external customers, programs, DCMA, carriers, and freight forwarders across all Brevard County sites to ensure contractual deliveries are completed on time and in full, maintaining zero customer escapes; participate in daily operational meetings and serve as the primary point of contact connecting shop floor activities to program and distribution requirements
• Troubleshoot and resolve shipment, inventory, and system discrepancies using PDM, MRP, SHIP, TMS, SAP, and other applicable tools; analyze…