Inventory Control Lead

Position Overview

Monitor and direct the daily flow of materials and employees in Inventory Control to meet the daily needs of operation. Clearly understand the process flow of inventory physically as well as systematically. Review current procedures and strive to improve on those procedures to decrease processing time and increase service levels.

Work Environment

At Duluth Trading Company, we value face-to-face interactions that foster our culture of learning, creativity, and teamwork. The role is based onsite at our Adairsville facility near Atlanta, GA.

What You'll Do

• Prioritize daily work schedule for the department, and work with other departments within the warehouse to reallocate labor to best meet customer demand and strategic company goals
• Have a thorough understanding of how inventory flows physically and systematically within all functional areas within the DC
• Serve as an ambassador of the Duluth Culture. This includes leveraging the 10 Welds as a guide to drive results, employee engagement, and team/self-development
• Assist Department Supervisor in warehouse slotting management
• Lead ad-hoc inventory related projects
• Assist Department Supervisor with monitoring of cycle count progress and inventory accuracy levels to ensure we are exceeding established controls
• Assist Department Supervisor in coaching and development of staff
• Conduct annual reviews with all assigned employees
• Assure that all actions taken with regard to direct reports are in accordance with established company policies
• Build cross departmental communications with all functional areas of the company
• Maintain clean/safe work area
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• High School Diploma
• 1+ Years of Management Experience: 1+ mentoring and training team, may be in a team lead capacity
• WMS Experience
• Proven success in a detail-oriented position with high level of accuracy
• Proven ability to manage multiple tasks and prioritize
• Strong logical and analytical skills
• Strong problem-solving skills
• Team player
• Proficient computer skills including Microsoft Office Suite, specifically Excel
• Comfort learning new systems/tools
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Comfortable working a fast-paced environment, with rapidly changing priorities
• Ability to identify process shortfalls and submit workable changes
• Authorization to work in the United States without sponsorship

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced Excel Skills

Leadership Competencies

• Leading Self: Inspiring Trust
• Adaptability
• Mature Confidence
• Career and Self Development

Environmental Factors

• Standing or walking for up to eight hours a day
• Frequently lifting up to thirty pounds, occasionally lifting up to seventy pounds
• Frequently reaching, twisting, and bending in multiple directions
• Ability to perform work in tight quarter workstations
• Moderate warehouse noise level
• Push/pull a picking cart and/or pallet of up to five hundred pounds
• Continuous arm, hand, and wrist movement (i.e.: folding garments)
• Work in temperatures ranging from 50 – 95 degrees
• The ability to walk long distances
• The ability to climb flights of stairs throughout the day
• The ability to either stand for long periods of time
• The ability to remain in a stationary position, often standing for prolonged periods of time
• Moving about to accomplish tasks or moving from one work area to another
• Adjusting or moving objects over 20 lbs. in all directions

Benefits and Perks

• Multiple Medical plan options
• Dental & Vision plans
• Medical and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts
• Health Savings Account including company contributions
• Company paid Life Insurance and AD&D
• Company paid Short-Term Disability
• Other various voluntary benefits including: Accident, Critical Illness, Hospital Indemnity, Long-Term Disability and Supplemental Life Insurance
• 401(k) Employer Match
• Parental Leave
• Paid holidays: New Year's Day, Martin Luther King Jr. Day, Memorial Day, Juneteenth, Independence Day, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day, Christmas Eve, Christmas Day
• Generous Paid Time Off plan
• Daily pay available
• 40% Employee Discount

Pay

Compensation Range: $21.50-23.50/hour. Compensation listed is for the full-time position at this specific location and is based on several factors, including experience, and qualifications.

About Duluth Trading Company

Started in 1989, Duluth Trading Company exists to enable hard-working individuals to take on life with their own two hands. Folks that revel in doing it the hard way and celebrate finding a better way. We seek talented individuals who share these beliefs and are excited to further the Duluth Trading legacy with a digital-first mindset, always moving forward and always innovating. From ingenious Duluth workwear, to comfortably capable Buck Naked Underwear, to outside-embracing AKHG, it's all about the innovative gear and gadgets that equip customers for a more hands-on way of life. Top-notch quality, immersive storytelling, outstanding customer service, and the shared belief that the go-all-in-and-dig-deep spirit exists with everyone are what sets Duluth Trading Co. apart. We seek talented folks looking to be part of a can-do team that's hellbent on helping the world to gear up, get its hands dirty, and do.