Inventory Control Specialist
About the role
The Inventory Control Specialist plays a crucial role in maintaining accurate inventory records across multiple warehouse locations. This role focuses on ensuring cycle counting programs are executed properly, investigating discrepancies, and implementing corrective actions.
Responsibilities
Cycle Count Program Management: Develop, maintain, and monitor ABC cycle counting programs across all warehouse locations. Schedule and assign counts to site teams, ensure adherence to cycle count frequency and completion targets, audit count results for accuracy and compliance with SOPs, and track and report count completion and accuracy KPIs.
Investigate Inventory Discrepancies: Research and resolve inventory variances using system data (transactions, adjustments, history), perform root cause analysis (RCA) on discrepancies, partner with warehouse teams to validate findings and implement corrections, recommend and track corrective and preventive actions (CAPA), identify trends and systemic issues impacting inventory accuracy.
System & Data Management: Maintain inventory accuracy within NetSuite and RF-SMART, review and approve inventory adjustments in accordance with company policy, ensure proper use of Lot control, Bin management, Transaction integrity, support master data accuracy (item setup, bins, units of measure).
Reporting & Analytics: Produce weekly and monthly inventory reports including: Accuracy % by location, Shrink / variance reporting, Cycle count completion rates, build dashboards to monitor High-risk SKUs, Repeated variances, Location performance, provide actionable insights to leadership.
Process Improvement: Identify opportunities to improve: Inventory accuracy, Cycle count efficiency, Warehouse processes impacting inventory, develop and maintain inventory control SOPs, standardize processes across all locations, support system enhancements and testing.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with: Warehouse Managers, Operations Leadership, Purchasing & Supply Chain, Finance / Accounting, provide guidance and training to site teams on: Cycle count procedures, Inventory best practices, Compliance expectations.
Qualifications
Required: 3+ years of inventory control experience in a distribution or warehouse environment, strong analytical and problem-solving skills, advanced Excel / data analysis skills, experience with ERP/WMS systems, experience with NetSuite and RF-SMART, knowledge of ABC cycle counting, RCA methodologies, inventory accounting principles, experience building dashboards or reporting tools.
PREFERRED: Experience with Root Cause Analysis (RCA) methodologies, Knowledge of inventory accounting principles, Experience with system enhancements and testing.
Core Competencies
- Data-driven decision making
- Attention to detail
- Process discipline and accountability
- Strong communication and influence skills (remote coordination)
- Ability to manage multiple priorities across locations