Inventory Control Specialist - Fixed Term Contract

About the role

The Inventory Control Analyst is responsible for ensuring inventory accuracy at Diageo’s production facility in Montgomery, AL. This person will ensure that all liquid inventory, ingredients, material components, and finished goods are recorded into the Diageo system in a timely and accurate manner.

Responsibilities

• Process Order Reconciliation
• Reconciliation of SAP and IM systems
• Cycle counts
• Order amendments
• Inbound receipts and outbound shipments
• Inventory status adjustments
• Implement constant cadence of cycle counts for materials and Finished Goods
• Lead site-wide full inventories
• Resolve drivers of inventory variances in a timely manner
• Communicate impacts as necessary to internal and external contacts
• Develop best in class practices for working with key contacts internal to and external to Diageo
• Flawlessly implement all inventory transactions as necessary for the site
• Identify and drive forward continuous process improvement opportunities
• Provide testing support for new inventory system functionality
• Support Inventory target efforts as needed
• Provide timely issue resolution to problems encountered
• Ensure clean cut-off of all transactions at month-end for accounting purposes
• Ensure process documentation is kept current (i.e. policies, procedures, transaction documentation, contact information)
• Provide backup support for Maturing manager and Warehouse manager
• Facilitate relationships between domestic 3rd party partners and all Network Supply functions (including Customer Operations, Supply Planning and Logistics) for Diageo inventory transactions
• Train backups to provide a high level of service during absences

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 2-year college degree or certificate from technical, trade or vocational school
• Mandatory SAP systems knowledge - IDOC analysis, correction and processing experience (a plus)
• Previous supply chain experience; Understanding of total end-to-end supply chain process
• Ability to work under pressure, prioritize tasks and deliver results
• Strong PC skills, excellent SAP Excel skills
• Strong communication, leadership and influencing skills
• Strong analytical, organizational and decision-making skills
• Strong problem-solving and process-improvement skills
• Flexible working statement

Financial Responsibility

This role has responsibility for ensuring that finished goods, materials and components inventory in SAP is reflective of the inventory on site. This role also has responsibility to implement destruction activity for liquid ingredients within the time frame approved by the Finance team.

Management Responsibility

• Manage on-site and remote internal business partners to ensure that processes are embedded and ways of working are aligned with Diageo standards
• Strong leadership required to embed diligent best in class practice ways of working with business partners

Benefits

• Salary range from $57,713 to $96,188 (annual)
• Additional rewards such as annual incentive payments and stock awards for US-based employees
• Healthcare benefits
• Retirement benefits
• Short-term and long-term disability coverage
• Basic life insurance
• Wellness benefits
• Industry-leading parental leave