Lead Inventory Control Specialist

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.

Essential Functions

• 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.

Education, Training, And Experience

• 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 transactions, and Microsoft Office applications, particularly Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Experience working with lot-controlled, serialized, high-value, sensitive, or non-standard materials preferred.
• Demonstrated ability to analyze inventory data, identify trends, investigate root causes, and implement effective corrective actions.
• Experience supporting internal audits, inventory controls, compliance requirements, and documentation standards preferred.
• Experience with NCR, RMA, RTV, and material-disposition processes preferred.
• Strong organizational, communication, problem-solving, and attention-to-detail skills.
• Demonstrated ability to work independently, prioritize competing demands, and provide technical leadership, mentoring, and training to other team members without direct supervisory authority.
• Experience with lean manufacturing, continuous improvement, or warehouse process-improvement initiatives preferred.
• Powered industrial truck (PIT) certification for forklifts, scissor jacks, and Crown Wave order pickers, or the ability to obtain and maintain certification.

Physical And Environmental Considerations

• Must be able to sit and stand for extended periods.
• Required use of standard office equipment, including laptop, phone, copier, and related systems.
• Required use of mobile scanning equipment, including handheld and wearable barcode scanners, for inventory transactions and material tracking.
• Must be able to safely navigate warehouse, factory, and storage environments.
• May be involved in rigging operations and heavy-equipment handling.
• Ability to lift 25-pound boxes to a height of 3–4 feet.
• Ability to push and pull heavy pallets using a hand truck or other approved equipment.
• Ability to reach, bend, and move safely throughout warehouse settings.