Inventory Control Manager

Position Summary:

The Inventory Control Manager will partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Warehouse, Purchasing, Quality, Finance, and IT to improve inventory accuracy, optimize processes, and provide data-driven insights that support business decisions.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Inventory Control team and establish department goals and KPIs.
• Own inventory accuracy, cycle counting, physical inventories, reconciliation, and inventory controls.
• Analyze inventory variances, trends, and operational data to identify root causes and improvement opportunities.
• Serve as a key business partner for the new ERP implementation and go-live, including process mapping, testing, data validation, UAT, training, and troubleshooting.
• Ensure inventory master data, transaction flows, locations, units of measure, and system processes are accurate and maintained.
• Develop advanced reports, dashboards, and KPIs to provide actionable inventory and operational insights.
• Partner with IT and business teams to resolve system issues and improve ERP/WMS functionality.
• Identify opportunities to automate reporting, improve data integrity, and streamline inventory processes.
• Support inventory planning, working capital optimization, and reduction of excess, obsolete, and inaccurate inventory.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives using Lean, Six Sigma, and root-cause analysis.
• Ensure compliance with food safety, GMP, HACCP, SQF/BRC, FIFO/FEFO, and traceability requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in supply chain, Logistics, Business, Operations, Information Systems, or related field preferred.
• 5–7+ years of progressive inventory, supply chain, materials, or manufacturing experience.
• 3+ years of leadership or management experience.
• Food manufacturing, CPG, or high-volume manufacturing experience strongly preferred.
• Experience supporting an ERP implementation, system conversion, or major ERP upgrade.
• Strong ERP/WMS experience; SAP, Microsoft Dynamics, Oracle, NetSuite, or similar preferred.
• Advanced Excel and data analysis skills with experience developing reports and dashboards.
• Strong analytical, technical, leadership, communication, and problem-solving skills.
• Lean/Six Sigma or continuous improvement experience preferred.
• Spanish C2 (Mastery) and can convey technical concepts and material
• Bilingual: English/Spanish