ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES  

•    Labor planning and scheduling of inventory control staff – Ensure all activities are completed timely, as labor availability and priorities change, utilizing all personnel effectively.  Includes prioritizing and delegating ad hoc requests in cooperation with warehouse operations personnel
•    Associate coaching and development – Attract, develop, and lead a highly skilled and motivated team 
•    Drive continuous improvement – Work with cross-functional partners to identify opportunities for improvement and develop/implement best practices/routines
•    Cross-functional collaboration and influence – Identify and resolve root causes of inventory losses, working with cross-functional partners to problem solve and implement preventive measures
•    Inventory Adjustments weekly Routine – Working with the Area Director of Finance; monitor and communicate performance metrics.  Analyze significant cycle count adjustments to identify root causes and communicate with the team
•    Reclamation of vendor packaging issues – Ownership of the reclamation process, coordinating with buyers for billback and/or on-site repackaging of product.  Reviewing data and analyzing for trends and determining root causes for potential prevention measures
•    Manage non-saleable (suspense) inventory – Ownership of inventory placed into suspense (Fresh to Frozen, recall, damage, etc.) and work with cross-functional partners to ensure timely resolution
•    Review and approve customer credit requests; determine root causes for process improvement and prevent duplication
•    SOx compliance – Effectively perform controls such as Inventory report review, open delivery route aging and reconciliation reports and 100% quarterly cycle count completion

SUPERVISION:  Management of up to 9 employees depending on market size and complexity.

QUALIFICATIONS 

Education/Training:
•    High School diploma or equivalent required.  Associates degree with management or supply chain background preferred.
•    Forklift and HAACP training will be provided, certification within 1st 90 days required

Related Experience/Requirements: 
•    5 years minimum experience in inventory control or warehousing required

Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:  
•    Strong understanding of inventory control procedures
•    Excellent analytical skills
•    Intermediate level proficiency with Microsoft Excel is required 
•    Intermediate understanding of Microsoft Office Suite programs (Outlook, SharePoint, PowerPoint, etc.)
•    Experience in leading continuous improvement (Lean, Six Sigma, Agile, etc.) preferred
•    Demonstrated supervisory experience and time management skills
•    Inspires followership of peers and team members
•    Excellent communication skills
•    Experience with timekeeping, warehousing and distribution back office systems
•    Experience in foodservice distribution preferred

This role will also receive annual incentive plan bonus.

Benefits for this role may include health insurance, pre-tax spending accounts, retirement benefits, paid time off, short-term and long-term disability, employee stock purchase plan, and life insurance.  To review available benefits, please click here: https://www.usfoods.com/careers/benefits.html