Inventory Control Manager - DC Inventory

About the role

The primary responsibility of an Inventory Control Manager is to ensure accuracy of inventory; lead and conduct inventory analysis to identify and solve inventory issues; coordinate and manage daily movements and inventory adjustments by team; manage and develop Inventory Control team.

Essential Functions and Responsibilities

• Provide strong leadership for Inventory Control team working with Direct, Retail and Wholesale inventory management to ensure consistency, efficiency and accuracy in all functions.
• Assist with daily oversight of inventory movements between WMS and SAP; proactively identify, research and propose solutions to issues.
• Help investigate inventory discrepancies; support Accounts Payable research: initiate inventory corrections when required and partner with peer to support IT communication on system issues.
• Oversee inventory flow and data accuracy for DC inventory processes such as return to vendor movements, liquidation and destroy movements, rework projects, stock reductions, retail fittings, wholesale returns and site to site transfers.
• Research and execute monthly reports to ensure timely and accurate delivery to business partners.
• Actively participate in cross-functional inventory related conversations, as needed, to ensure inventory integrity is maintained; communicate needed updates to Director and team on same.
• Utilize continuous improvement mindset to initiate and lead ongoing process and reporting evaluation to ensure best practices and efficiencies.
• Comply with all internal and external audit requests in timely and accurate manner
• Together with Director, assist with execution and oversite of Physical Inventory audits for Direct and Retail Distribution Centers
• Manage positive team communication with business partners such as: Operations, Planning and Allocation, Merchandising and Production, PR, Accounting, IT
• Maintain strong internal peer partnerships to coordinate on inventory movements and team projects
• Identify, coach, train and develop team members for future growth
• Manage projects, priorities and deadlines for team
• Other duties and responsibilities as required by Director
• Willingness to travel between sites, as needed

Education & Experience

• Bachelor's degree in finance, management, business administration or related study or five plus years of related field experience
• Experience leading team of high-level performers
• Strong working knowledge of Microsoft Suite, particularly Excel; working knowledge of Warehouse Managing Systems - Manhattan preferred; knowledge of SAP or any other type of inventory control system
• Inventory control experience, preferably in a retail environment
• Knowledge of distribution operation and merchandise flow preferred
• Experience leading projects for process improvement

Skills & Abilities

• Strong leadership and development skills
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; proven track record of professional communication with cross-functional teams and leaders
• Strong mathematical, analytical and problem-solving skills
• Ability to prioritize work based on delivery schedule; ability to multi-task
• Highly detail oriented and quality conscious
• Continuous improvement mindset
• Demonstrated experience pulling data from a variety of sources and ability to identify stories from that data

Additional information

One of our core focuses here at JCG is creating a community and culture that builds belonging. We are deeply committed to our Diversity, Equity and Inclusion efforts, and we warmly welcome job applicants of all backgrounds.