Job Details
Overall Responsibility:
The Inventory Control Associate position is a challenging and impactful role in our Warehouse team. The Inventory Control Associate is responsible for several key areas that will help ensure accurate inventory records at all times as well as ensuring all warehouse inventory is properly tagged, organized, and stored safely and efficiently. This role is also focused on ensuring that our fulfilment teams have the proper inventory in the designated pick locations so that we can fulfil our Brand Promise every day. This role will require effective knowledge and use of our NetSuite system and processes to be successful. Safe operation of our warehouse equipment is also critical to maintaining a safe work environment for all employees. Working closely with our inventory and warehouse racking will create opportunities for this role to drive safety improvements every day and is a key contributor to building and maintaining a safe workplace.
Key Areas of Responsibility:
- Cycle Counting
- Responsible for owning the accurate completion of our cycle count program. Perform regular (daily, weekly) cycle counts to ensure inventory is accurate at all times
- Report cycle counting issues to Team Leads and Warehouse Management
- Resolve inventory discrepancies as required
- Perform inventory adjustments in NetSuite as required
- Suggest and drive improvements that can further improve inventory accuracy, reduce waste and improve the efficiency of the cycle counting process
- Warehouse Organization
- Ensure our warehouse inventory is always organized to maximize efficiency and safely
- Ensure all warehouse inventory stock is tagged and labeled properly
- Ensure Advanced Bin data is accurate at all times. Perform adjustments as needed so that inventory data in NetSuite always matches where it is physically located in the warehouse
- Drive changes in organization that can increase efficiency and productivity and improve the safety of employees and work environment
- Down Stocking
- Perform regular down stocking duties to ensure that sufficient inventory is in pick locations for our Small Packing and LTL teams
- Work closely with Team Leads and Small Pack to retrieve items and pallets to quickly complete Sales Order fulfillments. Be a reliable resource for the Small Pack team so they can stay efficient and productive to meet the Brand Promise
- Drive changes in down stocking methods and processes that can increase efficiency and productivity of our fulfilment teams
- Safety
- Work with Team Leads, the Warehouse Manager and Safety Team members to execute on safety initiatives or projects
- Maintain a high level of awareness on safety and take action as needed to address or prevent safety issues
- Report safety concerns and proactively share improvement ideas to Warehouse Manager and Safety Team as needed
- Work safely at all times and set a great example for others to follow
- Special Projects
- Assist in projects designed to improve the safety, organization, or cleanliness of the warehouse
- Assist in projects, as needed, to organize or dispose of slow-moving, defective, or expired inventory
- Physical Demands
- This job requires the ability to move and inspect product while bending and standing. Lifting and moving up to 100 pounds unassisted. Position spends time standing, sitting, walking, lifting, pulling, and pushing. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus.