About this role
Job Description:
The Inventory Specialist is responsible for maintaining accurate inventory records within the manufacturing warehouse through strong inventory control practices, cycle counting, auditing, and SAP transaction management. This role plays a critical part in ensuring material accuracy, supporting production needs, and minimizing inventory discrepancies.
Key Responsibilities
- Inventory Control & Accuracy
- Maintain accurate inventory records for raw materials, packaging, WIP, and finished goods
- Execute daily, weekly, and monthly cycle counts; investigate and resolve variances
- Perform root cause analysis on inventory discrepancies and recommend corrective actions
- Ensure inventory movements are properly executed and documented
- SAP & System Transactions
- Execute all inventory-related transactions in SAP (receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments)
- Ensure SAP data accuracy aligns with physical inventory
- Support inventory reconciliations between SAP and physical counts
- Partner with IT, Finance, and Supply Chain on SAP-related inventory improvements
- Auditing & Compliance
- Support internal and external inventory audits
- Ensure compliance with company inventory control policies and SOX requirements (if applicable)
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and transaction accuracy
- Warehouse & Cross-Functional Support
- Work closely with Warehouse, Production, Procurement, and QA teams to ensure material availability
- Support process improvements related to inventory flow, storage, and accuracy
- Train warehouse team members on proper inventory handling and SAP transaction best practices
Qualifications
- Required
- 2+ years of inventory control experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment
- Strong hands-on experience using SAP (inventory management, material movements)
- Proven experience with cycle counting and inventory auditing
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Preferred
- Experience in food manufacturing or regulated environments
- Understanding of FIFO/FEFO inventory practices