Inventory Supervisor

Inventory Supervisor

What you'll be doing: At Avon, we're looking for an organized and proactive Inventory Supervisor to help ensure inventory is managed accurately, efficiently, and safely across our warehouse operations. In this role, you will oversee receiving and inventory processes, ensuring products are processed, stored, and made available for sale as quickly as possible while minimizing risk, reducing losses, and maintaining high levels of stock accuracy. Working closely with Planning, Finance, Quality, IT, and Warehouse teams, you will drive operational excellence, continuous improvement, and compliance, while playing a key role in maintaining inventory integrity and supporting business performance.

Key responsibilities

• Supervise the receiving area and ensure all delivered stock is processed in line with established receiving policies and procedures.
• Partner closely with Planning teams to support inbound inventory activities and optimize warehouse operations.
• Drive efficiencies and continuous improvement initiatives to meet booking, lead time, and turnaround time targets.
• Support and oversee put-away activities to ensure inventory is accurately stored and readily available.
• Monitor inventory systems and end-to-end process alignment to maintain accurate stock records.
• Run inventory and exception reports, investigate discrepancies, and coordinate resolution with IT and other stakeholders.
• Manage inventory risks across all stock-holding locations and ensure compliance with cycle counting processes and internal controls.
• Support SOX controls, governance requirements, and inventory audit activities.
• Ensure all receiving documentation is accurately completed and updated within warehouse management systems.
• Work closely with Finance and Planning teams to ensure invoices are processed correctly and inventory transactions are reconciled in a timely manner.
• Communicate stock shortages, overages, and receiving issues to relevant stakeholders and provide regular operational reporting.
• Manage costs within the receiving function by aligning resources with delivery schedules and operational requirements.
• Coordinate with Planning teams to determine truck schedules and receiving capacity.
• Create efficient receiving plans to support business needs while minimizing overtime and unnecessary costs.
• Lead and support the annual wall-to-wall stock count process.
• Promote a strong health and safety culture and ensure compliance with warehouse safety policies and procedures.
• Investigate workplace incidents, near misses, and safety concerns and support corrective actions.
• Partner with Quality teams to maintain high operational standards and ensure compliance with quality requirements.
• Ensure adherence to Good Warehouse Practices (GWP) and all relevant warehouse compliance standards.

What we're looking for:

• Experience in inventory management, warehouse operations, logistics, or supply chain management.
• Previous experience supervising or coordinating warehouse, receiving, or inventory-related activities.
• Strong understanding of inventory control processes, stock accuracy, cycle counting, and stock reconciliation.
• Experience working with warehouse management systems (WMS), ERP systems, or inventory management tools.
• Ability to investigate inventory discrepancies and implement corrective actions.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
• Experience working cross-functionally with Planning, Finance, Quality, and IT teams.
• Knowledge of inventory governance, compliance requirements, and internal controls.
• Understanding of warehouse safety practices and quality management standards.
• Ability to prioritize tasks and manage multiple activities in a fast-paced environment.
• Strong communication and stakeholder management skills.
• Proven ability to identify opportunities for process improvement and operational efficiencies.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Excel and other reporting tools.
• Experience participating in or leading stock counts and inventory audits is preferred.
• A degree or qualification in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations, Business, or a related field is advantageous.
• Professional proficiency in English

What we offer

At Avon, we believe beauty is for everyone and that it’s beautiful to be you. We celebrate our differences, champion self-expression and are committed to inclusion for all. We embrace diversity and individuality to build a culture that represents our communities and enables everyone to bring their best self to work. We also support reasonable adjustments both within our recruitment process and job design when required to empower you to work in a way that works for you. Ready to be a part of it? Join us.

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About Us

Avon is more than a beauty company – it’s a global force for women.

As an Avon Associate, you’ll be able to make the most of your abilities, learn new skills and work alongside a team of like minded passionate and talented people. You’ll be part of a company that consistently brings breakthrough, award-winning beauty products to the market, through beloved brands such as ANEW, Avon True, mark., Avon Care, Skin-So-Soft and Advance Techniques. You'll find that being part of a company that that shines a light on issues important to all women is a great feeling.

We're passionate about the causes that affect women too. The Avon and the Avon Foundation for Women has donated $1 billion towards causes that affect women to date. Through the Avon Promise to Help End Violence Against Women and Girls, we're helping create a world where women and girls can live free from the fear of violence or abuse. We’ve already reached 30 million people, talking openly about issues such as healthy relationships and intimate partner violence.

Through the Avon Breast Cancer Promise, our goal is to educate women about the signs and symptoms of this disease, and make sure they know where to go for help. To date, we’ve helped 180 million women and funded more than 20 million breast screenings.

But we want to do even more, and we need your help and talent to help us do this. Join us and be part of a company that makes a difference to the lives of women across the globe.

We are a company where beauty, innovation and optimism make a difference to the lives of millions of people across the globe. In addition to our product range, you’ll discover a company with strength, purpose and an empowering culture. We have worked hard to earn our status as a beloved, iconic global brand, creating opportunities for over 130 years – opportunities to be independent, to be entrepreneurial, to be decisive and to take control of your career.