Inventory Control Manager
Addison GroupTitle: Inventory Control Manager
Location: Wood Dale, IL - onsite
Type: Contract to hire
Rate: $40/hr
Our client in Wood Dale, Illinois is seeking an Inventory Control Manager to join their team on a contract to hire basis! This is a fully onsite position and will include potential travel to their Franklin, WI location once per month.
Day-to-Day:
• Lead inventory control and warehouse operati
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ons across two adjacent buildings supporting production and distribution.
• Directly manage two supervisors and oversee a total floor team of nine employees.
• Conduct reviews, set goals, coach supervisors, identify leadership gaps, and determine training needs.
• Monitor inventory levels, accuracy, discrepancies, stock rotation, slow-moving products, and inventory turns.
• Partner with Purchasing on product returns and the handling of slow-moving inventory.
• Oversee cycle counts and create plans for full physical inventories.
• Maintain accurate inventory, shipping, and receiving records.
• Resolve item-location, stock-number, cost-adjustment, and build-to-stock discrepancies.
• Partner with Sales, Purchasing, Production, Quality, and Finance to resolve operational issues.
• Negotiate rates and agreements with UPS, FedEx, LTL carriers, 3PL providers, and other vendors.
• Ensure productivity, quality, service, staffing, and holiday-coverage goals are met.
Qualifications
• 3-5+ years of inventory control, warehouse, distribution, purchasing, or related operations experience, including management responsibility.
• Experience managing employees and developing supervisors through coaching, training, reviews, and accountability.
• Ability to lead through supervisors rather than personally performing daily warehouse tasks.
• Knowledge of inventory systems, cycle counts, physical inventories, stock rotation, discrepancies, and inventory turns.
• Experience improving warehouse or inventory processes and collaborating across departments.
• Strong communication, organization, leadership, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to work onsite in Wood Dale and travel periodically to Franklin, Wisconsin.
• Flexibility for occasional Saturday coverage.
This position is eligible for Medical, Dental, Vision