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Job ID#: 43396
Inventory Manager – IMMEDIATE NEED – Newly Created Role
Direct Hire; up to 150K + bonus
Cypress Houston
**Experience with facility ramp-up, including warehouse layout, process design, transactional controls and team building; Power BI and Business Central ERP; experience implementing 5S in warehouse
**MUST have manufacturing environment experience versus distribution center experience
Duties:
- Build and develop a strong inventory team through recruiting, onboarding, ongoing training, and hands-on coaching to ensure accuracy across physical warehouse operations and ERP transactions
- Develop and implement standardized operating procedures that support consistency, efficiency, and scalability as production volume increases
- Establish performance expectations, evaluate team results, and promote a culture focused on accountability, safety, and transactional accuracy
- Oversee daily warehouse activities, including receiving, shipping, putaway, and picking, while proactively identifying workflow issues that could disrupt production
- Resolve inventory discrepancies, logistics challenges, and ERP system errors by analyzing data, identifying root causes, and implementing corrective actions
- Apply 5S principles to improve warehouse organization, space utilization, and picking and putaway efficiency
- Maintain accurate ERP item records and collaborate with Planning and Procurement to ensure lead times, safety stock levels, and reorder points align with actual operational needs
- Review material requirements planning (MRP) signals to align inventory availability with the master production schedule and address potential supply gaps before they affect production
- Manage cycle counting and coordinate comprehensive inventory audits to reconcile physical inventory with system records and maintain accurate financial reporting
- Ensure all inventory movements are recorded accurately and promptly in the ERP system
- Understand and monitor the financial impact of inventory transactions, including cost of goods sold (COGS), work in process (WIP), and inventory valuation
- Maintain compliance with SOX requirements, internal controls, and audit standards to support accurate reporting and audit readiness
Qualifications:
- Bachelor’s degree in SCM, Industrial Engineering/ Distribution or related
- 5+ years as Inventory/Warehouse Manager leading a team within manufacturing environment
- Business Central ERP; advanced understanding of warehousing processes and related ERP transactions
- Strong analytical skills; interpret large datasets; analyze safety stock; re-order points for multiple sites
- Experience with 3PL and trucking companies to manage inter-modal logistics
Other Info:
- Warehouse operations run across two shifts
- Benefits, Life Insurance, FSA/HAS, and Wellness Programs/Incentives
- 401(k) Retirement Plan & Company Match
- PTO and Paid Holidays
