Job Description

The Inventory Manager is a leadership position in Sojo’s facility operations and plays a critical role ensuring inventory accuracy in the regional Hub; customer FEFO/FIFO requirements are being adhered to; and Sojo’s Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system are operating in synch and efficiently. In addition, this position will be responsible for inventory reporting to customers and internal Sojo departments. The Inventory Manager reports to the Regional Plant Director and will work cross functionally with the Production and Warehouse teams to manage and improve inventory practices as well as with other site inventory managers to identify, share, and implement best practices.

General

• Follow all Safety policies and GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) to SOJO Standards
• Set the strategy for the inventory team to ensure the most up to date and accurate inventory counts daily weekly and monthly.
• Find opportunities to improve and streamline all inventory related processes including counts, reporting, and cost/obsolescence management.
• Own the inventory team’s daily, weekly, and monthly meeting routines and KPI tracking
• Serve as site leader (local Subject Matter Expert) for WMS training and best practices
• Manage the inventory management program by executing timely cycle counting, reconciliations and any necessary resolution to areas of weakness that are identified to meet accuracy goals
• Collaborate with other Hub Inventory Managers to develop and drive best practices as WMS upgrades/processes change

Quality

• Ensure all quality standards are met for all items in inventory
• Maintain all products on QC or restricted status. Communicate with the customer and Quality team to ensure there is a clear plan for each product on status.
• Monitor product rotation and ensure FEFO practices are followed.
• Verify master data for inventory and make corrections and adjustments as needed.
• Own the rework area including organization, sanitation, processes, and labor needed to rework damaged product.
• Perform and support traceability / mock recall exercises

Daily Team Management

• Ensure daily plans are aligned cross departmentally and that the inventory team is escalating items that cannot be completed daily.
• Provide shift-end reports summarizing inventory movements, shortages, and outstanding tasks.
• Own daily pre and post run counts of raw materials, packaging, finished goods
• Review teams daily reports and understand/trend reasons for needed inventory adjustments – use this data to put processes in place to eliminate

Problem Solving

• Work cross departmentally to identify and eliminate root causes of pallets with physical or virtual LPN discrepancies
• Collaborate and coach inventory team, production team, and warehouse team on inaccurate or incomplete inventory movements or adjustments
• Assist in Weekly and Monthly Cycle Counts
• Escalate large inventory count discrepancies per the escalation matrix
• Develop reporting to bring visibility internally and to customers around items such as dwelling or damaged product or inventory adjustments

Production Support

• Support Production as needed including WMS troubleshooting, physical inventory discrepancies, and general coaching
• Communicate inventory shortages or overages to production supervisors and Leadership team
• Support in finding and correcting incorrect systematic or physical inventory
• Daily follow up of all line clearance and complete any previously incomplete line clearance.

Cycle Counts

• Own monthly cycle counts and reconciliation including explanations and root cause problem solving for variances greater than two pallets.
• Own all customer requested cycle counts
• Own the customer samples process
• Develop, measure, and drive inventory control processes that promote fast inventory turns and consistent FEFO/FIFO delivery
• Manage and maintain both customer and SOJO owned pallets and packaging materials. Identify opportunities to improve and reduce obsolescence and scrap.
• All other tasks as assigned

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