Experiential Inventory Architect for Trade Shows

Socket.dev; Addison (IL); On-site; USD 95,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Jack Morton is seeking a Trade Show Inventory & Systems Manager to own and optimize a company-wide inventory platform. You will partner with Operations, IT, and warehouse teams to translate needs into actionable system improvements and drive adoption across locations.

You will apply hands-on trade show experience to develop scalable processes for client properties, assets, and event equipment while ensuring accurate data, audits, and reconciliation.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in inventory, warehouse operations, asset management, logistics, or a related field.
• Hands-on trade show, exhibit, experiential marketing, live event, or similar industry experience is required.
• Demonstrated understanding of trade show inventory, client properties, event assets, equipment, and show-specific inventory requirements.
• Experience working with an inventory management system in a real-world operational environment.
• Experience helping implement, improve, refine, or optimize an existing inventory system.
• Strong technical aptitude and the ability to work comfortably with IT and software developers.
• Ability to translate operational requirements into clear system requirements and actionable solutions.
• Experience gathering feedback from users and turning that feedback into process or system improvements.
• Strong Excel skills and experience organizing, preparing, importing, or reconciling inventory data.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively across warehouse, operations, technology, and leadership teams.
• Highly adaptable, solutions-oriented, and comfortable working in an environment where systems and processes are continually evolving.
• Ability and willingness to travel throughout the United States and Canada as needed.

Responsibilities

• Implement, refine, and optimize the company-wide inventory system based on operational needs and user feedback.
• Serve as a key business and operational partner for the inventory platform, helping identify requirements, priorities, workflows, and opportunities for improvement.
• Evaluate how the system is being used across locations and teams and identify what is working, what isn't, and what needs to change.
• Translate operational and inventory requirements into clear, actionable requirements for IT and software developers.
• Work closely with developers and technical partners to refine the system, troubleshoot issues, and implement practical solutions.
• Help identify and close gaps in inventory data, including importing and integrating information from individual locations and legacy processes.
• Support data preparation, cleansing, organization, and migration using tools such as Excel and the inventory platform.
• Help determine the appropriate next steps when inventory data, assets, or information need to be incorporated into the system.
• Continuously improve system functionality and usability based on feedback from warehouse and operations teams.
• Help make the system intuitive and practical for the people using it every day.
• Support testing, implementation, rollout, training, stabilization, and ongoing optimization.

Skills

Inventory operations

Trade show experience

Data analysis

Excel

System implementation

IT collaboration

Communication skills

Travel readiness

Tools

Inventory management system

Job description

Jack Morton is seeking a Trade Show Inventory & Systems Manager to own and optimize a company-wide inventory platform. You will partner with Operations, IT, and warehouse teams to translate needs into actionable system improvements and drive adoption across locations.

You will apply hands-on trade show experience to develop scalable processes for client properties, assets, and event equipment while ensuring accurate data, audits, and reconciliation.