Hands-On Parts & Inventory Control Lead

Total Warehouse; Anaheim (CA); Presencial; USD 110.000 - 150.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

Total Warehouse in Anaheim, CA is seeking a hands-on Parts & Inventory Control Manager to lead our inventory operations and build a culture of accountability. You will walk the warehouse, analyze inventory systems, investigate variances, and improve material flow while mentoring the team.

Responsibilities include establishing location controls, cycle counts, replenishment, serialized/high-value inventory, and KPI reporting.

Formación

• 5+ years of progressive experience in parts, inventory control, warehouse operations, materials management, or a related field.
• 2+ years of leadership or supervisory experience.
• Proven experience improving inventory accuracy and warehouse processes.
• Strong knowledge of cycle counting, physical inventory management, bin and location control, inventory reconciliation, receiving, picking, staging, replenishment, transfers, returns, adjustments, and min/max planning.
• Hands-on experience using ERP or Warehouse Management Systems (WMS).
• Ability to analyze inventory data using reports and spreadsheets.
• Strong problem-solving and root-cause analysis skills.
• Ability to effectively manage both people and processes.
• Comfortable working directly in warehouse and shop environments.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to establish processes, train employees, and drive adoption of new procedures.

Responsabilidades

• Own cycle count and physical inventory processes.
• Establish disciplined bin, rack, zone, and warehouse location controls.
• Improve physical-to-system inventory accuracy and investigate variances to root cause.
• Ensure inventory movements, transfers, receipts, returns, and adjustments are accurately recorded.
• Improve controls for inventory moving between warehouses, staging areas, service operations, and vehicles.
• Identify obsolete, excess, slow-moving, misplaced, and unaccounted inventory.
• Create exception management and corrective action processes.
• Build accountability so discrepancies are investigated and resolved.
• Establish and maintain logical inventory locations across racks, bins, zones, and staging areas.
• Ensure physical inventory matches system locations.
• Build processes that make parts easier and faster to locate.
• Establish controls from receiving through storage, staging, installation, return, and disposition.
• Create accountability for material placed outside assigned locations.
• Continuously improve warehouse organization, visual controls, and material flow.
• Improve parts picking, pulling, staging, and delivery processes.
• Develop complete job and equipment preparation kits when appropriate.
• Coordinate material readiness for shop and field operations.
• Improve visibility of shortages before work begins.
• Develop efficient processes for urgent and unit-down requirements.
• Ensure unused material is properly returned to inventory.
• Reduce technician time spent locating and retrieving materials.
• Establish clear expectations for parts runners and material handlers.
• Strengthen controls and location visibility for high-value and serialized items, including batteries, chargers, forks, attachments, equipment components, refurbished or recovered components, and other controlled inventory.
• Analyze historical parts usage and establish appropriate min/max levels.
• Improve replenishment practices for warehouse, vehicle, and customer/site inventory.
• Evaluate critical, frequently used, excess, and slow-moving inventory.
• Support equipment and model-based stocking strategies.
• Monitor inventory turnover and aging.
• Identify recurring shortages and emergency purchases.
• Develop stocking recommendations using operational data.
• Help oversee Parts and Inventory personnel in a working-manager capacity.
• Set clear daily and weekly priorities.
• Assign inventory control responsibilities and verify completion.
• Train team members on inventory processes and system discipline.
• Build repeatable processes rather than relying on verbal knowledge.
• Lead continuous improvement initiatives and develop team capabilities.
• Use ERP inventory data as an operational management tool.
• Improve accuracy of inventory transactions, item records, and warehouse locations.
• Analyze inventory, purchasing, usage, and work-order data to identify issues.
• Establish inventory reporting and KPI visibility.
• Monitor exceptions through resolution.
• Improve system processes where recurring gaps are identified.
• Work cross-functionally to improve data accuracy and system adoption.

Conocimientos

Leadership

Inventory management

Cycle counting

Root cause analysis

ERP/WMS experience

Data analysis

Warehouse operations

Communication skills

Herramientas

ERP/WMS software

Descripción del empleo

Total Warehouse in Anaheim, CA is seeking a hands-on Parts & Inventory Control Manager to lead our inventory operations and build a culture of accountability. You will walk the warehouse, analyze inventory systems, investigate variances, and improve material flow while mentoring the team.

Responsibilities include establishing location controls, cycle counts, replenishment, serialized/high-value inventory, and KPI reporting.