Inventory Control Specialist: Production Continuity

Dwyer-Instruments,-Inc.; Wolcott (IN); On-site; USD 50,000 - 68,000; Full time

Job summary

Dwyer-Instruments, Inc. in Wolcott, IN is seeking an Inventory Control Specialist to keep production moving by maintaining accurate records, ensuring material availability, and resolving issues that could disrupt schedules.

This salaried, individual-contributor role appeals to detail-oriented professionals who work on the plant floor, investigate discrepancies, and partner across departments to improve processes.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• At least two years of experience in inventory control or related manufacturing environment.
• Experience performing inventory counts, researching discrepancies, and maintaining accurate inventory records.
• Working knowledge of ERP or inventory-management systems and inventory transactions such as receiving, transfers, material issues, backflush, scrap, returns, and shipping.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including data entry, sorting, filtering, and basic formulas.
• Ability to interpret bills of material, work orders, part numbers, units of measure, inventory reports, and transaction history.
• Strong attention to detail, analytical thinking, communication, and follow-through.
• Ability to work effectively with production, warehouse, and cross-functional support teams while escalating issues appropriately.

Responsibilities

• Execute scheduled daily, weekly, and monthly cycle counts across raw materials, work in process, finished goods, line-side inventory, supermarkets, and warehouse locations.
• Research and resolve inventory discrepancies using ERP transactions, production records, bills of material, receiving, shipping, scrap, transfers, and material movement history.
• Validate physical counts and process approved inventory adjustments in accordance with financial controls.
• Monitor material availability and identify risks that could cause shortages, production delays, or schedule-attainment issues.
• Partner with Materials, Planning, Purchasing, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, Quality, and Engineering to resolve inventory and material-readiness concerns.
• Maintain accurate line-side inventory and support improvements to storage, labeling, staging, replenishment, and point-of-use controls.
• Investigate negative inventory, backflush errors, missed transactions, consumption variances, and recurring discrepancies.
• Identify obsolete, excess, slow-moving, damaged, or unidentified inventory and support approved disposition activities.
• Prepare reports on inventory accuracy, cycle-count completion, adjustments, variance trends, repeat discrepancies, material shortages, and corrective actions.
• Recommend practical improvements to inventory procedures, transaction discipline, visual controls, and material flow.
• Escalate complex, recurring, high-value, or production-critical issues to the Materials Manager.

Skills

Attention to detail

Analytical thinking

Communication

Follow-through

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

ERP systems

Excel

Job description

Dwyer-Instruments, Inc. in Wolcott, IN is seeking an Inventory Control Specialist to keep production moving by maintaining accurate records, ensuring material availability, and resolving issues that could disrupt schedules.

This salaried, individual-contributor role appeals to detail-oriented professionals who work on the plant floor, investigate discrepancies, and partner across departments to improve processes.