Inventory Control Sr. Associate

- United States - VWR International; Bakersfield (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor in Bakersfield, CA seeks an inventory control specialist to manage daily stock reconciliation, CPI counts, and data integrity across SAP and warehouse systems.

You will investigate discrepancies, conduct wall-to-wall counts, and coordinate with internal teams to ensure accurate inventory and timely fulfillment. Strong Excel/MS Office skills and experience with PIT are required. This is a full-time on-site role with opportunities for process improvement.

Qualifications

• High School diploma or GED preferred.
• 2 years of inventory control experience or degree.
• Experience using warehousing computer systems.
• Experience completing wall-to-wall inventory counts in a large distribution center.
• Experience operating powered industrial trucks (PIT).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook and Excel).
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Conducts end-to-end CPI stock counts and ensures inventory accuracy.
• Maps the warehouse and creates analysis ranges.
• Investigates discrepancies between physical counts and SAP records.
• Runs CPI reports and identifies high-traffic zones.
• Prepares monthly location and dollar accuracy reports for Corporate.
• Audits monthly precursor zone results and reports outcomes.
• Investigates discrepancies in customer orders and system shorts.
• Performs daily stock checks and communicates findings to internal teams.

Skills

MS Office

Time management

Detail oriented

Communication skills

Digital literacy

Microsoft 365

Excel

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Job description

The Opportunity

Executes day-to-day inventory objectives by following a varied set of procedures related to stock accuracy, inventory reconciliation, material movements, and system updates. Addresses unexpected inventory shortages, mismatched records, or urgent fulfillment issues. Communicates with both internal teams, such as warehouse operations, procurement, and production, and external contacts, like suppliers or partners, to obtain or provide inventory-related information, often requiring explaining data discrepancies, clarifying inventory availability, or coordinating adjustments across systems or departments to maintain inventory integrity and support operational continuity.

What we're looking for

• Education: High School education or GED preferred.
• Experience: 2 years of experience or a degree, or equivalent inventory control experience.
• Experience using warehousing computer systems.
• Experience completing wall-to-wall inventory counts in a large distribution center.
• Experience operating powered industrial trucks (PIT).
• Proficiency in MS Office (Outlook and Excel).
• Excellent time management and prioritization skills.
• Attention to detail and critical thinking skills.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.

Preferred Qualifications

• Good organizational and time management skills.
• Ability to multitask and work under pressure.
• Able to prioritize tasks to meet deadlines.
• Good analytical abilities.
• Good people skills.
• Analytical and experienced with multiple SKUs.
• Ability to work independently and contribute as a teammate.
• Organizational skills and the ability to work independently with minimal supervision.
• Digital literacy required, including advanced knowledge of Microsoft 365, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook, and Excel.
• Initiative-taking with diligence and excellent follow-up.
• Professional demeanor and attitude towards our clients

How you will thrive and create an impact

Continuous Physical Inventory (CPI)

• Conducts entire warehouse stock counts and ensures inventory accuracy.
• Responsible for mapping the warehouse and creating ranges for analysis.
• Investigates discrepancies at physical inventory grid locations and reviews variances between SAP systems that reporting mechanisms may not catch.
• Responsible for running CPI reports.
• Identifies high-traffic zones and analyzes root causes.
• Prepares monthly reporting to Corporate (Location accuracy, Dollar Accuracy, and Completion %).
• Audits precursor zone monthly and reports outcomes.

Daily Stock Checks/ Stock Maintenance

• Investigates discrepancies in customer orders (shorts, overages, and incorrect product shipments).
• Runs daily report to review.
• Runs the shorted Order Report daily to collect system shorts and validate system accuracy regarding reasons for shorts.
• Verifies product lot numbers and dating information for internal Customers.
• Provides quality assurance (QA) info on product lot numbers and expiry information for product recalls.
• Moves inventory stock upon request (both physically and in the SAP system).
• Manages monthly batch conversion verification and monitors new batch-controlled items added to the system; verifies loads to SAP.
• Responsible for monthly inventory counts of dated items with life codes in SAP (DWO); validates, rotates, and reports.
• Analyzes data and physical grid locations to ensure expired products have been removed from inventory and placed in non-conforming zones. Reports high-dollar losses.

Warehouse Short Investigations

• Logs shorts that require further investigation.
• Runs weekly review of non-conforming inventory and holds or releases inventory zones as required.

Other duties as assigned.

Disclaimer

Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

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