Inventory & Operations Team Lead

Dover Food Retail; Chesterfield Court House (VA); On-site; USD 33,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Dover Food Retail is seeking an Inventory Planner to manage finished goods inventory for multiple sites and to analyze inventory levels, positioning, and forecasts. The role requires collaboration with traffic, production planning, and warehouse teams to ensure proper routing, scheduling, and storage of goods.

The position emphasizes maintaining inputs to inventory systems, handling lead times, costs, and adapting to new product introductions and promotions.

Qualifications

• Plans and/or controls inventory of finished goods for sales warehouses, distribution centers, and factory mixing points to meet sales and distribution demand.
• Analyzes inventory levels, inventory positioning, and planned production and sales forecasts.
• Develops and maintains inputs to inventory system, including network changes, lead-times, cost and delivery expectations, past and future promotional events, and new product introductions.

Responsibilities

• Coordinates with traffic, production planning, and warehouse personnel to ensure appropriate routing, scheduling, and storing of goods.
• Supports daily operations under limited supervision and may lead others in non-routine situations.

Skills

Inventory control

Production planning

Forecasting

Job description

Dover Food Retail is seeking an Inventory Planner to manage finished goods inventory for multiple sites and to analyze inventory levels, positioning, and forecasts. The role requires collaboration with traffic, production planning, and warehouse teams to ensure proper routing, scheduling, and storage of goods.

The position emphasizes maintaining inputs to inventory systems, handling lead times, costs, and adapting to new product introductions and promotions.