Strategic Inventory Control Lead - Multi-Site Ops

Tasty Brands; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 115,000; Full time

Job summary

Tasty Brands is a well-established national company focused on providing great-tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and retailers.

We seek an Inventory Control Manager in Jericho, NY to lead inventory control across locations, strengthen systems, and partner with Operations, Purchasing, Production, Finance, and warehouse teams to ensure product availability while minimizing excess inventory.

Qualifications

• Advanced Excel skills with Pivot Tables and data analysis.
• Inventory reconciliation and root-cause analysis.
• KPI reporting and dashboard development.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Experience in multi-site inventory environments.

Responsibilities

• Lead inventory control activities across locations, warehouses, and 3PL partners.
• Develop, implement, and maintain inventory policies, SOPs, and internal controls.
• Plan and oversee physical inventories, cycle-counts, recounts, and root-cause investigations.
• Review and approve daily production inventory rolls for meats, cheese, raw materials, packaging, WIP, and FG.
• Reconcile open purchase orders against receipts and inventory records; resolve discrepancies with Purchasing/AP.
• Monitor yield by item and production run; coordinate corrective action with Production and Operations.
• Oversee ERP and WMS transactions including receipts, transfers, adjustments, and dispositions.
• Establish approval/documentation for inventory adjustments; ensure proper support.
• Partner with Plant Management to minimize inventory risk and improve accuracy.
• Identify slow-moving or obsolete inventory and coordinate disposition with relevant teams.
• Analyze inventory trends and KPIs; prepare recurring reports with findings and actions.
• Lead cross-functional inventory meetings and drive action items to completion.
• Use automation and analytics to improve reporting and strengthen controls.

Skills

Advanced Excel

Pivot Tables

Power Query

Data analysis

Inventory reconciliation

Root-cause analysis

KPI reporting

Dashboard development

Manufacturing experience

Multi-site inventory

Tools

ERP systems

WMS

Job description

Tasty Brands is a well-established national company focused on providing great-tasting, nutritious food for K12 school foodservice customers and retailers.

We seek an Inventory Control Manager in Jericho, NY to lead inventory control across locations, strengthen systems, and partner with Operations, Purchasing, Production, Finance, and warehouse teams to ensure product availability while minimizing excess inventory.