Textile Inventory & Cost Control Manager

CITY; Oelwein, Northern (IA, KY); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Paid Time Off

Health Insurance

Vision Insurance

Dental Insurance

Short Term Disability

Life Insurance

401K with company match

Supplemental Insurance

Cancer Care Insurance

Uniforms Provided

Job summary

CITY Laundering Company is seeking a Textile Control Manager to oversee inventory, cost controls, and utilization of textiles across the operation. You will collaborate with Production, Service, Purchasing, and Stockroom to ensure accurate inventories and efficient controls.

Responsibilities include setting inventory levels, coordinating physical counts, monitoring costs and purchases, and reducing losses. Prior experience in textile or laundry inventory is preferred in a fast-paced industrial

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience managing inventory and controlling costs.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Ability to analyze inventory, purchasing, and operational data and identify root causes.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work effectively across multiple departments.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Excel and inventory or ERP systems.

Responsibilities

• Manage inventory levels for rental textiles—including uniforms, garments, linens, towels, and mats—based on customer requirements, circulation quantities, usage patterns, growth, and replacement needs.
• Establish minimum, maximum, and reorder levels and monitor inventory by item, style, size, and product category.
• Identify shortages before they affect production or customer service, and flag excess, obsolete, slow-moving, and discontinued inventory.
• Redeploy usable inventory between customers, routes, departments, and locations before purchasing additional merchandise.
• Coordinate periodic physical inventories and cycle counts, and investigate significant differences between physical and system inventory.
• Monitor textile purchases, replacement costs, and overall merchandise investment against established budgets and targets, and analyze high-cost categories and purchasing trends to reduce unnecessary purchases.

Skills

Inventory management

Cost control

Data analysis

Excel

ERP systems

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Tools

ERP systems

Job description

CITY Laundering Company is seeking a Textile Control Manager to oversee inventory, cost controls, and utilization of textiles across the operation. You will collaborate with Production, Service, Purchasing, and Stockroom to ensure accurate inventories and efficient controls.

Responsibilities include setting inventory levels, coordinating physical counts, monitoring costs and purchases, and reducing losses. Prior experience in textile or laundry inventory is preferred in a fast-paced industrial