Description
Role may sit in the following locations:
Preference - Chicago, IL or Londonderry, NH
Also optional: Buffalo, NY or Minneapolis, MN
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At Lactalis in the USA, we’re committed to providing meaningful opportunities for our people to learn, grow, and thrive—whether you’re just starting your journey with us or looking to take the next step in your career. From day one, we offer the tools and support to help you succeed.
As the world leader in dairy, Lactalis is a family-owned company with over 85,000 pragmatic and ambitious professionals across the globe. Each day, we’re proud to produce award-winning dairy products that bring people together.
In the US, we proudly offer an unrivaled house of beloved brands, including Galbani® Italian cheeses and ricotta, Président® specialty cheeses and butters, Kraft® natural and grated cheeses, Breakstone’s® cottage cheese, Cracker Barrel®, Black Diamond® cheddar, and Parmalat® milk. Our yogurt portfolio includes siggi’s®, Stonyfield Organic®, Brown Cow™, Oui®, Yoplait®, Go-Gurt®, :ratio®, Green Mountain Creamery®, and Mountain High®, along with a growing family of ethnic favorites like Karoun®, Gopi®, and Arz®.
At Lactalis, we live by our core values—Ambition, Engagement, and Simplicity. We foster a workplace where innovation thrives, diverse perspectives are celebrated, and everyone’s unique background and ideas are valued.
Even if you don’t meet every qualification, we encourage you to apply. We want to hear about your PASSION, your STORY, and how your EXPERTISE can help us shape the future of dairy.
From your PASSION to ours
The Inventory Control Supervisor is responsible for LUSA inventory controlling functions across the network, focused on our MWY business unit. Employee is responsible for: inventory control, storage/picking strategy management, losses, inventory accuracy and cycle counting. For continuous improvement, finding opportunities for improvement, which includes troubleshooting, determining root causes with a goal of facilitating progress and reduce costs, both in terms of expenditures and workflow inefficiencies. For SAP, being a Key User and ensuring training and development of others in ERP/WMS systems.
From your STORY to ours
- Analyze Existing Inventory Processes using various continuous improvement methods.
- Lead key projects, audit for improvement identification across the warehouse and inventory areas.
- Supervise inventory analyst(s) and collaborate with warehouse leadership, internally and with external 3PL partners, to re-engineer processes as needed to drive improvement.
- Establish measurable standards, and monitor progress, of both day-to-day activities and focused improvement projects.
- Serve as a coach who coordinates workshops and team trainings, openly sharing their guidance and technical expertise and ensuring that learning resources are widely available.
- Verify and maintain proper inventory accuracy to meet internal and external customer needs
- Ensure all required inventory counts are completed in a timely and accurate manner
- Ensure all reports, losses, adjustments, reconciliations, and tasks are completed timely and accurate manner. Identify insights and actions to improve results.
- Conduct various work investigations, problem solving, data collecting and work assignments for operations management.
- Provide inventory process knowledge, including training, improvement initiatives, process tools and methodologies.
- Use SAP to manage inventory transactions and reporting
- Review and approve inventory adjustments, transfers, and corrections in SAP
- Investigate and resolve SAP discrepancies between system records and physical counts or warehouse management systems
- Maintain data accuracy (material, status, storage location, batch, serial, UOM)
- Generate SAP reports to track KPIs such as inventory accuracy, turns, and shrink
Requirements
From your EXPERTISE to ours
MISSION RESPONSIBILITIES
Healthy Food, Healthy People, Healthy Planet, Healthy Business
- Oversee the efficient implementation of quality standards, programs and processes to improve operational efficiencies and reduce/eliminate production waste and spoilage.
- Support environmental programs established within the organization to include recycling of all office wastes in accordance with program guidelines, initiate power conservation techniques by turning off lights and computers when not in use.
- Proactively look for ways to support our Mission, including reducing negative impacts on the environment.
SAFETY RESPONSIBILITIES
- Proactively work in a safe manner in the context of performing the functions of the position.
- Oversee the implementation and adherence to LUSA safety practices and programs and hold fellow staff accountable.
- Report any unsafe conditions or practices to management so they may be appropriately addressed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Bachelor’s Degree in a related field from an accredited institution or the equivalent combination of experience and education.
- Prior Inventory Control Supervisor/Management experience required.
- Proven ability to identify and resolve problems in a timely manner; gather and analyze information, and develop alternative solutions; works well in group problem solving situations, and uses reasoning.
- Software skills, including use of Microsoft Office software and web-based applications.
- Knowledge with warehouse management software, experience required.
- Verbal and written communication skills necessary to explain complex and/or confidential information.
- Presentation skills necessary to articulate results, facilitate training and/or deliver informational sessions to groups and/or individuals.
- Ability to develop effective methods for tracking and monitoring data or information.
- Must possess the ability to think critically, analyze data, resource discrepancies with accuracy and have data integrity.
- Ability to prioritize and meet deadlines within specified time constraints.
- Ability to operate in a team environment.
- Ability to adapt in a changing work environment.
- Preferably has SAP experience in ECC or S4 Hana
At Lactalis, we offer a comprehensive Total Rewards Program with a variety of affordable benefits and coverage options. We support insurance costs significantly, contribute generously to retirement plans, and offer Paid Time Off from day one. We are committed to your professional growth, providing training and development opportunities, including Education Reimbursement. Join us and grow your career.
Lactalis is an equal employment opportunity employer. We will not discriminate against applicants with regard to any legally-recognized basis including, but not limited to: veteran status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, sexual orientation, and physical or mental disabilities. Further, any division of the Company that is an Affirmative Action Employer will comply with all related legal obligations.
