Inventory Control Manager

About Us

Sunward Steel Buildings is a family-owned, American manufacturer, that has been in business for over 50 years. We sell, engineer, and manufacture custom metal buildings, including industrial and manufacturing facilities, barns, arenas, fitness facilities, agricultural buildings, shops, aircraft hangars, residential barndominums, self-storage facilities, and much more! We deliver these buildings to every state in the U.S. as well as Canada. We exist to fulfill our customers’ dreams and goals. We are different from other steel building companies because we partner with our customers to provide a needs-based solution. At Sunward Steel we are building a growing, sustainable company.

About the Role

• Sunward’s Inventory & Supplies Manager is responsible for safeguarding Sunward’s inventory and supplies assets and is accountable for Sunward’s inventory and supplies tracking systems and related controls.
• Accountable for maintaining real-time inventory accuracy in Sunward’s system of record.
• Accountable for receiving goods, labeling, storing, and processing related receipts of goods transactions in the system of record on a real-time basis.
• Oversee the process of relieving inventory to manufactured job orders, detect anomalies, identify areas of waste, and propose solutions for a continuous improvement mode of operation.
• Anticipate expected deliveries of goods. Collaborate with procurement regarding untimely or unexpected deliveries or damaged goods and returns.
• Manage materials and supplies storage areas to optimize organization and material movement efficiency.
• Collaborate with accounting personnel to develop and manage inventory process controls, including cycle counting and physical inventory processes.
• Collaborate with Purchasing, Operations, and Accounting management to preserve interdepartmental accountability.
• Lead and communicate with inventory staff to meet business goals and address personnel issues.
• Other duties as assigned.

About You

Basic Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience managing raw material inventories and supplies inventories.
• Understands general ledger posting impacts from inventory transactions.
• Exhibits leadership qualities. Customer service oriented. Organized.
• Strong analytical, critical thinking, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with ERP technology as it relates to inventory and supplies management and analysis.
• Intermediate experience using Microsoft Excel.
• Excellent interpersonal skills to communicate effectively across the organization.
• Thorough knowledge of inventory controls and related standard operating procedures.
• Comply with all safety and security policies and procedures.
• Up to 25% travel may be required.
• Ability to lift to 50 lbs. at a time and operate various types of lifts.
• This role may be required to assist with other duties as assigned as well as in other functions of the operation.

Preferred Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, logistics, systems engineering, supply chain management or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.

Benefits

• Medical Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Vision Insurance
• Group Life, AD&D
• Long Term Disability
• 401(k) Program
• Voluntary Supplemental Benefits
• Employee Assistant Program
• Paid Time Off (PTO) – 128 hours
• Eight (8) paid holidays

EEOC Statement

Sunward Steel and its affiliates are an Equal Opportunity Employer and Prohibit Discrimination and Harassment of Any Kind: we are committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Sunward Steel and its affiliates are based on business needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion or belief, national, social or ethnic origin, sex (including pregnancy), age, physical, mental or sensory disability, HIV Status, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, marital, civil union or domestic partnership status, past or present military service, family medical history or genetic information, family or parental status, or any other status protected by the laws or regulations in the locations where we operate. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.