Inventory Jobs 2026 (Now Hiring) – Smart Auto Apply

Job Summary

Manage inventory for business including development of solutions. Oversee inventory team.

Major Tasks, Responsibilities, and Key Accountabilities

• Manages inventory by reducing exposure to excess stock, dead stock and write downs. Reallocates and redistributes excess and potential dead stock.

• Identifies products slow or non-moving and develops solutions. Enters transfers to facilitate movement of materials. Adjusts sell prices if necessary.

• Manages vendor relations and vendor return process; leverages against forward buys. Analyzes forward buys to reduce exposure to excess.

• Oversees inventory control team, managing hiring, training and development and performance appraisals.

• Trains associates on systems as related to inventory. Performs analysis and support line reviews. Responds to questions and provides support for inventory issues.

• Analyzes trends, determines methods for reporting excess and dead stock to field. Analyzes and researches inventory drift, contrasting inventory value between system and books.

• Updates inventory lists and researches gains and losses. Manages physical inventory and counts. Performs inventory adjustments researching validity and coordinating adjustments.

• Supports purchasing group.

Nature and Scope

• Solutions require analysis and investigation.

• Achieves planned results by decisions and actions based on professional methods, business principles, and practical experience.

• Manages a group or team of professional individual contributors and/or indirectly supervises support staff.

Work Environment

• Located in a comfortable indoor area. Any unpleasant conditions would be infrequent and not objectionable.

• Most of the time is spent sitting in a comfortable position and there is frequent opportunity to move about. On rare occasions there may be a need to move or lift light articles.

• Typically requires overnight travel 20% to 50% of the time.

Education and Experience

• Typically requires BS/BA in a related discipline.

• Generally 7+ years of experience in a related field.

• May require certification.

• Advanced degree may offset less experience in some disciplines.

• Experience managing inventory, replenishment, or supply chain operations in a distribution, manufacturing, or wholesale environment

• Demonstrated success reducing excess inventory, dead stock, write-downs, and inventory-related costs through data-driven decision-making

• Strong analytical skills with experience evaluating inventory trends, forecasting demand, and developing inventory optimization strategies

• Proficiency with ERP, inventory management, and reporting systems, including advanced Excel or similar data analysis tools

• Experience leading, coaching, and developing inventory, purchasing, or operational support teams

• Knowledge of inventory control processes, cycle counting, physical inventories, reconciliations, and variance analysis

• Experience managing vendor relationships, returns, forward-buy programs, and inventory-related negotiations

• Strong communication and cross-functional collaboration skills with the ability to partner effectively with purchasing, branch operations, finance, and supply chain teams