{"id":1798226,"url":"https://alion.io/job/dwyeromega-inventory-control-specialist","title":"**Inventory Control Specialist","company":{"id":2585903,"name":"DwyerOmega","domain":"dwyeromega.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/dwyeromega","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"employer_type":"direct","is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Paylocity","truth_index":{"grade":"A","score":97,"open_postings":6,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.333,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":16,"computed_at":"2026-10-19T05:45:15Z"}},"role":"Administrative","role_family":"Administrative","seniority":"junior","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"on_site","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["Wolcott, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":50000,"max":65000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":65000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":2,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Microsoft Excel","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-30T20:53:06Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-10-03","last_verified_at":"2026-10-19T14:47:08Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":18,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":18},"description":"Description\nPOSITION SUMMARY\nThe Inventory Control Specialist supports inventory accuracy and material availability across the Wolcott manufacturing facility. This salaried individual contributor role performs cycle counts, investigates routine inventory discrepancies, maintains accurate inventory transactions, and processes approved adjustments under the direction of the Materials Manager.\nThe position works with Materials, Planning, Purchasing, Operations, Warehouse, Finance, Quality, and Engineering to reconcile inventory records with physical inventory and identify issues that could affect production. Complex, recurring, or high-value discrepancies are escalated to the Materials Manager and appropriate process owners.\nThe position requires regular presence on the plant floor, attention to detail, and consistent execution of established inventory-control procedures. The role has no supervisory responsibilities.\nESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES\nInventory Accuracy & Control\nExecute the plant cycle-count schedule using established ABC classifications, count frequencies, reconciliation procedures, and documentation requirements.\nMonitor inventory accuracy across raw materials, work in process, finished goods, line-side inventory, supermarkets, and warehouse storage areas.\nFollow established counting priorities for high runners, repeaters, critical parts, and historically inaccurate materials; recommend changes to the Materials Manager based on count results.\nResearch inventory discrepancies using inventory history, production records, bills of material, material movement, scrap, receiving, and shipping transactions.\nValidate physical counts before inventory adjustments are made.\nCoordinate recounts when discrepancies cannot be immediately validated.\nComplete inventory adjustments in accordance with established approval levels and financial controls.\nIdentify obsolete, excess, slow-moving, damaged, or unidentified inventory and support disposition through established approval processes.\nIdentify opportunities to improve inventory control, material flow, storage, labeling, and point-of-use practices.\nMaterial Readiness & Production Support\nMonitor inventory availability to ensure materials are ready to support the production schedule.\nIdentify potential material shortages caused by inventory inaccuracies, transaction issues, misplaced material, or other inventory-control problems.\nPartner with Planning to validate material availability against current and upcoming production requirements.\nPartner with Purchasing to resolve supplier, receiving, quantity, and material availability issues that may affect production.\nPartner with Operations to validate material physically available at the point of use.\nSupport material shortage investigation and recovery while maintaining inventory transaction integrity.\nIdentify inventory discrepancies that could result in production downtime or schedule attainment issues.\nEscalate material readiness risks in a timely manner.\nFollow established replenishment and inventory-control procedures and report risks to critical and high-runner material availability.\nLine-Side Inventory Management\nMaintain line-side inventory accuracy in accordance with established standards and procedures.\nWork with Operations to verify material quantities and follow point-of-use inventory procedures.\nCoordinate weekly counts of high runners and repeaters.\nFollow approved counting frequencies and recommend adjustments based on observed discrepancies.\nValidate line-side inventory discrepancies before adjustments are made.\nInvestigate discrepancies associated with material consumption, backflush, scrap, returns, and material movement.\nSupport improvements to line-side storage, staging, labeling, and material identification.\nFollow established material return and end-of-shift inventory procedures; report gaps to the responsible supervisor.\nIdentify recurring line-side inventory issues and support assigned corrective actions.\nRoot Cause & Corrective Action\nInvestigate routine inventory variances, negative inventory, backflush errors, missed transactions, and physical-to-system mismatches. Gather supporting records and assist process owners with root-cause analysis of complex or recurring issues.\nRecommend corrective actions and complete assigned tasks within agreed due dates.\nPerform follow-up counts and transaction checks to help verify corrective-action effectiveness.\nEscalate overdue or ineffective actions.\nReview inventory reports for trends by part number, product family, location, transaction type, and dollar value; flag recurring issues for review.\nRecommend practical improvements and support approved changes to inventory procedures, labeling, location discipline, and visual controls.\nCross-Functional Partnership\nPurchasing\nCommunicate inventory issues that may affect supplier requirements.\nSupport resolution of supplier-related quantity or receiving discrepancies.\nIdentify inventory problems caused by supplier or receiving processes.\nSupport material expedites when inventory accuracy is contributing to a shortage.\nPlanning\nValidate material availability against production requirements.\nCommunicate inventory risks that may affect production schedules.\nSupport identification and resolution of material readiness issues.\nProvide inventory accuracy information to improve planning decisions.\nOperations\nCoordinate physical inventory counts.\nValidate line-side material quantities.\nInvestigate consumption, scrap, and material movement discrepancies.\nFollow physical material-control procedures and report noncompliance to the responsible supervisor.\nSupport corrective actions related to material handling and point-of-use inventory.\nWarehouse\nInvestigate warehouse inventory discrepancies.\nSupport receiving, putaway, picking, and material movement accuracy through transaction checks and discrepancy reporting.\nSupport location and labeling discipline.\nFinance / Plant Controller\nProvide documentation supporting inventory adjustments.\nSupport physical inventory preparation and reconciliation.\nEnsure appropriate financial controls are followed.\nSupport audit requirements.\nQuality / Engineering\nSupport disposition of unidentified, damaged, obsolete, or nonconforming inventory.\nPartner on BOM, engineering change, substitution, and material-consumption issues when they affect inventory accuracy.\nCycle Counts & Physical Inventory\nCoordinate daily, weekly, and monthly cycle counts without disrupting production or customer shipments.\nFollow approved cycle-count frequencies and provide results to support periodic review.\nComplete scheduled weekly counts of high runners, repeaters, and critical production materials.\nAssist team members with established count methods, material identification, units of measure, and transaction procedures.\nValidate physical counts before inventory adjustments.\nAssist with facility preparation for wall-to-wall physical inventories.\nSupport Finance with count controls, reconciliation, documentation, and audit requests.\nSummarize counting results and recommend changes to the Materials Manager for review and approval.\nInventory Adjustment Support\nThe Inventory Control Specialist will support the Materials organization in maintaining disciplined inventory adjustment practices.\nMaterials own the inventory adjustment process. Operations are responsible for supporting and validating physical line-side counts, while Materials is responsible for validating the count, investigating discrepancies, and processing approved adjustments.\nERP & Transaction Discipline\nMaintain authorized inventory records, including locations, inventory status, and lot/serial information. Report unit-of-measure or master-data discrepancies to the appropriate owner for review and approval.\nAudit receiving, material issue, transfer, backflush, scrap, return, and shipping transactions for accuracy and timeliness.\nProvide transaction records and count findings to Planning, Purchasing, Engineering, and Operations to support resolution of BOM, routing, substitution, and material-consumption issues.\nIdentify transaction errors that contribute to inventory inaccuracies.\nSupport ERP, warehouse-management, and material-tracking improvements.\nServe as a day-to-day resource for established inventory-counting and transaction procedures; escalate policy or complex process questions to the Materials Manager.\nInventory Reporting\nPrepare routine inventory reports for the Materials Manager and provide supporting information for plant leadership on:\nInventory accuracy\nCycle-count completion\nInventory adjustments\nInventory variance trends\nHigh-value discrepancies\nRepeat discrepancies\nMaterial shortages caused by inventory issues\nLine-side inventory accuracy\nMaterial readiness risks\nCorrective-action status\nRecommended KPIs\nInventory Record Accuracy: Improve and sustain accuracy\nCycle Count Completion: 100% of scheduled counts\nInventory Adjustment $: Reduce adjustments\nRepeat Discrepancies: Reduce recurring issues\nMaterial Shortages from Inventory Accuracy: Reduce / eliminate\nHigh Runner Accuracy: Maintain high accuracy\nLine-Side Accuracy: Improve point-of-use accuracy\nCorrective Action Closure: Close actions on time\nProduction Downtime from Material Issues: Reduce / eliminate\nContinuous Improvement\nIdentify opportunities to improve inventory control and material flow.\nFollow standard work and help document approved procedure updates.\nParticipate in Lean and continuous-improvement activities.\nSupport approved error-proofing and visual-control improvements.\nIdentify unnecessary manual transactions and adjustments and recommend improvements.\nSupport improvements to material identification and point-of-use controls.\nComplete assigned improvement actions and report recurring issues.\nSuggest process improvements based on count results and transaction findings.\nRequirements\nMINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS\nMinimum of two years of inventory control, materials, warehouse, production control, or closely related experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment.\nExperience performing inventory counts, researching discrepancies, and maintaining accurate inventory records.\nWorking knowledge of ERP or inventory-management systems and related inventory transactions.\nUnderstanding of receiving, transfers, material issues, backflush, scrap, returns, and shipping.\nWorking proficiency with Microsoft Excel, including data entry, sorting, filtering, and basic formulas.\nAbility to interpret bills of material, work orders, part-number structures, units of measure, inventory reports, and transaction history.\nStrong written and verbal communication skills.\nAbility to work effectively with production, warehouse, and support teams and escalate issues appropriately.\nPractical analytical and problem-solving skills with strong attention to detail.\nHigh school diploma or equivalent required.\nPREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS\nExperience with manufacturing ERP/MRP systems, including production-related inventory transactions.\nExperience supporting physical inventory and financial audits.\nLean Manufacturing or Six Sigma experience.\nExperience using Excel pivot tables and lookup functions for inventory analysis.\nExperience with manufacturing BOMs and backflush processes.\nExperience supporting material shortage resolution and production readiness.\nCORE COMPETENCIES\nInventory Accuracy\nAttention to Detail\nPractical Problem Solving\nFollow-Through\nMaterial Readiness\nFloor-Level Engagement\nTeamwork\nProcess Discipline\nClear Communication\nTimely Escalation\nContinuous Improvement\nPHYSICAL DEMANDS & WORK ENVIRONMENT\nThe position works in both office and manufacturing/warehouse environments and requires regular presence on the plant floor. 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