Inventory Control Coordinator, 1st Shift (D1143) presso Wellness Pet LLC

Job Title: Inventory Control Coordinator

Location: Decatur, AR

About the Wellness Pet Company

The Wellness Pet Company is on a mission to help the next generation of pet parents fulfill a shared life of wellbeing with their pets through a foundation of proven nutrition. We are committed to crafting high-quality pet food, dental chews, treats, and topper recipes that are made with the perfect balance of high-quality natural ingredients paired with the latest scientific research and technologies. As a community of people working together, Wellies are positively obsessed with how to deliver proven health outcomes that pet parents can see and pets can taste. Wellies bring their best to work every day, come ready to collaborate, embrace the hard things, and own their outcomes.

Our Team is based out of our Decatur, Arkansas manufacturing facility where we are committed to nutritional innovation, product quality, and safety. To ensure our product quality, we control the manufacturing process in Decatur, from consistent quality checks on all raw materials coming into the plant, to the shipment of our finished product to customers. Our employees take pride in the products we produce for the pets who depend on us.

What You�ll Accomplish

The Inventory Control Coordinator helps safeguard Wellness Pet Company�s raw material inventory assets by reducing the risk of shortages to our customers and financial misstatement on our Balance Sheet.

• Maintain accurate raw material and packaging inventory levels to ensure production schedules are fully supported with zero downtime due to stock shortages.
• Perform electronic and physical cycle counts across all raw material and packaging locations, investigating and resolving count variances to maintain high inventory-accuracy performance.
• Assist in researching packing cycle count issues/PLTWIP/PLTIN and other discrepancies.
• Participate in the physical inventory program performed at least once annually.
• Ensure timely and accurate issuance of materials to shop orders in accordance with ignition usage.
• Close and audit packaging and processing shop orders, ensuring accuracy of material consumption, scrap reporting, and yield.
• Resolve shop order issues, including costing discrepancies.
• Issue and reverse materials on shop orders as required.
• Verify accuracy of transitional locations in IFS (i.e.: Lab Hold, PLTWIP, PLTIN, and trailer locations)
• Audit and monitor scrap reporting for accuracy.
• Ensure accuracy of inventory levels and shop order reporting for month-end close.
• Receive raw material in IFS and audit all plant raw material receipts to ensure accuracy and compliance.
• Assist with training on inventory, scrap, and shop order processes
• Effectively navigate and utilize company systems (i.e.: IFS and ignition)
• This is not an exhaustive list of all job duties/responsibilities. Additional duties will be assigned

Who We�re Looking For

Team Wellie is a group of people who are truly obsessed in all the best ways about winning for the consumer and the pets they love. And so we are seeking an individual who:

• Is consumer focused in all they do
• Continually challenge themselves to go the extra mile to get the job done, and ensure it�s done the right way as opposed to the easy way
• Hold themselves and others accountable
• Embraces continual development through the sharing of feedback and investment in learning opportunities.
• Is a true collaborator, sharing resources, and engages in healthy debate
• Celebrates differences and strives to learn from others who are different from themselves
• Gives back to their community and supports sustainable practices

This position is ideally suited for an individual who has strong organizational skills, excellent verbal & written communication skills and accountability for results.

In addition, for this specific role, we need someone with:

• High school diploma/ GED required
• One year inventory control experience preferred
• One year of experience in shipping/receiving in a plant setting preferred
• Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other techniques for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods
• Ability to consider the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one
• Self-motivated and able to work independently
• Must be detail-oriented and pay close attention to accuracy
• Proficient in Microsoft Office Suite with advanced Excel capabilities, including data analysis, pivot tables, and complex formulas
• Comfortable working at heights

Why Work for Wellness Pet

We care about the wellbeing of our people, their families, and their pets. We treat every Wellie to a best-in-class benefits package, a warm and welcoming environment, and a place where you can learn and grow professionally. More information about what makes us special can be found on our website.

The Wellness Pet Company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We foster an inclusive work environment and are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, or veteran status.

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