Inventory Control Specialist

DC Inventory Control Specialist

At SBH, our purpose is to inspire a more colorful, confident, and welcoming world. We are the leader in professional hair color, selling and distributing professional beauty supplies across 11 countries through our Sally Beauty and Beauty Systems Group businesses. Sally Beauty offers products for hair color, hair care, nails, and skin care to retail customers looking for salon quality products at a value price. Beauty Systems Group, branded as Cosmo Prof or Armstrong McCall stores, along with its direct sales consultants, sell professionally branded products intended for use and resale by salons to retail consumers.

This position assists in all phases of inventory control and inventory maintenance. Standard Operating Procedures exist for tasks performed by this job. Attributes: Breakdown, CasePuller, Cycle Counting, Ecom Full Service, Ecomindirect, Happy Beauty Co. Key In, Loading, Put Away Reach, Put Away TSP, Put Away Man Up, Restocking, Returns, Special Projects, Unloader, Inv Cont, Cardboard, Quick Ship, Batching

Responsibilities:

• Profiles and creates locations for new items.
• Profiles existing items, based on movement and hazardous classification.
• Reviews daily inventory-based reports and provide appropriate research to resolve challenges.
• Performs slot verifications and responds to inquiries regarding order status and availability
• Maintains a safe work environment and performs job functions in safely. Reports any potential job hazards to management. Maintains good housekeeping practices in assigned areas.
• Performs item counts and research inventory discrepancies on an as needed basis.
• Provides support to other department regarding inventory related issues
• Maintains productivity assigned standards.
• Performs all other duties as requested by Leadership

Knowledge, skills & abilities requirements:

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Previous inventory control experience and/or strong product knowledge
• Computer/data entry detail oriented
• Ability to operate lift truck equipment including stock pickers, reach trucks, and pallet jacks
• Mathematical competency
• Warehouse Management System knowledge a plus

Competencies & attributes:

• Passionate Learner actively learns; asks questions to gain further understanding; open to feedback; applies learning to role; considers learning important and completes when assigned
• Flexible & Agile Adapter open to change, works well with little direction and finishes the task, keeps calm under pressure and doesnt dwell on the past
• Talent Builder shares knowledge with others, considers how to include others to problem solve and gain knowledge, looks for ways to acknowledge and motivate others
• Effective Communicator can articulate well when sharing information, self-aware of impact and style when communicating to engage others, asks questions and listens
• Team Builder works well with others, collaborates with a wide number of associates/teams, acts humbly when a part of a team and understands the importance of including others
• Customer Focused Partner understands the customer and shares insights, values the customer and eager to make a positive impact, holds self to a good standard of customer service
• Strategic Thinker brings new, strategic ideas to the team, actively supports strategic plans, provides additional ideas to drive improvements
• Big Picture Thinker understands how the team operates, knows how decisions could impact other teams
• Results Driver holds self to a good standard of work and delivery, manages own time and focuses on the right priorities, self-motivated, adapts easily, demonstrates grit

Problem Solver & Decision Maker: Uses the right information to make decisions and take action with others to solve problems, uses good judgement to make prompt yet balanced decisions

Working conditions & physical requirements:

The work environment involves everyday risks or discomforts associated with working in a warehouse environment, which requires heightened safety precautions typical of loading/receiving docks and high-volume inventory management operations, e.g., use of safe work practices with light to heavy equipment, while utilizing forklifts and pallet jacks, avoidance of trips and falls, observance of fire regulations, etc. Exposure to occasional fumes and odors and/or temperature fluctuations (25 degrees to 105 degrees Fahrenheit) is possible.

The position requires some physical exertion and the able to perform the basic lifting and system tasks for all warehouse functions and departments including receiving, put away, picking, packing, cycle counting, order checking and shipping. The work requires the repetitively lifting of cartons weighing 10 to 55 pounds, standing/walking for 6 to 10 hours a day, and climbing up and down stairs and ladders.