INTERNAL APPLICANTS ONLY - Inventory Control Specialist

Overview: p style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"The Inventory Control Specialist 1 manufacturing I reports to the Manager II, Manufacturing and leads a shift of team members at Bay Center Foods in Valencia, California.  The role has responsibility for leading and executing inventory counts, asset protection and inventory control. They also manage physical and systemic processes,/spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: green;" /spanspan style="color: black;"a href="https://www.google.com/search?cs=0sca_esv=45c8bf4228d081b3q=reverse+logisticssa=Xved=2ahUKEwjR1uOu0OyNAxV_LEQIHT5AHaYQxccNegQIBBABmstk=AUtExfAibHS0IgIRIzuGA1QqCOwRqxE0hYteC3DjA3L5KiKy6BHXLSPpXAx0RI3PVMO_zt8RneTULSy0ytU04VG0Sxj0Fi0VaH4QmNH24jZGnmAlTvq4jKMVTKRobloEZItUqxkcsui=3" target="_blank" rel="noopener"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #275317;"reverse logistics/span/a/spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #275317;", /spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"ensure inventory controls, and maintain accurate inventory counts. This position will also complete tasks and objectives related to manufacturing, distribution, shipping, receiving, inventory and by-products /spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"and will address concerns as they arise./span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;"span style="font-size: 5.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;" /span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"The Inventory Control Specialist 1 will also act as a back up to coordinate work assignments, establish schedules, set priorities and conduct regular reviews of work in progress.  The Inventory Control Specialist 1 will conduct problem solving, suggest and collaborate on procedural changes and implementation.  The role will orient, train, assign, coordinate and check the work of the team to ensure successful execution and delivery to standards.  The individual will exercise a continuous improvement mindset and make recommendations for refined solutions with an in-depth understanding of current procedures, process, tools, equipment and techniques.  The role may initiate and communicate a variety of actions related to the direct management of their team.  /span/pp style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt 0in;"span style="font-size: 5.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"The Inventory Control Specialist 1 will be responsible to ensure compliance to safety and food safety policies and procedures.  The role will collaborate internally with other team members in Business Operations, Manufacturing, Quality, Environment Health Safety, Talent, Maintenance and Automation.  The primary external contacts will include security, freight carriers, material vendors, contractors, equipment providers and service personnel./spanspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;" This position requires the flexibility to work extended hours, holidays, and weekends as needed./span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;" /span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"The Inventory Control Specialist 1 will lead in a way that supports Chick-Fil-A’s vision and strategy while embodying the corporate purpose./span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;" /pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"span style="font-family: verdana, geneva;"span style="font-size: 10pt; color: #01412f;"spanspan style="font-family: verdana, geneva; font-size: 10pt;"strongspan style="color: #01412f;"As of the date of this posting, a good faith estimate of the current pay scale for this position is $50.48 to $55.29. This pay scale /span/strongstrongspan style="color: #01412f;"takes into account/span/strongstrongspan style="color: #01412f;" a wide range of business factors and may change over time./span/strong /span/span/span/span/span/pp style="margin-bottom: 0in;" /pp style="margin: 0px;"strongspan style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"About Bay Center Foods/span/strong/pp style="margin: 0px;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"A wholly-owned subsidiary of Chick-fil-A, Inc., Bay Center Foods, LLC is a state-of-the-art, highly automated and technology-focused food production facility serving Chick-fil-A restaurants across the country. Bay Center Foods plays an important role in Chick-fil-A's growth enabling innovation to improve team member, and ultimately, the customer experience. Bay Center is a dynamic, fast-paced work environment.   /span/p Responsibilities : ulli style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Ensures all OSHA and internal safety policies within span of control are trained on and adhered to  /span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Ensures all Food Safety policies within span of control are trained on and adhered to/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Performs safety inspections. Instructs on accident prevention techniques and assists in accident investigations./span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Develops/teaches company inventory control programs and initiatives./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Leads, executes, and investigates results from inventory count program./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Performs inventory counts./span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Manages, inventory control functions. Oversees count teams, programs. Implements best practices and programs focused on operational shrink deterrence./span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Oversees RTV process and ensures the accuracy of damage and return to vendor and transfers. Validates that all merchandise leaving the back doors has been processed per company guidelines./span/lili style="margin-left: .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Develops effective and productive processes in the asset protection and /inventory control departments through selection, training, managing, assessment, evaluating performance, coaching, motivating and performance management when necessary./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Complete weekly review of the club shrink report, monthly annotation on the shrink (over $500) report and investigate/resolve variances accordingly./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Planning and execution of cycle inventory preparation process./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Manage, review, and resolve losses identified through exception-based reporting /span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Completing necessary adjustments/transactions to maintain accurate inventory records/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Lead inventory accuracy improvement projects/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Define and implement processes relating to inventory control/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Scheduling and leading meetings to update Production Control Finance team on performance/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Responsible for end-of-month reporting by balancing negative inventory balances to zero by transfers, inventory adjustment/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Manage and/or complete tasks and objectives related to shipping, receiving, inventory, by-products, supervisor support./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Perform start up and shut down inventory preparation and closeout tasks as needed./span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Serve as a communications conduit between Sr. Leadership and team members; effectively and timely communicate information and updates on a regular basis/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Inventory management reconciliation for finished goods and raw materials/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Collaborates with leaders to determine work assignments, schedules of team members to meet shipping, receiving and manufacturing schedules/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Recommend potential operational improvements, and drive innovation in the operations/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Ensure timely completion of systems transactions/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"First-hand knowledge in the safe operation of all equipment or machinery in the distribution area, and the ability to train or fill in for direct reports as required/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Maintains clean, well-organized and efficient workspaces/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Assist with reporting on and continuously improving KPIs/span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Participate in cross training with Extraction and Packaging Supervisors/span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Understand and utilize systems such as OpenDock, MES, ignition, Vorne, Scada, and others/span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Hourly, daily, weekly, monthly, quarterly and yearly report outs of department performance/span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in 0in .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Participate in Growing Excellence activities and duties /span/lili style="margin: 3.9pt 0in 0in .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Provide temporary project support as needed for innovation, research development (RD), and pilot projects'/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Other duties and responsibilities as required and assigned by Manager II, Manufacturing/span/li/ul Minimum Qualifications: ulli style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Understands, mentors and practices Servant Leadership/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Self-Starter with excellent time management and prioritization skills/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Adapt to change and respond to difficult and challenging situations in a professional manner /span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"High level of emotional intelligence /span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Able to anticipate needs, lead multiple projects, and manage shifting priorities/span/lili style="margin: 0in 0in .0001pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Maintains industry-leading knowledge in and offers suggestions / solutions for continuous improvement/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Complete physically demanding work, including lifting up to 50 pounds and occasionally moving with mechanical assistance up to 2,000 pounds/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Ability to work above shoulders, reach, bend, and stoop while performing work/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Work while standing for several hours at a time/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Work with and handle cleaning chemicals as needed/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Remain prepared for a flexible schedule including weekends, holidays and rotating shifts/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Wear all appropriate personal protective equipment as required for the task being performed/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Ability to work around a variety of different smells, aromas and different temperatures/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Strong interpersonal skills with demonstrated ability to value both relationships and results and to put others above themselves/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Strong aptitude to think critically, solve problems, and drive improvements in a professional and respectful manner/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Exceptional organization, attention to detail, and communication skills /span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Strong ability to negotiate and resolve conflict by navigating confrontational situations to ensure all parties are treated with honor, dignity, and respect/span/li/ul Preferred Qualifications: ulli style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Bachelor’s degree, college diploma or relevant professional experience/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Project management experience/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Experience with Oracle, GE Plant Applications, OpenDock, other ERP/Warehouse systems/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or other continuous improvement tools/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Experience operating in a highly automated environment including ASRS, AGVs, etc./span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Certified forklift trainer/span/lili style="margin: 1.0pt 0in 3.0pt .25in;"span style="font-size: 10.0pt; font-family: 'Apercu',sans-serif; color: #01412f;"Proficient in Microsoft Office suite (Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Word, etc.)/span/li/ul Minimum Years of Experience: 3 Travel Requirements: 0% Required Level of Education: High School Diploma