Inventory Control Supervisor
Company: Orion Talent
Job Ref: # 4960718
Date Posted: 8/3/2026 12:00:00 AM
City, State: Houston, TX
Salary: $85,000 - $85,000
Description
Go to end ⇓The Inventory Control Supervisor is responsible for leading warehouse and inventory operations supporting a 24/7 industrial manufacturing facility. This hands-on leadership role oversees direct materials, indirect materials, MRO inventory, spare parts, controlled chemical storage, and warehouse operations while ensuring SAP remains the single source of truth for all inventory transactions.
Must-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Minimum 5 years of experience in:
- Inventory Control
- Warehouse Management
- Materials Management
- Logistics
- Supply Chain
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Previous leadership experience managing and developing warehouse or inventory teams (approximately 8–15 employees preferred).
- Daily hands-on experience using SAP for inventory and warehouse transactions.
- Experience managing:
- MRO inventory
- Spare parts
- Indirect materials
- Industrial manufacturing inventory
- Experience performing:
- Cycle counts
- Annual physical inventories
- Inventory reconciliation
- Inventory adjustments
- Discrepancy investigations
- Working knowledge of:
- Min/Max inventory levels
- Safety stock
- Reorder points
- Inventory turns
- Inventory aging
- Stockout prevention
- Strong leadership, coaching, and employee development skills.
- Strong Microsoft Excel, reporting, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to work in a hot, humid, dusty industrial warehouse environment.
- Ability to wear required PPE and meet respirator/fit-test requirements.
- Ability to work fully onsite in North Houston.
Requirements:
- Lead, coach, and develop approximately 10 warehouse and inventory personnel.
- Maintain accurate SAP inventory records for direct materials, indirect materials, MRO parts, spare parts, and controlled chemical storage.
- Investigate failed SAP transactions and resolve inventory discrepancies, including COGI issues.
- Manage receiving, material transfers, purchase requisitions, work-order transactions, and inventory documentation.
- Lead daily cycle counts, monthly inventories, annual physical inventories, and reconciliation activities.
- Develop and maintain inventory strategies including:
- Min/Max levels
- Safety stock
- Reorder points
- Inventory turns
- Inventory aging
- Monitor supplier deliveries and resolve quantity, quality, or documentation discrepancies.
- Improve warehouse layout, SOPs, 5S, Kanban, JIT, barcoding, and inventory control processes.
- Support urgent production material requirements while identifying and correcting process gaps.
- Prepare inventory reports and analyze inventory data using Excel.
- Partner with Procurement, Operations, Maintenance, Accounting, Project Management, Sales, and suppliers.
- Maintain warehouse safety, housekeeping, PPE compliance, and inventory security.
Nice-to-Have Skills, Experience, and Education:
- Bachelor's Degree in:
- Industrial Engineering
- Supply Chain
- Logistics
- Operations
- Related field
- SAP EAM experience.
- Experience with:
- Purchasing
- Receiving
- Inventory reporting
- Cycle counting
- Warehouse transactions
- Power BI or other business intelligence reporting tools.
- Professional certifications such as:
- CPIM
- CSCP
- CPSM
- Lean Manufacturing
- Bilingual English/Spanish (German is also a plus).
- Experience implementing:
- 5S
- Kanban
- Just-in-Time (JIT)
- Barcoding
- Warehouse sensors
- Automated inventory technologies
- Experience handling controlled chemicals, safety-sensitive inventory, or nonconforming materials.
- Military logistics and supply chain backgrounds including:
- Army 92A Automated Logistical Specialist
- Army 92Y Unit Supply Specialist
- Army 920A Property Accounting Technician
- Navy Logistics Specialist (LS)
- Air Force Logistics Readiness (2S0X1)
- Marine Corps Supply Administration & Operations (3043)
- Military maintenance supply, warehouse, or inventory management experience






























