What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Coordinator position at Nature's Bakery?
Position Summary
The Inventory Coordinator is responsible for maintaining accurate inventory records within the manufacturing warehouse through strong inventory control practices, cycle counting, auditing, and SAP transaction management. This role plays a critical part in ensuring material accuracy, supporting production needs, and minimizing inventory discrepancies.
Key Responsibilities
Inventory Control & Accuracy
Required
Our team members' physical and mental health is important to a thriving workplace. That’s why we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:
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The Inventory Coordinator is responsible for maintaining accurate inventory records within the manufacturing warehouse through strong inventory control practices, cycle counting, auditing, and SAP transaction management. This role plays a critical part in ensuring material accuracy, supporting production needs, and minimizing inventory discrepancies.
Key Responsibilities
Inventory Control & Accuracy
- Maintain accurate inventory records for raw materials, packaging, WIP, and finished goods
- Execute daily, weekly, and monthly cycle counts; investigate and resolve variances
- Perform root cause analysis on inventory discrepancies and recommend corrective actions
- Ensure inventory movements are properly executed and documented
- Execute all inventory-related transactions in SAP (receipts, issues, transfers, adjustments)
- Ensure SAP data accuracy aligns with physical inventory
- Support inventory reconciliations between SAP and physical counts
- Partner with IT, Finance, and Supply Chain on SAP-related inventory improvements
- Support internal and external inventory audits
- Ensure compliance with company inventory control policies and SOX requirements (if applicable)
- Maintain audit-ready documentation and transaction accuracy
- Work closely with Warehouse, Production, Procurement, and QA teams to ensure material availability
- Support process improvements related to inventory flow, storage, and accuracy
- Train warehouse team members on proper inventory handling and SAP transaction best practices
Required
- 2 years of inventory control experience in a manufacturing or warehouse environment
- Strong hands-on experience using SAP (inventory management, material movements)
- Proven experience with cycle counting and inventory auditing
- Strong attention to detail and problem-solving skills
- Experience in food manufacturing or regulated environments
- Understanding of FIFO/FEFO inventory practices
Our team members' physical and mental health is important to a thriving workplace. That’s why we offer the following benefits to full-time employees:
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance offered for eligible employees
- 401(k) plan with a company match that vest on day 1 of eligibility
- Paid vacation
- Paid time off
- Holiday pay (11 days)
- Paid short-term disability
- Paid life insurance
- Banfield Pet Insurance Discounts
- Wellness Benefits and Discounts
- Employee Assistance Program
We are committed to an inclusive workplace where diversity in all its forms is championed. We are proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and we are an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity or Veteran status.
Privacy Policy
Mars and its family of brands is committed to transparency and responsibility in how we handle the personal data entrusted to us by our customers and consumers. To learn more about our privacy policy please follow this link.