Inventory Control Specialist

The Furniture Warehouse has been a trusted name in home furnishings since 1988. With 6 showrooms across Southwest Florida, we are proud to be ranked in the Top 100 Furniture Retailers in the U.S. We offer value, style, and an unmatched shopping experience to our customers – and we’re growing.

We are currently seeking a dependable and detail-oriented Inventory Control Specialist who will be responsible for ensuring our physical inventory matches our inventory system by maintaining accurate inventory throughout our warehouse and retail locations.

What You’ll Do:

• Perform scheduled inventory and cycle counts throughout the warehouse and showroom locations.
• Operate a warehouse stock picker to safely access elevated furniture rack locations.
• Travel to all six showroom locations as needed to perform counts and investigate inventory issues.
• Scan and verify merchandise located throughout warehouse racking.
• Research and resolve inventory discrepancies.
• Verify physical inventory against inventory system records.
• Identify missing, misplaced, damaged, incorrectly tagged, or incorrectly received merchandise.
• Review inventory movements and assist in identifying the cause of inventory errors.
• Work with warehouse management and staff, and store personnel to maintain inventory accuracy.
• Ensure merchandise is properly identified, tagged, located, and accounted for.
• Assist with inventory audits and inventory-related reporting.
• Help identify opportunities to improve inventory procedures and reduce inventory errors.
• Maintain accurate records and communicate inventory issues to management.

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong attention to detail and accuracy.
• Strong organizational and analytical skills.
• Ability to travel between our Bradenton-area warehouse and six showroom locations.
• Possess basic knowledge of Microsoft Excel
• Comfortable researching discrepancies and solving problems.
• Strong computer skills and ability to learn inventory management systems.
• Comfortable operating a warehouse stock picker and working around elevated warehouse racking.
• Ability to safely access and scan merchandise stored in upper rack locations.
• Good communication and follow-up skills.
• Ability to work independently and take ownership of assigned responsibilities.
• Ability to work effectively with warehouse employees, store personnel, and management.
• High school diploma or GED required.
• Valid driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Ability to work in both warehouse and retail environments.
• Bilingual English/Spanish is helpful but not required.

Why Join Us?

• $20.00 per hour
• Comprehensive benefits including medical, dental, profit sharing, and PTO
• Opportunities for advancement
• Stability and reputation — we’ve been a local leader since 1988

*WE DO RUN BACKGROUND CHECKS. MUST BE FREE AND CLEAR OF ANY CRIMINAL VIOLATIONS, BOTH PENDING AND IN THE PAST.*

The Furniture Warehouse is a family owned and operated business since 1988 in Southwest Florida. Headquartered in Bradenton. We have 6 convenient locations to serve you: Ellenton, Bradenton, North Sarasota, South Sarasota, Venice, and Port Charlotte. We have been recognized as Top 100 Furniture Chains in the Country.

Our goal is to offer you the finest quality furniture at true warehouse prices. We believe in treating our customers like a family and our buying team works hard to find you the best deals. Our unique independent business approach and manageable size affords our buying team both the ability to make purchases competitively against national retail chains as well as take advantage of limited supply, high quality close outs that large retail chains simply cannot.

The Furniture Warehouse has a strong commitment to the communities in which we serve and are proud to partner with such worthwhile organizations as Habitat for Humanity and the all Faiths Food Bank with several annual events.