Inventory Control Associate

Join Our Innovative Team

We're looking for people who put their innovation to work to advance our success and their own. Join an organization that ensures a more secure world through connecting and protecting our customers with inventive electrical solutions.

What You Will Experience In This Position:

In this position, you will get to:

• Maintain accurate inventory records and support efficient warehouse operations by performing cycle counts, resolving discrepancies, and ensuring compliance with inventory control procedures
• Collaborate with Inspection, Planning, Customer Service, Sourcing, Finance and other internal departments to deliver resolutions to inventory issues.
• Support in recognizing problems as improvement opportunities and eliminates the root causes of the problems by implementing appropriate sustainable solutions.
• Participate in continuous improvement events, including facilitation of events.
• Perform Layered Process Audits (LPAs) based on the monthly schedule and drive improvements through findings.
• Assist in training Warehouse associates as needed, including updating training checklists
• Initiate communication with Warehouse employees to resolve inventory issues and picking errors.
• Assist continuous improvement of processes and procedures (including work instruction and single point lesson updates) and assist in resolving corrective actions. Participate in, including facilitate, continuous improvement events.
• Support "Boundary Team" alignment between operations and all support functions, clearly defining expectations and holding all employees equally accountable.
• Assist in ordering parts: sending quotes, writing purchase orders, receiving deliveries, adding to inventory.
• Input Risk Notification data into Intelex.
• Maintain and improve the quantities of inventory using the excel inventory program.

You Have:

• High School Diploma or G.E.D.
• 2+ years of experience in inventory control or warehouse operations.
• PIT certification required.
• Strong organization and problem solving skills.
• Experience with Microsoft Office, spreadsheet and/or pivot tables.
• Strong oral and written communication skills.
• Familiarity in ERP (Enterprise resource planning) software.
• Ability to utilize strong written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to interface with people across multiple functional areas.
• Knowledge of Lean Six Sigma.
• Knowledge of quality control procedures in data management.
• Basic understanding in engineering drawings.
• Ability to effectively organize and plan workload and work in a self-directed manner.
• Ability to build and maintain effective work relationships across functional areas.
• Ability to adapt to rapidly changing business circumstances and have the ability to thrive in a constantly changing business environment.
• Knowledge with barcoding program Nice Label.
• Ability to classify parts using AutoCAD drawings.
• nVent Employee Core Values: All employees must adhere to the following core values: high performance, respect, integrity, candor, engaged leadership and accountability.

We Have:

• A dynamic global reach with diverse operations around the world that will stretch your abilities, provide plentiful career opportunities, and allow you to make an impact every day

  • nVent is a leading global provider of electrical connection and protection solutions. We believe our inventive electrical solutions enable safer systems and ensure a more secure world. We design, manufacture, market, install and service high performance products and solutions that connect and protect some of the world's most sensitive equipment, buildings and critical processes. We offer a comprehensive range of systems protection and electrical connections solutions across industry-leading brands that are recognized globally for quality, reliability and innovation.

  • Our principal office is in London and our management office in the United States is in Minneapolis. Our robust portfolio of leading electrical product brands dates back more than 100 years and includes nVent CADDY, ERICO, HOFFMAN, ILSCO, SCHROFF and TRACHTE. Learn more at

• Commitment to strengthen communities where our employees live and work

  • We encourage and support the philanthropic activities of our employees worldwide

  • Through our nVent in Action matching program, we provide funds to nonprofit and educational organizations where our employees volunteer or donate money

• Core values that shape our culture and drive us to deliver the best for our employees and our customers. We're known for being:

  • Innovative & adaptable

  • Dedicated to absolute integrity

  • Focused on the customer first

  • Respectful and team oriented

  • Optimistic and energizing

  • Accountable for performance

• Benefits to support the lives of our employees

  Benefit Overview

  At nVent, we value our people and their health and well-being. We provide a broad benefits package with meaningful programs for eligible full-time employees that includes:

  • Medical, dental, and vision plans along with flexible spending accounts, short-term and long-term disability benefits, critical illness, accident insurance and life insurance.

  • A 401(k) retirement plan and an employee stock purchase plan both include a company match.

  • Other supplemental benefits may include tuition reimbursement, caregiver, personal and parental leave, back-up care services, paid time off including volunteer time, a well-being program, and/or legal & identity theft protection.

  At nVent, we connect and protect our customers with inventive electrical solutions. People are our most valuable asset. Inclusion and diversity means that we celebrate and encourage each other's authenticity because we understand that uniqueness sparks growth.