Inventory Supervisor

Inventory Supervisor

We are seeking an Inventory Supervisor to join our 1st Shift leadership team in San Leandro, CA, our Direct-to-Consumer warehouse.

We're looking for a leader who can: Coach and influence teams in a matrix environment while fostering a strong culture of safety and accountability. Drive data-driven operational decisions, manage key performance indicators, and successfully lead organizational change. Champion inventory accuracy by implementing and maintaining robust inventory control processes, including FIFO, LIFO, and FEFO methodologies. Identify and implement continuous process improvement initiatives that enhance productivity, operational performance, quality, and customer satisfaction.

Supervise the operations and responsibilities of the warehouse team and designated facility. Work with Operations leadership to make certain company and customer standards of service, quality, safety, and productivity are met.

What You'll Do

• Demonstrated ability to coach and influence in a matrix environment, champion safety, leverage data for operational decisions, and lead organizational change.
• Drive inventory accuracy and inventory control initiatives by implementing and maintaining FIFO, LIFO, and FEFO methodologies, ensuring compliance with inventory processes, product rotation standards, and operational controls.
• Identify, develop, and implement process improvement strategies that drive measurable improvements in operational performance, productivity, quality, and customer satisfaction.
• Oversee all inventory operations, ensuring inventory accuracy through cycle counts, audits, investigations, reconciliations, and process improvements.
• Partner with Operations Leadership to ensure company and customer expectations for service, quality, safety, productivity, and inventory integrity are consistently achieved.
• Identify and resolve inventory discrepancies while implementing corrective actions to prevent future variances.
• Plan daily work assignments and allocate resources to meet operational goals while maintaining productivity and labor efficiency.
• Maintain accurate production, inventory, and operational records.
• Monitor warehouse metrics and prepare reports related to inventory performance, warehouse activity, and operational results.
• Partner cross-functionally with Operations, Customer Service, and other departments to ensure inventory accuracy and customer satisfaction.

What We're Looking For

• Strong inventory management experience is required, including cycle counting, inventory control, root cause analysis, and maintaining high inventory accuracy.
• Proven ability to lead and influence teams while building accountability and engagement.
• Experience supervising warehouse operations in a distribution, logistics, or supply chain environment.
• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with the ability to identify operational improvements.
• Experience working with Warehouse Management Systems (WMS) and inventory reporting tools.
• Excellent communication, coaching, and conflict resolution skills.
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced environment with changing business priorities.

Minimum Qualifications

• Minimum of 2+ years of experience managing inventory operations with a proven ability to drive inventory accuracy through cycle counts, audits, reconciliations, root cause analysis, and process improvements.
• Strong knowledge of FIFO, LIFO, and FEFO methodologies to ensure inventory accuracy and compliance.
• Experience with a Warehouse Management System (WMS)
• Demonstrated experience in inventory management and inventory control, including cycle counting, inventory audits, root cause analysis, reconciliation of inventory discrepancies, and maintaining high inventory accuracy within a warehouse or distribution environment.
• Strong conflict management and leadership skills
• Ability to work in temperatures as low as -20°F (-25°C) in cold storage environments or up to 100°F (37°C) in dry storage facilities while wearing company-provided PPE and freezer gear
• Ability to lift 40 lbs. or more, depending on facility requirements
• Flexibility to work weekends or adjust schedules as business needs require
• Comfortable working in warehouse environments with varying noise levels

Pay Range: $70,304.00 - $102,200.00

Why Lineage? This is an excellent position to begin your career path within Lineage! Success in this role enables greater responsibilities and promotions! A career at Lineage starts with learning about our business and how each team member plays a part each and every day to satisfy our customers' requirements. Beyond that, you'll help us grow and learn on our journey to be the very best employer in our industry. We'll ask you for your opinion and ensure we do our part to keep you developing and engaged as we grow our business. Working at Lineage is energizing and enjoyable. We value respect and care about our team members.

Lineage is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer and is committed to compliance with all federal, state, and local laws that prohibit workplace discrimination and unlawful harassment and retaliation. Lineage will not discriminate against any applicant on the basis of race, color, age, national origin, religion, physical or mental disability or any other protected status under federal, state and local law.

Benefits

Lineage provides safe, stable, reliable work environments, medical, dental, and basic life and disability insurance benefits, 401k retirement plan, paid time off, annual bonus eligibility, and a minimum of 7 holidays throughout the calendar year.