Inventory Cycle Counters - NEEDED ASAP!!

Production/Inventory Analyst

Finance

About Great Kitchens
Based out of Romeoville, just southwest of Chicago, Great Kitchens has been supplying private label, take & bake pizza since 2005. We have the unique capability to innovate through recipes, toppings, crust types and baking profiles and our flexible manufacturing lines allow us to provide our customers with a premium pizza product. We pride ourselves on providing the highest quality in every aspect of the pizza process and provide solutions to both retail and foodservice customers. Our pizzas are proudly served in 9 of the top 15 food retailers in North America and 6 of the top 10 global food retailers. We serve all major channels: grocery, supercenter, limited assortment, convenience stores, warehouse clubs, QSR, foodservice and E- commerce. Our pizzas have an excellent track record for quality and have been recognized by several of our customers as "Best in Class." Both our Romeoville and Chicago Heights plants are BRC GSFS A+ rated and we have a global supply network of top-quality suppliers allowing us to leverage their R&D capabilities for our customers." Our people are our strongest asset, and we proudly employ over 700 employees.
Our Company operates a 165,000 sq ft crust facility in Chicago Heights and a 155,000 sq ft toppings facility in Romeoville. The Analyst is responsible for maintaining inventory records and controls by meticulously monitoring Production Orders for Finished Products, along with the consumption of the materials required to complete those orders. Additionally being responsible to accurate inventory levels, monitoring movements to and from the production lines from the warehouse. The Inventory Analyst must be detail oriented, understand process flow and be a proponent of change.
Consuming all raw and packaging materials used to create the previous days finished goods, along with Labor and Overheads applied to those orders
Daily reconciliation of the company's on-hand inventory listing from its ERP system (Microsoft Dynamics D365 - "D365") to the company's owned locations and third-party warehouse operators warehouse management system (WMS)
Investigate variances - for variances that are not timing related, collaborate with Great Kitchens users and third-party warehouse partners to reconcile and understand the root cause.

Validate transfer receipts and shipments in D365 for all inventory movements.
Review warehouse transfers and compare the third-party warehouse receipt detail (item, quantity, etc.) to the receipt data in D365
Support Senior Cost Accountant with the month-end close process / annual audit through account analysis, inventory reporting and ad hoc requests
Work closely with Production, Logistics, and Finance teams to research any materials that were not physically and systematically brought to the lines timely for the daily production runs
Lead inventory controls process including cycle counts and full physical counts from system and physical manufacturing and warehouse floor perspectives.
Work in the warehouse managing & performing cycle counts and working through inventory discrepancies

Inventory management experience
Ability to lead in person inventory controls and count activity in warehouses and on manufacturing floors.
Significant, first-hand experience operating spreadsheets and accounting software, preferably D365
Understanding of Electronic Data Interchange ("EDI") as it pertains to inventory movements
Proficiency in MS Office
Excellent English language skills, both written and verbal.
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Requires extensive use of computer and telephone
Requires use of general office equipment
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Additional hours & holiday work as need arises
Food Safety/Quality

• Report any issues regarding food safety or quality to supervision and/or quality assurance.
• Report any risks or any evidence of unsafe or out-of-specification product, equipment, packaging or raw materials to a designated manager to enable the resolution of issues requiring immediate attention.