Inventory Control Manager

Who We Are

At Freshpet, our goal is to change the way people nourish their pets forever. We strive to strengthen the bond between people and our pets so that we both live longer, healthier, and happier lives while being kind to the planet. We believe that if we can create fresh, real foods that pets love and help them live healthier lives that their pet parents will also enjoy the many benefits of a rich life shared with a pet.

We started off with a mission to change the way pet parents feed dogs and cats, but we also wanted to be a company that had a thoughtful approach to how we operate. We wanted to do things differently, make great products but be gentle to the planet, good to the people who touch our business, and leave a positive impact with everything we do. We work hard every day to ensure that the original vision is met, starting with making the highest quality foods in our kitchens to running our business with integrity, transparency, and social and environmental responsibility. IT'S AMAZING WHAT CAN HAPPEN WHEN YOU START COMPLETELY FRESH!

What You Will Do

The Inventory Control Manager role is a newly created role to support the complex data infrastructure and documentation control needs. Reporting to the Director of Operation process and systems, this is a versatile role offering exposure to many parts of operations planning, supply chain and manufacturing. To succeed, the ideal candidate will need to develop and manage master data management processes and governance thereby improving quality and maturity of the enterprise data to meet overall business needs. This person will be responsible for building a small team of experts to manage and oversee any inventory accuracy issues to actively trace, diagnose and resolve any EDI related transaction issues. This will need very close collaboration with the IT team in developing and managing tools needed to perform the job duties.

How You Will Make an Impact

• Work as a liaison between various cross functional teams towards resolving any data related bottlenecks

• Instill and develop a culture of deeper closer data collaboration

• Ability to do a technical hands-on deep dive into the details of work stream to ensure high quality and on time deliverable

• You will lead the development and maintenance of tools/procedures geared around master data management and developing reports/dashboards to accurately trace any EDI related transaction failures

• Ensuring master data integrity across key planning systems

• Responsible for working with project leads for writing technical, functional documentation and training materials

• Will complete special projects as needed

• Will need to do a deep dive into the understanding of inventory management transactions and accuracy in Microsoft D365

• Manage and create policies around the set up and continuous management of master data related to master planning such Item Master, Bill of Material, Routing, Customer, Warehouse

• Drive strategic best practices for data management

• Provide effective and clear communication to various stakeholder groups

What You Will Bring

• Bachelor's degree in information systems, supply chain, operations or related field

• 5 years of recent relevant experience in a digital content manager or planning analyst role

• SharePoint, EDI, SQL, Power BI experience a plus

• Proficient in Microsoft Office products

• Working knowledge of transaction systems such as ERP and CRM

• Basic understanding of master and transaction data relating to a manufacturing organization

• Exposure to supply chain business processes through experience working inside or outside corporate IT (Plant and Manufacturing Operations, Supply Chain Planning, Quality Assurance, Customer Service & Logistics)

• Technically fluent; Extremely comfortable with learning new systems/technology

• Strong analytical acumen and ability to work with minimal direction

• Excellent relationship building skills and the ability to work effectively in a team environment

• Ability to manage and mentor team members

What We Offer

At Freshpet, we offer a competitive salary and an excellent benefits package, including medical, dental and vision insurance, basic and optional life insurance, short- and long-term disability protection, flexible spending accounts, and a 401(k) plan with company match, paid parental leave, pet insurance, tuition assistance, a generous PTO plan and so much more!

Our Commitment to a Diverse Workforce:

At Freshpet, we embrace and encourage our employees' differences in age, sex, color, disability, ethnicity, family or marital status, gender identity or expression, language, national origin, physical and mental ability, political affiliation, race, religion, sexual orientation, socio-economic status, veteran status, and other characteristics that make our employees unique.

Freshpet aims to foster, cultivate and preserve a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Our employees are our most valuable assets. The collective sum of the individual differences, life experiences, knowledge, inventiveness, innovation, self-expression, unique capabilities and talent that our employees invest in their work represents a significant part of not only our culture, but our reputation and company's achievement as well. Freshpet is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Disclaimers

We are interested in every qualified candidate who is eligible to work in the United States. However, we are not able to sponsor visas.

Freshpet is not accepting unsolicited assistance from search firms for this employment opportunity. Please, no phone calls or emails. All resumes submitted by search firms to any employee at Freshpet via-email, the Internet or in any form and/or method without a valid written search agreement in place for this position will be deemed the sole property of Freshpet. No fee will be paid in the event the candidate is hired by Freshpet as a result of the referral or through other means.