Sojo Industries · 17 hours ago
Inventory Manager
Bristol, PA
Full-time
Onsite
Mid, Senior LevelSojo Industries is seeking an Inventory Manager who will play a crucial role in ensuring inventory accuracy and adherence to customer requirements. The position involves managing inventory practices, collaborating with cross-functional teams, and overseeing the Warehouse Management System and Enterprise Resource Planning system.
Food and BeverageIndustrial AutomationManufacturing
Responsibilities
Follow all Safety policies and GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) to SOJO Standards
Set the strategy for the inventory team to ensure the most up to date and accurate inventory counts daily weekly and monthly
Find opportunities to improve and streamline all inventory related processes including counts, reporting, and cost/obsolescence management
Own the inventory team’s daily, weekly, and monthly meeting routines and KPI tracking
Serve as site leader (local Subject Matter Expert) for WMS training and best practices
Manage the inventory management program by executing timely cycle counting, reconciliations and any necessary resolution to areas of weakness that are identified to meet accuracy goals
Collaborate with other Hub Inventory Managers to develop and drive best practices as WMS upgrades/processes change
Ensure all quality standards are met for all items in inventory
Maintain all products on QC or restricted status. Communicate with the customer and Quality team to ensure there is a clear plan for each product on status
Monitor product rotation and ensure FEFO practices are followed
Verify master data for inventory and make corrections and adjustments as needed
Own the rework area including organization, sanitation, processes, and labor needed to rework damaged product
Perform and support traceability / mock recall exercises
Ensure daily plans are aligned cross departmentally and that the inventory team is escalating items that cannot be completed daily
Provide shift-end reports summarizing inventory movements, shortages, and outstanding tasks
Own daily pre and post run counts of raw materials, packaging, finished goods
Review teams daily reports and understand/trend reasons for needed inventory adjustments – use this data to put processes in place to eliminate
Work cross departmentally to identify and eliminate root causes of pallets with physical or virtual LPN discrepancies
Collaborate and coach inventory team, production team, and warehouse team on inaccurate or incomplete inventory movements or adjustments
Assist in Weekly and Monthly Cycle Counts
Escalate large inventory count discrepancies per the escalation matrix
Develop reporting to bring visibility internally and to customers around items such as dwelling or damaged product or inventory adjustments
Support Production as needed including WMS troubleshooting, physical inventory discrepancies, and general coaching
Communicate inventory shortages or overages to production supervisors and Leadership team
Support in finding and correcting incorrect systematic or physical inventory
Daily follow up of all line clearance and complete any previously incomplete line clearance
Own monthly cycle counts and reconciliation including explanations and root cause problem solving for variances greater than two pallets
Own all customer requested cycle counts
Own the customer samples process
Develop, measure, and drive inventory control processes that promote fast inventory turns and consistent FEFO/FIFO delivery
Manage and maintain both customer and SOJO owned pallets and packaging materials. Identify opportunities to improve and reduce obsolescence and scrap
All other tasks as assigned
Qualification
Required
Leadership position in facility operations
Ensuring inventory accuracy in the regional Hub
Adhering to customer FEFO/FIFO requirements
Operating Sojo's Warehouse Management System (WMS) and Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system efficiently
Responsible for inventory reporting to customers and internal Sojo departments
Follow all Safety policies and GMPs (Good Manufacturing Practices) to SOJO Standards
Set the strategy for the inventory team to ensure accurate inventory counts daily, weekly, and monthly
Find opportunities to improve and streamline inventory related processes including counts, reporting, and cost/obsolescence management
Own the inventory team's daily, weekly, and monthly meeting routines and KPI tracking
Serve as site leader for WMS training and best practices
Manage the inventory management program by executing timely cycle counting, reconciliations, and necessary resolutions
Collaborate with other Hub Inventory Managers to develop and drive best practices
Ensure all quality standards are met for all items in inventory
Maintain all products on QC or restricted status and communicate with the customer and Quality team
Monitor product rotation and ensure FEFO practices are followed
Verify master data for inventory and make corrections and adjustments as needed
Own the rework area including organization, sanitation, processes, and labor needed to rework damaged product
Perform and support traceability / mock recall exercises
Ensure daily plans are aligned cross departmentally
Provide shift-end reports summarizing inventory movements, shortages, and outstanding tasks
Own daily pre and post run counts of raw materials, packaging, finished goods
Review teams daily reports and understand/trend reasons for needed inventory adjustments
Work cross departmentally to identify and eliminate root causes of pallets with discrepancies
Collaborate and coach inventory team, production team, and warehouse team
Assist in Weekly and Monthly Cycle Counts
Escalate large inventory count discrepancies per the escalation matrix
Develop reporting to bring visibility internally and to customers
Support Production as needed including WMS troubleshooting and general coaching
Communicate inventory shortages or overages to production supervisors and Leadership team
Support in finding and correcting incorrect systematic or physical inventory
Daily follow up of all line clearance and complete any previously incomplete line clearance
Own monthly cycle counts and reconciliation including explanations and root cause problem solving
Own all customer requested cycle counts
Own the customer samples process
Develop, measure, and drive inventory control processes that promote fast inventory turns and consistent FEFO/FIFO delivery
Manage and maintain both customer and SOJO owned pallets and packaging materials
Identify opportunities to improve and reduce obsolescence and scrap
All other tasks as assigned
Company
Sojo Industries
Sojo Industries is an industrial automation business that caters to the food and beverage industries.
Founded in 2021
51-200 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$63.05MKey Investors
S2G InvestmentsTech Council VenturesDesert Angel
2025-06-12Series B· $40M
2024-07-23Series A· $10M
2023-09-06Seed· $2.8M
Leadership Team
Barak Bar-Cohen
Founder and Chief Executive Officer
Josh Schwartz-Dodek
Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
2025-08-08
2025-08-07
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