Headwater Companies · 10 hours ago
Headwater Wholesale Inventory Control Manager - Madison, WI
Madison, WI
Full-time
Onsite
Mid Level
$40K/yr - $50K/yrHeadwater Companies is the largest national wholesaler specializing in water equipment components. The Headwater Wholesale Inventory Control Manager is responsible for managing inventory worth ~$20M across multiple branch locations, ensuring accuracy and accountability while training staff to minimize errors.
Responsibilities
Responsible for the accountability, accuracy, and transaction issue resolution for ~$20M in inventory at 18+ branch locations
Owns the General Ledger for Inventory
Responsible for Internal/External Audit reporting & questions
Tasked with training branch employees to reduce transactional issues/problems that flow through IC
One direct report, who handles Customer Warranty Product Returns and/or Vendor dispute resolutions (pricing/receiving disputes) to collect monies owed the company
Troubleshoot and resolve employee transactional issues
Branch Daily Cycle Counts with long term goal to remove the need for full annual physical count
Correct/manage inventory out of balance issues
Correct/manage orders that did not invoice correctly; direct orders or from stock
Review orders that are potentially hung up in the system
Adjust/Write off inventory and communicates to those P&L owners of the impact
Ensure that your direct report’s Customer Warranty/Vendor credits are current
Signals theft risks or suspicions
Limited travel to build relationships and train as appropriate/needed
Continuous Improvement – Work on bottom 3 branches in areas to improve results
Other projects as assigned
Qualification
Required
Motivated and self-driven
Ability to handle many transactions and branch questions
Procrastinators or the unorganized will not be successful in this position
Strong number abilities, highly organized and process/flow thinker
Strong and clear communicator
Must be a team player, likes to laugh, patient (but direct) to train employees of proper processes that reduce errors
Must have the desire and initiative to have a full understanding of how the entire chain of inventory flow impacts the business across ALL functional departments
(Training will be provided; however strong self-teacher is also required for long term success)
Strong computer skills including intermediate to advanced knowledge of Excel is required
Preferred
Prior experience, accounting, finance type background a plus
Company
Headwater Companies
Headwater Companies, LLC is a collection of leading groundwater distributors
Founded in 2017
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageLeadership Team
Darren Mathis
CFO
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