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Maersk • Germany,Herleshausen,37293 | Germany

Warehouse Inventory Supervisor

Employment type:  Full time
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Job Description

The Inventory Supervisor provides leadership, direction and strategy for the Inventory Control team on the site that will enable and facilitate the execution of the outlined operational deliverables. They will also be responsible for developing and progressing key customer relationships and operational partnerships necessary to drive and support an atmosphere of continuous improvement and operational excellence as it relates to inventory control management.

Key Responsibilities

  • Ensure customer inventory accuracy is monitored and reported timely to site leadership

  • Maximize the performance of the site inventory processes and system to ensure: Care, custody, and control of the customer's inventory

  • Accuracy (to floor and customer book)

  • Proper utilization of information technology systems

  • Provide required documentation in support of compliance requirements

  • Manage the planning and execution of proactive and reactive cycle counts in compliance with the contractual service level agreement

  • Develop, implement, and validate procedures, controls and systems that prevent, detect and correct errors in inventory transactions and balances

  • Apply continuous improvement initiatives to drive process, inventory accuracy, compliance, on-time completion, within budget, documented results

  • Design and generate appropriate reporting to track inventory accuracy, shrink compliance, and variance root cause trends

  • Maintain thorough knowledge of internal and customer systems to provide extensive support to the operational team as well as the customer for inventory and production related issues

  • Develop resource plans and equipment needs budget for review with site leadership.

We are looking for

  • Experience in contract logistics especially in a customer facing role

  • Experience to work in an international matrix organization with excellent stakeholder management capabilities

  • Lean thinking and continuous improvement will be a standard way of Leading.

  • Excellent interpersonal, communication skills

  • Experience with Warehouse Management Systems

  • Deep and broad understanding of Inventory Control, its financial and operational impacts

  • Strong personality; passionate, holistic view, courageous, effective in different cultural settings, impact driven and optimistic

  • Resilient team player who is goal-orientated and demonstrates a high level of commitment with the ability to work under minimal supervision.

  • Passion for people and team development

  • Fluent in German and English

Maersk is committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace, and we embrace different styles of thinking. Maersk is an equal opportunities employer and welcomes applicants without regard to race, colour, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, pregnancy or parental leave, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law. We will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with all legal requirements.

We are happy to support your need for any adjustments during the application and hiring process. If you need special assistance or an accommodation to use our website, apply for a position, or to perform a job, please contact us by emailing accommodationrequests@maersk.com.

Company benefits

Open to part time work for some roles
Open to compressed hours
In house training
Health insurance
Dental coverage
Mental health platform access
Compassionate leave
Life assurance
Annual bonus
Referral bonus
Employee assistance programme
Employee discounts
Adoption leave
Private GP service
Buy or sell annual leave
Religious celebration leave
401K
Annual pay rises
Enhanced pension match/contribution
Learning platform
Mentoring
Enhanced maternity leave
Shared parental leave
Women’s health leave
L&D budget
Professional subscriptions
Lunch and learns

Working at Maersk

Company employees:

100,000+

Gender diversity (m:f):

65:35

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