Published: Nov 05, 2025 - The Senior Inventory Controller holds accountability for the performance of regional inventory within a specific category and develops strategies and budgets to support target growth across the EMEA region. This role ensures key inventory management metrics are achieved, oversees order book and stock performance, and drives improvements in inventory health by managing slow-moving and obsolete products. The senior controller also acts as a key regional interface, engaging with EMEA and APAC teams to promote global inventory strategies and deliver performance reporting to the Inventory Control Manager.

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1. Senior Inventory Controller, AeroTech Components Inc., Wichita, KS
Job Summary:
- Drive business improvement initiatives in Inventory Management using LEAN methodologies and principles
- Regularly optimise spare re-order levels to ensure operational service levels are achieved at minimal cost
- Perform spares and tooling initial provisioning activities
- Continuously identify cost drivers and initiate cost mitigation actions
- Manage service providers and suppliers to ensure C&E programmes are properly implemented, monitor KPIs and drive improvement plans
- Collaborate with stakeholders to drive PMA development activities
- Proactively identify and manage surplus, excess or obsolete spares to optimise inventory
- Manage spares sales, surplus sale packages and surplus consignment programmes
Skills on Resume:
- Lean Management (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Cost Control (Hard Skills)
- Supplier Management (Hard Skills)
- Stakeholder Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
2. Senior Inventory Controller, Pacific Precision Manufacturing, Eugene, OR
Job Summary:
- Assist the department manager in developing, implementing, and managing a formal inventory control program which includes both inventory cycle counts and year-end physical count
- Investigate, report, and provide explanations for inventory variances to the department manager
- Manage the flow of goods for LMI Kanban shipment including overseeing daily shipment, adding or taking off parts, reviewing and adjusting quantity periodically
- Optimize of inventory storage at LMI Vancouver (storage room and production floor)
- Oversight of inventory adjustments (including scrap and write-off), adjustment approvals and reporting
- Analyze data and transactions for root cause analysis
- Oversee the consumables program, bin sizing, and reorder points
- Assist the department manager in taking actions on Engineering Change Orders (ECO) related to materials movements, setup or removal
- Provide ideas and insights to refine established procedures to improve inventory accuracy and efficiency, improve quality, or reduce cost
- Works with various departments to resolve inventory processing questions and issues
- Organizes and maintains the warehouse and inventory for efficient storage and handling
- Continually work with management on other optimization ideas
- Proactively contributes to continuous improvement initiatives
- Adheres to LMI Employee Policy Manual
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Control (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Process Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Root Cause (Hard Skills)
- Team Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Warehouse Management (Hard Skills)
- Continuous Improvement (Soft Skills)
3. Senior Inventory Controller, Summit Industrial Supply Co., Boise, ID
Job Summary:
- Accountability for the performance of the regional inventory for a specific Category
- Creation and implementation of a regional inventory strategy and budget to support the EMEA region's target growth levels
- Ensuring key inventory management metrics are met such as target service levels, stock turn and cash flow
- Accountable for managing inventory performance through effective order book management, quality conformance issues and stock management activities
- Maximising inventory health through manipulation of system policies whilst driving down slow-moving and obsolete products through stock rotations and executing on supplier contractual returns
- Be a key interface and decision maker in the region relating to stock and services by networking across colleagues in EMEA and APAC
- Engage across and within the EMEA region to promote the category and the Global inventory strategy to peers, colleagues and suppliers
- Delivering key reporting to the Inventory Control Manager on regional performance to KPI’s and targets
Skills on Resume:
- Regional Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Inventory Management (Hard Skills)
- Performance Analysis (Hard Skills)
- Stock Optimization (Hard Skills)
- Decision Making (Soft Skills)
- Cross-Regional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Supplier Relations (Soft Skills)
- Reporting (Hard Skills)
4. Senior Inventory Controller, Meridian Tool & Fabrication, Rockford, IL
Job Summary:
- Implement and coordinate inventory strategy and processes for controlling and maintaining stock accuracy to support Lucid’s Service organization
- Manage stock and oversee flow for all items of Central and Local Service Parts warehouses, coordinating, monitoring and challenging the performance of the 3PL partner from product put away to picking
- Manage stock integrity between the different IT systems and be accountable for stock accuracy
- Support stock definition and level in the Service Center locations, provide guidance and training to Parts Advisors
- Coordinate stock performance by collecting data from multiple Service Centers, warehouses and running various analyses (ABC analysis, picking path optimization, productivity, safety stock definition, etc)
- Coordinate with Warehouse team to resolve stock discrepancies, research root causes of inventory discrepancies and identify process, system, and training improvements
- Define and execute a strategy to minimize potential obsolescence at the warehouses and Service Center level and assist with forecasting EOL Service Parts
- Ensure compliance with parts storage
- Continuously improve efficiencies and create clear communications for leadership
- Work with Service Purchasing and Planning to forecast European Service Parts inventory with the focus on “just-in-time” inventory levels at the warehouses and Service Center levels
- Support the European Service Parts portfolio management and stock replenishment strategy
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams, including but not limited to Purchasing, Warehouse, Parts Advisor, Delivery Coordinator, etc.
- Run end-to-end integration testing for DMS implementation
- Work closely with the Service Systems Integration Team and stakeholders to support the testing and implementation of predictive parts replenishment software
Skills on Resume:
- Inventory Strategy (Hard Skills)
- Stock Management (Hard Skills)
- Data Analysis (Hard Skills)
- System Integration (Hard Skills)
- Process Improvement (Hard Skills)
- Cross-Functional Collaboration (Soft Skills)
- Problem Solving (Soft Skills)
- Forecast Planning (Hard Skills)