Inventory Manager - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 100k/year - Carlisle, PA

Inventory Manager - Manufacturing - Base Salary to 100k/year - Carlisle, PA

• AllSearch Recruiting has a client looking for an Inventory Manager in Carlisle, PA. This client is a values-driven organization committed to excellence, integrity, and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities:

• Lead by example, resolve operational conflicts, and make decisive, data-driven decisions.
  
• Reduce inventory risk by identifying and addressing shrinkage, dead stock, and missing product.
  
• Use inventory data to support reorder points, lead time calculations, EOQ, inventory turnover, and days-on-hand metrics.
  
• Apply strong attention to detail when managing high-volume inventory data.
  
• Utilize Microsoft Office, WMS platforms, document control systems, and accurate data entry tools.
  
• Interpret production schedules to align inventory availability with operational demand.
  
• Coordinate product and packaging material inventory to support production schedules.
  
• Conduct cycle counts and inventory audits, ensuring system accuracy.
  
• Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies with customers, vendors, and production planning teams.
  
• Coordinate product recoup operations and provide production line backfill as needed.
  
• Oversee customer inventories across multiple facilities within an assigned region.
  
• Ensure accuracy across physical counts, cycle counts, and system-generated inventory data.
  
• Perform regular audits to protect financial accuracy and reduce adjustments.
  
• Secure and tracked customer-designated hold inventory.
  
• Maintain accurate inventory receipts and minimized system corrections through root-cause analysis.
  
• Collect product samples at customer request.
  
• Coordinate packaging material changes with production planning.
  
• Resolved quality concerns collaboratively with customers, vendors, and internal teams.
  
• Follow SOPs and customer-specific work instructions consistently.
  
• Serve as a direct customer contact, maintaining professional and responsive communication.
  
• Respond to customer requests within 1 hour, providing clear status updates and completion timelines.
  
• Escalate customer issues immediately when service commitments could not be met.
  
• Use inventory and sales data to forecast demand and optimize stock levels.
  
• Balance inventory availability with cost control objectives.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of inventory control experience, including 3+ years in inventory management leadership.
  
• Lead inventory operations with full schedule flexibility, including overtime, weekends, and holidays as required to meet business demand.
  
• Took initiative beyond assigned duties, supporting cross-functional operations and maintaining organized, audit-ready workspaces.
  
• Delivered accurate, timely work under tight deadlines using “Only Handle It Once (OHIO)” execution standards.
  
• Communicated inventory risks, discrepancies, and operational impacts clearly and factually to leadership.
  
• Maintained a strong safety record by identifying and reporting unsafe conditions immediately.

Compensation:

• Base salary in the 85k - 100k/year range plus bonus and benefits

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