- Location
- Tampa, Florida, United States
- Department
- Operations - TS
- Clearance
- Required
- Source
- Greenhouse
Description
Job Overview
The Sr. Inventory Control Analyst supports warehouse operations by ensuring inventory accuracy, optimizing storage and material flow, and maintaining reliable data within the warehouse management or ERP system. This role works closely with warehouse supervisors, production planning, procurement, and quality to minimize stockouts, reduce errors, and drive improvements in warehouse efficiency and inventory control.
Essential Functions
- Perform root-cause analysis on inventory discrepancies, bin accuracy issues, and transactional errors, drive corrective and preventive actions.
- Provide informed recommendations to management across business functions that enhance accuracy, efficiency, and material flow.
- Coordinate cycle counts, location audits, and full physical inventories; ensure count procedures comply with company policies.
- Review and maintain accurate item and location data within the ERP system, including stocking locations, units of measure, lot/serial tracking.
- Develop and maintain inventory performance reports and KPIs such as inventory accuracy, fill rate, cycle count effectiveness, and aging inventory.
- Monitor inventory usage and provide management with guidance on Excess and Obsolete (E/O) recommendations.
- Improve material handling processes, and storage optimization to enhance space utilization and pick/put efficiency.
- Monitor slow-moving, damaged, expired, or obsolete stock, work with operations and planning teams on disposition or rework strategies.
- Ensure proper execution of warehouse transactions such as receipts, transfers, adjustments, issues, and returns, train staff when necessary.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives related to warehouse layout, process standardization, barcode scanning, and material flow.
- Collaborate with Production Control and Planning teams to ensure timely and accurate material staging, kitting, and replenishment.
- Provide leadership within the inventory control function.
- Perform other duties as required.
Standard Essential Functions
- Regular and reliable attendance on a full time basis [or in accordance with posted schedule].
- Responsible for exhibiting professional behavior with both internal and external business associates that reflects positively on the company and is consistent with the company's policies and practices.
- Embodies AEVEX’s cultural values and aligns daily actions with department goals and company culture.
Qualifications and Competencies
- Strong understanding of WMS/ERP systems and warehouse processes such as receiving, put-away, picking, staging, and shipping.
- Strong analytical skills with advanced Excel proficiency.
- Excellent problem-solving and root-cause analysis capabilities.
- Excellent communication and ability to work cross-functionally with warehouse operations, planning, procurement, and quality teams.
- Excellent attention to detail, accuracy, and organizational skills.
- Strong knowledge of lean warehousing, 5S, or continuous improvement methodologies preferred
- Familiarity with manufacturing material flow, kitting, or line-side replenishment preferred
Education / Certifications
- Bachelor’s degree in supply chain, business, operations, logistics or other relevant field.
- APICS Certification (Preferred)
Experience
- 5+ years of inventory control or warehouse operations experience, ideally in a manufacturing or distribution environment.
- Experience in aerospace and defense industry a plus.
Physical Requirements
The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties the employee is:
- Frequently required to sit, and to reach to use computers and other office equipment
For the purpose of this summary, occasionally is used to represent up to 1/3 of the time given to the work day, frequently represents 1/3 to 2/3 of the time and constantly represents 2/3 or more of the time.
Security Clearance
- Ability to obtain/maintain a Secret DoD clearance, U.S. Citizenship required.
Disclaimer:
AEVEX Aerospace is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.
About AEVEX
AEVEX, headquartered in Solana Beach, California, supports the U.S. national security mission and partner nation needs around the world by providing full-spectrum aviation, remote sensing, and analysis solutions. The company's capabilities include custom design and engineering; rapid prototyping; sensor integration and sustainment; aircraft modification and certification; flight test instrumentation and support; mission operations service; advanced intelligence data processing, exploitation, and dissemination solutions; and tailored hardware and software mission-system tools. AEVEX uses agile and customized approaches to rapidly define, develop, and deliver specialized solutions for airborne special mission needs for the U.S. Government, partner nations, and commercial businesses. AEVEX has major offices in California, Florida, North Carolina, Ohio, and Virginia.
AEVEX provides a full suite of comprehensive benefits, including a 401(k)-retirement plan, comprehensive Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability and Life insurance group coverage with a portion of the premiums paid by the company, professional development funds, and an Employee Assistance Plan (EAP) with counseling, legal help, child and elder care support, among other benefits for qualified employees.
Recruitment Communication Notice: All official correspondence regarding your application, application status, interviews, or the AEVEX hiring process will come directly from an AEVEX representative using an @aevex.com email address or through Greenhouse, our applicant tracking system. Please use caution with communications claiming to represent AEVEX from other email domains, and always verify the sender before responding or providing personal information.
Equal Employment Opportunity:
AEVEX is an Equal Opportunity employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, religious creed, color, sex (including pregnancy, breast feeding and related medical conditions), gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, military and veteran status, marital status, age, protected medical condition, genetic information, physical disability, mental disability, or any other protected status in accordance with all applicable federal, state and local laws.