Inventory Control Supervisor

**Inventory Control Supervisor**
- Reports To

Regional CFO, Sysco Specialty Meat Group

Location

Buckhead Vancouver

Type

Permanent, Full-time, Salary

Closing Date

April 5, 2025

Salary Range

$54,431 to $112,865

**Company Overview**

Sysco connects the world to share food and care for one another. Sysco leads from the heart of food and service to deliver the freshest of foods and ideas to restaurants, healthcare and educational facilities, lodging establishments and other customers who prepare meals away from home. Our customers can count on us to deliver on-point products and solutions since only Sysco is the global leader, sitting at the heart of innovation supply, delivery, culinary and more.

With over 57,000 colleagues and a fleet of over 13,000 vehicles, Sysco operates approximately 326 distribution facilities worldwide and serves more than 625,000 customer locations. For fiscal 2024 that ended July 2, 2024, the company generated sales of more than $68 billion USD. Sysco has 27 Specialty Meat and Seafood operating companies across Canada and United States that focus on meat and seafood production and distribution.

Sysco, one of Canada’s Best Employers 2024, as listed by Forbes, is dedicated to our global corporate social responsibility goals and to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. We offer our colleagues the opportunity to grow personally and professionally, to contribute to the success of a dynamic organization, and to serve others in a manner that exceeds their expectations.

Sysco is more than just a place to work. Our passion for food and our customers has made us the industry leader. To remain on top, we will continue to think bigger, work harder and never give up. Are you ready to drive success?

**Role**:
This is a Finance position responsible for overseeing and providing direct supervision to oversee all functions of Inventory Control. The Inventory Control Supervisor is responsible for leading the receiving and management of inventory within our production facility. This role is responsible for a critical function that ensures continuity of our operations and on-time delivery for our customers. As a working-supervisor the incumbent will be required to support these departments in performing and reviewing quarterly cycle counts; investigating inventory outs; performing and overseeing all QA functions in accordance with Sysco Food Safety standards and various customer specific standards; providing guidance and direction to DC and Will Call to support their daily activities; and ensuring appropriate backup.

**Role Responsibilities**:

- Ensure proper controls are maintained for accounting for and physically controlling inventory.
- Measure the quality and inventory transaction accuracy while providing feedback to the operations.
- Monitor KPI's regarding accuracy and integrity of inventory transactions and provide feedback to operations where necessary.
- Review sales movement needs and arrange for product transfers from outside storage.
- Schedule physical inventories and ensure adequate counting procedures.
- Plan and execute a minimum of four (4) cyclical counts per year or one full count per quarter in each facility.
- Plan for & identify root causes of inventory deviation through cause-and-effect analysis.
- Partner with Site Director of Operations in the communication of policies and procedures.
- Review all facility requirements and build standard operating procedures to fulfill all requirements.
- Develop and execute daily, weekly and monthly action plans that improve quality, inventory accuracy and service.
- Ensure that Warehouse maintains all system inventory including freshness counts and checks, product rotation and damage checks.
- Minimize inventory shrinkage and spoilage through timely and effective follow up and reports to management.
- Accounts for and ensures proper documentation in the disposition of donated, reclaimed and salvaged products.
- Conduct third party audits.
- Comply with all applicable regulations or laws and company policies.
- Ensure all functions are carried out per FAMM standards.
- Works with food safety and quality assurance to ensure understanding and working within HACCP and food safety program parameters and ensure HACCP requirements are met.
- Create a positive work environment that enhances the working relationship with other departments.
- Works safely with mínimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards incidents and environmental spills immediately.
- Complies with Sysco's Food Safety Policy and procedures to ensure food safety, quality and legality requirements are met.
- Is willing to work safely with mínimal environmental impact and understands the importance of reporting all hazards, incidents, and environmental spills immediately to their supervisor.
- Understands that they play an integral role in their safety and that of their colleagues and is willing to speak out when hazards are pre