Inventory Control Assistant Manager - W18 at RJW Logistics Group in Joliet, IL
- Company: RJW Logistics Group
- Location: Joliet, IL
- Posted: Sep 24, 2026
- Type: Full-time
- Salary: $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 / year
- Experience: 5+ years
Overview
Job Purpose: The Inventory Control Assistant Warehouse Manager is responsible for managing the daily operations of the department and ensuring that adequate inventory of products and services are in accordance with inventory cycles and organizational philosophy. The person in this position conducts …
Job description
- Job Purpose: The Inventory Control Assistant Warehouse Manager is responsible for managing the daily operations of the department and ensuring that adequate inventory of products and services are in accordance with inventory cycles and organizational philosophy. The person in this position conducts daily inventory analysis to solve inventory problems. Develops and implements inventory control procedures. Coordinates and manages daily physical counts along with training and managing the team. This position is responsible for scheduling their team hours of operation, maintenance of warehouse equipment and warehouse housekeeping. The manager will assign priorities for all aspects of this department to include labor, documentation/time requirements and customer demands. This position reports to the General Manager of Warehouse.
Responsibilities
- QI process for Bay Valley inventory, this is done in order to have inventory available to Rico's.
- Labor Planning
- Ensuring payroll time is correct
- Consistently communicating with external clients.
- Outsourcing labor as needed.
- Special project request from clients
- Weekly mangers and supervisor meeting
- Attending all strategic leadership meetings on a weekly basis.
- Keeping track of all facility updates.
- KPI Tracking
- Maintaining and documenting maintenance of all equipment.
- Peco and Chep, inputting info into system once a week.
- Ensuring that performance reviews, team goals and forecasting is documented and completed in a timely manner.
Requirements
- Management skills and the ability to manage a staff of employees.
- Hire, Train, Coach, Mentor and hold all warehouse staff accountable..
- Ability to lead or support IT modification projects.
- Ability to maintain an organized, neat and orderly operation as it pertains to Inventory Control.
- Ensures that all project and client KPIs are met or exceeds expectation.
- Requires knowledge of reporting requirements as it pertains to co-pack.
- Good communication, problem resolution, and people skills.
- Maintains AIB policy and procedures.
- 5 or more years of Warehouse Management experience
- Ability to report/track trending and historical data.
- Must have strong business writing and case analysis skills.
- Intermediate algebra and financial math is a must.
- Experience in Inventory Control, Transportation Warehouse.
- Intermediate Microsoft Office Excel with basic knowledge of Access, data entry and general computer abilities.
- Experience in warehouse safety and safety training.
- Must be able to effectively communicate, read, write, and speak English.
- Ability to read, analyze, and interpret general business periodicals, professional journals, technical procedures, or governmental regulations. Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, and customers.
Skills
Required
- Intermediate algebra and financial math
Benefits
- We offer a competitive benefits package that includes health, dental, and vision insurance, life and disability, paid holidays, time off, retirement savings plan participation, and additional employee programs.
- Company MyShare program
- 401(k) matching
- Medical/Dental/Vision insurance
- Employee discount
- Flexible spending account
- Health savings account
- Paid time off
- Sick Days
- Long-term Disability Insurance
- Short-term Disability Insurance
- Accidental Insurance
- Critical Illness Insurance
- Disability Insurance
- Compensation: $70-$85K annual depending on experience
- Pay Range
- $70,000.00 - $85,000.00 / year
- Pay Transparency
- In order to support the Fair Compensation Strategy by the US Govt., HR Dept., clients are required to adhere to "Pay Transparency Law"; in the impacted states; that have mandated the employers to list the salary ranges in Job advertisements or postings for job opportunities and Job promotions.