Senior Manager, Inventory Control

About The Role

Kinder's is seeking an experienced Senior Inventory Control Manager who is passionate about being part of a team of hard-working people focused on bringing the future of flavor to consumers everywhere.

We are a fast-growing company working hard to bring amazing flavor solutions that are as exciting and delicious as they are simple to use, whether our consumers are experienced cooks or first-timers in the kitchen. We are obsessed with quality and are 100% committed to being the most innovative company in any market we serve. Our mission is to bring awesome flavor to consumers whenever and wherever they are looking for it. We have experienced tremendous growth over the last five years, but we think we are just getting started. We love our consumers and are fired up to be part of their flavor journey. We need more great people to help us continue raising the bar for what they think is possible in their own kitchens.

Today, we have over 100 products sold nationwide at retailers including Costco, Walmart, Sam's Club, Whole Foods, Sprouts, Kroger, Safeway, and many more. While we have been around for over 75 years, we have experienced explosive growth in the last five years and are now a top-five brand in the U.S. in multiple flavor categories, including seasoning blends, BBQ sauce, and wing sauce. To keep our momentum rolling, we need more passionate flavor advocates and builders to join our team and help us reach every kitchen across the U.S. and maybe even the world.

How you'll have an impact at Kinder's: a strategic and operational leader responsible for advancing inventory-control performance across a multi-site network. This role standardizes controls, owns the functional improvement roadmap, strengthens 3PL accountability, and translates inventory data into decisions that improve service, working capital, risk, and scalability.

Role Scope

Primary Focus: Lead multi-site inventory-control strategy, operating performance, and continuous improvement.

Scope: Network-wide leadership across internal, e-commerce, and 3PL locations; owner of the functional roadmap and operating rhythm.

Decision Making: Make strategic functional decisions, prioritize resources, and recommend material risk, system, and financial actions.

People Leadership: Lead managers and/or individual contributors, build capability, and strengthen succession readiness.

Key Responsibilities

Lead inventory-control and deployment performance across multiple internal, e-commerce, and 3PL warehouse locations.

Own and implement the inventory-control functional roadmap, translating business priorities into standards, projects, milestones, and measurable outcomes.

Standardize network processes for cycle counts, physical inventories, reconciliation, inventory adjustments, transfers, returns, lot traceability, and variance resolution.

Establish control routines and escalation thresholds for inventory accuracy, shrinkage, SLOB, aging, holds, damages, reserves, and material financial exposure.

Lead root-cause analysis of systemic inventory issues and ensure corrective and preventive actions are implemented across applicable locations.

Optimize inventory deployment governance and priorities in partnership with Planning, Logistics, Operations, Customer Operations, and warehouse partners.

Own inventory KPI dashboards, scorecards, business reviews, and trend analysis; translate findings into clear operational and financial actions.

Manage the inventory-control operating budget and identify productivity, cost-reduction, and risk-mitigation opportunities with measurable ROI.

Partner with Finance on inventory valuation integrity, SLOB reserves, write-offs, shrinkage, loss prevention, audit readiness, and working-capital improvement.

Manage strategic operating relationships with 3PL partners, including inventory-control expectations, SLAs, audits, remediation plans, and performance accountability.

Serve as a business subject-matter expert for ERP, WMS, reporting, data governance, and automation enhancements; sponsor adoption and process discipline.

Lead cross-functional inventory initiatives, warehouse transitions, new-location launches, system implementations, and network changes.

Develop scalable SOPs, policies, controls, and training programs that support growth and consistent execution across the network.

Build team capability and leadership depth through coaching, performance management, talent development, role clarity, and succession planning.

What You Bring to the Table

7+ years of progressive experience in inventory control, supply chain, warehousing, distribution, or operations, preferably within CPG, food, or manufacturing.

3+ years of people-leadership experience with a track record of building accountable, high-performing teams.

Demonstrated experience managing inventory control across multiple sites and 3PL partners.

Strong expertise in inventory accuracy, cycle counting, physical inventories, reconciliation, SLOB, reserves, shrinkage, deployment, and working capital.

Proven ability to lead cross-functional projects, standardize processes, and deliver measurable operational and financial improvements.

Strong analytical, financial, and executive-ready communication skills; comfortable turning complex data into priorities and decisions.

Experience with ERP, WMS, business intelligence, automation, and data-governance initiatives; SAP experience is preferred.

Strong vendor-management skills, including performance reviews, SLA accountability, audits, and corrective-action management.

Bachelor's degree in supply chain, operations, business, finance, or a related field is preferred but not required.

Measures of Success

Network inventory accuracy, reconciliation timeliness, and control compliance improve against targets.

Recurring variances, shrinkage, and preventable adjustments decline through sustainable root-cause resolution.

SLOB and at-risk inventory exposure are visible, governed, and actively reduced.

3PL partners consistently meet inventory-control standards and corrective actions close on time.

The inventory roadmap delivers measurable value and the team develops stronger leadership depth.

Location and Travel

The position will be based out of our Walnut Creek, CA office and will require periodic travel to warehouses, 3PL partners, co-manufacturers, and other company locations.

Pay Transparency

The expected starting salary range for this role is $160,000- $180,000 per year. The salary range posted for this role reflects the good-faith base pay range Kinder’s reasonably expects to offer at the time of posting and may vary based on the location of the role. Individual compensation within the posted range will be determined based on factors such as relevant education, experience, qualifications, skills, and business needs.