Inventory Control Regional Manager

Weights & Biases Weights & Biases · Data AI · Aberdeen, SD +9 · Data Center - COR

Regional Inventory Control Manager for a cloud provider focused on AI infrastructure. The role involves leading inventory control programs across multiple data centers, ensuring accuracy, managing discrepancies, and enforcing SOPs. Key responsibilities include people leadership, operational execution, inventory counts, reconciliation, and cross-functional collaboration with Data Center Operations, Finance, and Security to maintain SOX-ready controls. Requires experience in inventory control, asset management, or logistics with multi-site scope, people leadership, and familiarity with ERP/asset tools and control frameworks.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own regional inventory accuracy, discrepancy aging, and audit outcomes for Inventory Control.
  2. Lead, coach, and develop Inventory Control Specialists (ICS) and site IC leads across multiple data centers and 1PL locations.
  3. Standardize and enforce inventory control SOPs, cycle count programs, and reconciliation routines across your region.
  4. Partner with Data Center Operations, Global Logistics, Finance, and Security to ensure SOX-ready controls, clean handoffs, and clear accountabilities.
  5. Use data and KPIs to identify gaps, drive corrective actions (RCA/CAPA), and deliver measurable improvements in control, speed, and quality.

Skills

Required

  • 7+ years in inventory control, asset management, or logistics/warehouse operations, with multi-site or regional scope.
  • Proven people leadership experience, managing IC, warehouse, or logistics teams (direct reports) across one or more sites.
  • Deep understanding of serialized inventory control: cycle counts, physicals, reconciliations, discrepancy investigation, and documentation.
  • Experience working in ERP and asset tools (e.g., NetSuite, Snipe-IT or similar), with comfort pulling and interpreting operational reports.
  • Demonstrated ability to read, interpret, and enforce SOPs and control frameworks (SOX or similar).
  • Strong communication skills; able to align IC teams, DC Ops, Finance, and leadership around targets and corrective actions.
  • Willingness and ability to travel frequently within your region.

Nice to have

  • Experience in data center, cloud, AI infrastructure, or other high-value hardware environments.
  • Familiarity with SOX §404 or other regulated inventory environments.
  • Exposure to Lean, 5S, or continuous improvement methods in an operations context.
  • Bachelor's degree

What the JD emphasized

  • inventory control program
  • inventory accuracy
  • discrepancy aging
  • audit readiness
  • serialized assets
  • spares
  • project materials
  • inventory control SOPs
  • cycle count programs
  • reconciliation routines
  • SOX-ready controls
  • asset management
  • logistics/warehouse operations
  • ERP and asset tools
  • NetSuite
  • serialized inventory control
  • cycle counts
  • physicals
  • reconciliations
  • discrepancy investigation
  • documentation
  • SOX §404