Inventory Control Supervisor

CEVA Logistics provides global supply chain solutions to connect people, products and providers all around the world. Present in 170 countries and with more than 110,000 employees spread over 1,500 sites, we are well on our way to achieving our vision: to be a Top 5 global 3PL.

We believe that our employees are the key to our success. We want to engage and empower our diverse, global team to co-create value with our customers through our solutions in contract logistics and air, ocean, ground, and finished vehicle transport. That is why CEVA Logistics offers a dynamic and exceptional work environment that fosters personal growth, innovation, and continuous improvement.

DARE TO GROW! Join CEVA Logistics, and you will be part of a team that values imagination, encourages boldness and exemplarity, and is committed to excellence in everything we do. Join us in our mission to shape the future of global logistics as we become a global leader in the logistics industry. As we continue growing at a fast pace, will you “Dare to Grow” with us?
 

YOUR ROLE

As an Inventory Control Supervisor, your primary goal is to ensure accurate stock levels for our customers. Working within a LEAN philosophy, you analyze and identify opportunities to further optimize inventory management processes. You act as an advisor to your manager on the optimal storage and organization of stock. Your role is to translate the data in the WMS into the things we actually see in the operation. At a tactical level, you identify opportunities and bottlenecks in inventory management. These insights serve as the foundation for improvement project, which you will implement in collaboration with the operation. With a proactive and initiating role, you contribute to a more efficient warehouse operation, ensuring continuous improvement processes.

On a daily basis, you manage a team of six high-performing Inventory Controllers. They operate on the warehouse floor, ensuring that our team members can perform their tasks as efficiently as possible. You play a key role in their personal and professional development.

You work closely with the warehouse operation and supervision, which means you regularly put on your safety shoes an can be found on the warehouse floor. In this dynamic environment, you serve as a point of contact for both colleagues and customers. Your working hours can be flexibly scheduled within office hours, between 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m. 

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

As part of the Operations Support team, you support two key customers at our warehouse campus in Roosendaal. You maintain close contact with various internal departments and colleagues, including Warehouse Supervisors, the Contract Manager and the Inventory Control team. These colleagues handle daily bottlenecks and operational challenges, while you take on a supervising role. Your focus is on translating recurring obstacles into long-term, structural solutions. By analyzing historical and current customer data, you identify patterns and opportunities for continuous improvement.

As a Inventory Control Supervisor, you work on:

• Monitoring and analyzing order flows, for example, using ABC analysis. In case of anomalies or deviations, you inform the customer and/or colleagues so that appropriate action can be taken;
• Identifying and contributing to the structural resolution of warehouse issues, either through targeted projects or Kaizen initiatives;
• Developing and optimizing the long-term (re)layout of goods within the warehouse to improve efficiency;
• Coaching and developing your team members, ensuring their professional growth and performance;
• Leading the annual cycle count and reporting on inventory accuracy and findings.

WHAT ARE WE LOOKING FOR?

You thrive on optimizing processes within a dynamic logistics environment. You have a keen eye for detail and excel at processing, analyzing, and monitoring data with precision. Additionally, you are comfortable interacting with both colleagues and external stakeholders. With a strong resilience to stress, you maintain focus under pressure and embrace a mindset of continuous improvement.

Additionally, you bring the following knowledge and experience:

• You have an HBO level of education and thinking;
• You have a good command of English, as many systems and communications with colleagues and customers are in English;
• You are proficient in working with numerical databases (Excel and WMS system) and frequently perform analyses based on data dumps;
• You have experience with ABC analysis;
• You have at least two years of work experience in a project or supervisor role.

WHAT DO WE OFFER?

At CEVA Logistics, there are ample opportunities to bring out the best in yourself and your career. Besides a dynamic environment where we achieve our goals together rapidly and result-oriented, we offer a position that allows room for enjoyment and connection. This role can be the first step towards a broad career path within our organization. The possibilities to chart your own course are endless!

Additionally, we offer:

• A salary between € 2.759 and € 3.800 (depending on your work experience and education level), with the opportunity for growth within the pay scale;
• A one-year contract with the prospect of a permanent position;
• Employment conditions in accordance with our own CEVA collective labor agreement (Dutch: cao), including 25 vacation days, 5 ADV days, and an annual salary increase;
• Profit sharing of up to 3% with positive business results;
• Good pension scheme, travel allowance and 8% holiday pay;
• Many opportunities to develop yourself through training and internal growth.

YOUR FUTURE

Apply directly via the button or contact Marloes van Hugten (Corporate Recruiter) for more information at telephone number 06 – 126 588 87 (also available on WhatsApp) or email your question to marloes.vanhugten@cevalogistics.com.

At CEVA, we have a driven and enthusiastic recruitment team. If you know someone who is suitable, please let us know!

Recruitment agencies: we prefer to find our own people. If we need your help, we know where to find you.

WHERE WILL YOU BE WORKING?

CEVA Logistics is a leading international logistics service provider. In the Benelux region, we operate 54 locations, where approximately 7,000 employees contribute to our success every day. We manage 1.3 million m² of warehouse space for Contract Logistics and e-Commerce Business. Additionally, we offer supply chain solutions in Airfreight, Oceanfreight, Ground & Rail, and Finished Vehicles Logistics (FVL). 

Our warehouse campus in Roosendaal consists of six buildings with a total area of over 165,000 m². Here, we serve a wide range of customers from various industries, such as retail, fashion, the oil and gas industry, and spare parts for industrial goods. A dynamic environment where innovation and logistics come together. #LI

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As a global organization, and as part of the CMA CGM Group, diversity is critical to our business success; only when we can reflect the cultures, languages, behaviors and local knowledge of our customers, we can succeed. By employing people with different experiences and abilities, we expand our knowledge and increase our creativity and innovation.