Senior Inventory Controls Specialist

Senior Inventory Controls Specialist (Owensboro, KY)

At PMI U.S., we are building a modern nicotine business—focused on helping make a future without cigarettes a reality in America. As the U.S. businesses of Philip Morris International, we are investing in new products, science, and capabilities to provide the approximately 25 million legal‑age adults who still smoke with better alternatives.

Our approach is rooted in innovation, responsible marketing, and a growing U.S. footprint that spans manufacturing, technology, and commercial operations across the country.

That creates real opportunity. You’ll have the space to take ownership, develop new ideas, and contribute to work that is shaping our business and the category. We’re looking for people who are curious, collaborative, and motivated by progress—because the scale of what we’re building creates room to grow in different directions.

About the Role

As a Senior Inventory Controls Specialist, you will lead inventory control excellence across the assigned business scope, serving as a trusted subject matter expert and strategic partner to Operations, Warehouse, Logistics, Production, and Finance teams. You will be accountable for ensuring inventory accuracy, strengthening internal controls, supporting audit readiness, and driving continuous improvements across inventory-related processes and systems.

In this highly visible role, you will leverage your analytical expertise and inventory management knowledge to resolve complex discrepancies, identify process optimization opportunities, and provide recommendations that improve operational performance. You will play a key role in influencing cross-functional decision-making while driving inventory integrity, compliance, and standardization across the organization.

Your 'day to day':

• Own end-to-end inventory validation, cycle count, annual count verification, reconciliation, and evidence-retention processes for the assigned scope.

• Lead analysis of complex inventory discrepancies across physical stock, Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365), transaction records, and supporting financial data, driving root-cause resolution and corrective actions.

• Review work and provide technical guidance to colleagues involved in inventory counts, reconciliations, and documentation activities.

• Coordinate cross-functional action plans with Warehouse, Logistics, Production, Operations Finance, and other stakeholders to resolve inventory and control-related issues.

• Lead internal and external audit support activities, explain control execution, and ensure timely closure of audit requests, evidence submissions, and identified gaps.

• Assess inventory movements, adjustments, and segregation-of-duties or access-related risks while recommending appropriate corrective controls.

• Design and implement improvements to inventory reporting, reconciliation methodologies, documentation standards, and D365-enabled workflows.

• Lead inventory projects or key workstreams within larger initiatives while effectively managing stakeholder expectations.

• Develop management-ready inventory analytics, trend assessments, and recommendations that support operational decision-making and inventory accuracy.

• Serve as a trusted subject matter resource for inventory control procedures, audit readiness, and warehouse-finance process integration.

Who we're looking for:

• Bachelor's degree in Accounting, Finance, Supply Chain, Business Administration, Operations Management, or a related field, or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

• 5+ years of experience in inventory control, inventory accounting, warehouse operations, supply chain, manufacturing, or a related operational finance environment.

• Demonstrated experience with inventory reconciliations, cycle counting programs, variance analysis, and inventory governance processes.

• Strong knowledge of internal controls, audit readiness requirements, documentation standards, and segregation-of-duties principles.

• Experience conducting root-cause analysis and implementing sustainable corrective actions to improve inventory accuracy.

• Ability to influence and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across Operations, Manufacturing, Warehousing, Logistics, and Finance.

• Advanced analytical, problem-solving, and decision-making skills with the ability to translate data into actionable business recommendations.

• Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Excel, including data analysis, reporting, and reconciliation activities.

• Experience working with enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems and inventory management platforms.

• Ability to manage multiple priorities while maintaining a high degree of accuracy, organization, and attention to detail.

• Legally authorized to work in the U.S.

What's nice to have:

• Experience working with Microsoft Dynamics 365 (D365).

• Experience supporting SOX-controlled environments and internal or external audit activities.

• Experience within manufacturing, consumer packaged goods (CPG), distribution, logistics, or supply chain environment.

• Experience leading inventory-related process improvement initiatives, system enhancements, or operational excellence projects.

• Knowledge of inventory analytics, reporting tools, and inventory optimization best practices.

• Professional certifications related to Supply Chain, Inventory Management, Accounting, or Internal Controls.

Annual Base Salary Range: $104,000 - $130,000

What we offer:

• We offer a competitive base salary, annual bonus (applicable based on level of position), great medical, dental and vision coverage, 401k with a generous company match, incredible wellness benefits, commuter benefits, pet insurance, generous PTO, and much more!

• We have implemented Smart Work, a hybrid model of working that promotes flexibility in the workplace.

• Seize the freedom to define your future and ours. We’ll empower you to take risks, experiment, and explore.

• Be part of an inclusive, diverse culture where everyone’s contribution is respected; Collaborate with some of the world’s best people and feel like you belong.

• Pursue your ambitions and develop your skills with a global business – our staggering size and scale provides endless opportunities to progress.

• Take pride in delivering our promise to society: To improve the lives of millions of smokers.

PMI is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

PMI is headquartered in Stamford, Conn., and its U.S. affiliates have more than 3,000 employees.

PMI has been an entirely separate company from Altria and Philip Morris USA since 2008. PMI’s affiliates first entered the U.S. market following the company’s acquisition of Swedish Match in late 2022. Philip Morris International and its U.S. affiliates are working to deliver a smoke-free future. Since 2008, PMI has invested $12.5 billion globally to develop, scientifically substantiate and commercialize innovative smoke-free products for adults who would otherwise continue to smoke with the goal of transitioning legal-age consumers who smoke to better alternatives. In 2022, PMI acquired Swedish Match – a leader in oral nicotine delivery – creating a global smoke-free champion led by the IQOS and ZYN brands. The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has authorized versions of PMI’s IQOS electronically heated tobacco devices and Swedish Match’s General snus as Modified Risk Tobacco Products and renewal applications for these products are presently pending before the FDA. For more information, please visit www.pmi.com/us and www.pmiscience.com.