Inventory Control Team Lead

Job Description

Job Description

What We Do

CarParts.com is the go-to eCommerce platform for auto care and maintenance. We offer drivers quality parts at competitive prices and allow customers to schedule an appointment with a trusted mechanic directly from our website. We use world-class design principles and the latest technologies to deliver a fast, easy-to-use, and mobile-intuitive website. And with our company-owned national distribution network, we bring the best brands and manufacturers directly to consumers, cutting out the costs associated with brick-and-mortar retailers. Our more than 1,700 team members worldwide are dedicated to Empowering Drivers Along Their Journey.

Our Culture

At CarParts.com, we’re DRIVEN by our core values : Safety First, Customer Focused, and a Commitment to Excellence. These values guide us in everything we do and push us further in our growth both as a company and as people. They cultivate an environment where employees are inspired and empowered as we build and thrive together. All the hard work of our entire team has resulted in back-to-back record-breaking quarters since Q1 of 2020, as well as our inclusion in the Los Angeles Business Journal’s top 100 Best Places to Work in Los Angeles list for four years in a row (2020, 2021, 2022, 2023). Join us!

Summary of Role / Position

The Inventory Warehouse Team Lead is responsible for overseeing daily inventory operations within the distribution center. This role ensures accurate product counts, proper slotting, and reconciliation of inventory discrepancies, while leading a team of associates to meet department goals. The Team Lead works under the direction of the Inventory Operations Supervisor but has latitude to make independent decisions, coach employees, and recommend process improvements.

This is a hands-on leadership role that requires strong problem-solving skills, warehouse inventory knowledge, and the ability to drive performance in a fast-paced environment.

YOU WILL :

• Lead and coordinate daily inventory control functions, including cycle counting, audits, bin verifications, and discrepancy investigations.
• Monitor workflows and system reports, recommending or executing solutions to resolve inventory issues.
• Provide coaching, mentoring, and guidance to inventory team members; identifying skill gaps and arrange retraining as needed.
• Partner with Training Coordinators to ensure proper cross-training and knowledge of inventory systems.
• Collaborate with Supervisors and Operations Managers to align staffing, process improvements, and KPI goals.
• Support system testing, process audits, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Document inventory adjustments in WMS (Warehouse Management System) and ensure compliance with SOPs.
• Conduct safety checks and enforce safe work practices within the team.
• Report daily and weekly performance metrics, highlighting wins and areas for improvement.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

YOU MUST HAVE :

CarParts.com is an equal-opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, sexual orientation, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition, physical or mental disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions, or any other classification protected by federal, state, and local laws and ordinances. Our management is dedicated to ensuring that we fulfill this policy with respect to hiring, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, layoff, termination, recruitment advertising, pay, and other forms of compensation, training, and general treatment during employment.

The above-noted job description is not intended to describe, in detail, the multitude of tasks that may be assigned but rather to give the incumbent a general sense of the responsibilities and expectations of his / her position. As the nature of business demands change so, too, may the essential functions of this position.