Inventory Control Specialist - 3rd Shift
Jack Link's · New Glarus, WI
- Level
- Specialist
- Team
- Controls
- Experience asked
- 2+ years
- Industry
- Food & beverage
- Posted
- 7 days ago
The role in 30 seconds
A specialist controls role at Jack Link's (food & beverage) in New Glarus, WI.
- They ask for
- 2+ years
- Tools it names
- Root cause, SAP, EHS / safety
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From the plant jobs report · week of October 19, 2026
Controls Engineer roles in Wisconsin: typical posted base $86k–$127k.
Median of the low and high ends of 11 live postings that list pay, out of 27 controls engineer openings in Wisconsin, read from manufacturers' own careers sites.
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How this role compares
Against 26 other live controls postings in Wisconsin.
- Base pay
- Not listed in this posting
- Experience asked
- Less than usual (2+ vs 5+)
Typical $86k–$127k, from 11 postings that list pay.
Similar roles usually ask 5+ years.
Skills these teams ask for most
- PLC 67%
- Automation 67%
- ✓ Root cause 44%
- Validation (IQ/OQ/PQ) 33%
- Robotics 30%
- Team leadership 26%
✓ = this posting asks for it too. % = share of similar postings that mention it.
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This plant: Jack Link's in New Glarus
2 other open roles at this site · 1 person we found in controls roles at Jack Link's.
- Inventory Control Specialist - 2nd Shift · Controls · Specialist
- Production Supervisor 4th Shift · Production · Supervisor
Full description from Jack Link'sAs posted on their careers site.ShowHide
responsibilities
as necessary.
Schedule: Monday-Thursday 430pm-3am
Required Experience
- ✓1-2 years of experience working within a manufacturing environment
- ✓Working knowledge of Microsoft Excel, Word.
REQUIRED SKILLS, KNOWLEDGE and ABILITIES
- ✓Ability to analyze data/inventory
- ✓Ability to multi-task in a fast paced environment
- ✓Demonstrated ability to diplomatically communicate needs and recommendations.
- ✓Demonstrated proactive style that ensures the completion of projects despite obstacles.
- ✓Actively seek to utilize a “Collaborative Team Approach” in all situations.
- ✓Strong written and verbal communication skills; must work effectively with all levels of management and team members.
- ✓Ability to build interpersonal relationships within a manufacturing environment
- ✓Proven ability to build consensus across functions and shifts in a plant
- ✓Microsoft Office Skills - Strong Word, Excel and PowerPoint skills; experience working with graphics
- ✓Able to read and write legibly.
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General
- •Assist in providing implementation and ongoing support of new and existing plant operations business processes
- •Reconciliation of SAP transactions on a daily, weekly, and periodic basis by department.
- •Identify root cause of transaction errors, and document areas for potential improvement.
- •Actively monitor, analyze, and record processes by department including label printing and tracking.
- •Proactively find solutions for unfinished orders, documentation gaps, and inventory levels.
- •Reconcile background warehouse movement (WM) in a timely manner
- •Assist in risk mitigation plan in the event of business system failure.
- •Compare plant floor paperwork to SAP transactions to ensure accuracy.
- •Assist in the correction of any shipping/receiving errors.
- •Suggest improvements; continuously improve the quality of all support activities.
- •Perform all required duties within OSHA and company safety standards.
- •Follows set company and OSHA safety rules, regulations, and guidelines at all times.
- •Follow Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point (HACCP) training, along with company pre-requisite programs, Standard Operating Procedures (SOP’s), and Standard Sanitation Operating Procedures (SSOP’s).
- •Performs other duties and
Preferred
- +2 years ERP or SAP experience