INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST

Job Type

Full-time

Description

Essential Job Requirements:

1. Responsible for ability to perform total and accurate cycle counts:
   1. Physical counts
   2. System analysis and maintenance (AX)
   3. Reconciling Inventory
   4. Root Cause analysis for discrepancies
2. Monitor production/inventory flow to identify process issues affecting inventory.
3. Assist Director of Global Supply Chain in ensuring physical placement of inventory is: accurate to system information, consolidated to reduce warehousing constraints, neat/orderly to avoid issues regarding timing of locating parts and safety concerns.
4. Monitor system utilization to identify process issues affecting inventory.
5. Utilize current manufacturing techniques (such as Lean Manufacturing or Quick Response Manufacturing) as adopted by the company to assist in promoting inventory accuracy.
6. Maintain locations including determining appropriate size, placement of materials, AX maintenance.
7. Assist in quarantine and disposition of non-conforming materials including preparing materials to be returned to suppliers, returning quarantined materials to stock, and locating customer returns to stock as applicable.

1. Must have existing knowledge of production flow, basic purchasing, and planning/scheduling practices. Thorough knowledge of balancing/reconciling inventory transactions.
2. Must be able to perform process audits in an impartial manner.
3. Requires ability to utilize current manufacturing system, basic spreadsheet creation/utilization, and other computer-based systems.
4. Forklift certification required.
5. Requires in-depth knowledge of all policies, procedures, documentation companywide that affect inventory.
6. Ability to interface with all levels of management for all departments.
7. Ability to effectively communicate with others; verbal and written.
8. Must be relatively self-sufficient, independent, and take initiative. Ability to work 'hands-on' as well as utilize analytical processes. This position requires up to 75% root causes analysis which includes an emphasis on computer system utilization.
9. Ability to read drawings, and above average mathematical skills.
10. Ability to assist in monitoring other employee's use of inventory and transactions.
11. Ability to train others on proper application and to perform proper inventory transactions as well as utilization of inventory tools such as the ASR, scanning/barcode system, scales, inventory location systems, etc.
12. Ability to pass basic skills test.
13. Must have a demonstrated record of excellent attendance.