About the role
SUMMARY: The Inventory Control Specialist is responsible for managing, organizing, and tracking inventory levels, and ensuring accurate record-keeping. This role involves monitoring inventory movements, resolving discrepancies, and working closely with supply chain, purchasing, and production teams to ensure smooth operations.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS: * Entering data in ERP (picking tickets, inventory adjustments, transfer and counting journals) * Ensure inventory levels and locations are accurate through regularly scheduled cycle counts * Inventory management – Ensuring and maintaining inventory location accuracy in ERP * Assisting with root cause analysis for inventory discrepancies * Participates in programs to minimize excess and obsolete inventory. * Recommend process improvements * Supporting batch integrity by entering corrections in ERP * Ensure that products are correctly tagged, labeled, and stored in appropriate locations. * Prepare reports related to inventory levels, stockouts, or overstocking for management. * Perform inspection to ensure compliance with specified requirements during the ‘in-process’ stage of the process and for inventory parts. * Read instructions, drawings, specifications or sample parts / gauges to determine compliance of dimensions and tolerances of in-process work.
QUALIFICATIONS (Knowledge/Skills/Education) * Purchasing and Production – Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and other attributes for maximizing the effective manufacture and distribution of goods and services. * Strong organizational and problem-solving skills * Detail-oriented with a high degree of accuracy in record-keeping * Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment * Active Listening * Critical Thinking * Time Management * Decision Making * Problem Solving * Minimum 1-3 years of related experience
PHYSICAL DEMANDS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls. The employee frequently is required to talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, or crouch.
The employee must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
WORK ENVIRONMENT: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee regularly works near moving mechanical parts. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.