Inventory Control Clerk

Description

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and improve overall inventory control of spare and replacement parts for use by maintenance and production departments.
• Manage processes for parts ordering, tracking, storage and retrieval to improve maintenance efficiency, accountability and accuracy.
• Develop, track and drive improvement in key storeroom metrics.
• Ensure high vendor delivery performance and negotiate fair pricing for goods and services.

Job Duties:

• Performs inventory transactions using the CMMS system to support parts receipts, issues and adjustments.
• Ensures parts delivery dates are met and expedites orders as required.
• Ensures all rebuildable spares are tracked and sent off for rebuilds.
• Performs cycle counts on a regular basis to ensure accuracy of stated on hand inventory values.
• Analyze and manage inventory stocking levels and ordering rules to minimize material costs while maintaining sufficient stock to minimize equipment down time.
• Monitors record integrity to ensure accurate vendor, specification and cost information is maintained.
• Kits together parts for technicians as part of the preparation process for planned work.
• Generates inventory related reports as required.
• Manages the Equipment Disposal Order (EDO) process and coordinate elimination of obsolete parts.
• Receives, stocks, and stores parts received in the storeroom and other storage areas as appropriate.
• Maintains a safe stock room area with reasonable access to all parts.
• Develops and implements parts delivery metrics and enforces standards to ensure high vendor delivery performance.
• Negotiates with suppliers and service providers to obtain competitively priced quotes for needed parts and maintenance services as necessary.
• Ensures maintenance department metrics and goals are achieved.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications/Education/Skills

• High school diploma or equivalent
• 5 years of maintenance/facilities inventory control management
• Food manufacturing experience preferred Or
• Equivalent combination of education and experience
• Computer skills – basic knowledge of computer programs and ability to learn maintenance management systems required
• 2 years of CMMS experience strongly preferred
• Forklift Certified or ability to obtain forklift certification

Personal Qualities/Characteristics

• Ability to train employees
• Ability to prioritize and follow-through to achieve results
• High level of personal initiative, self-driven, action and results oriented
• Thrives in a challenging, entrepreneurial atmosphere; open to change and creating change
• Strong communication skills, both oral and written
• Strong organization skills
• Excellent interpersonal skills, team player, generates enthusiasm, builds effective working relationships at all levels
• Ability to negotiate and coordinate quality services from suppliers and contractors

Physical Activities Required

• Computer activities on a daily basis
• Extensive walking and standing
• Vision/hearing
• Talking
• Repetitive motion (hands/wrists)
• Climb and balance
• Lifting up to 50 lbs.

Job Environment

• Primary function is accomplished in office / stock room environment
• Manufacturing environment – Conditions can be wet and cold
• Must be willing to work all shifts, weekends and some holidays
• Metrics / Individual Performance Objectives
• Inventory Accuracy
• Service Level
• Cost of Stockouts
• Vendor Delivery Performance