Inventory Clerk

Company Description

ARA is a leading C5ISR company that designs, manufactures, tests and installs innovative technologies that provide the national security community with unparalleled situational awareness, threat detection, and communications capabilities.

Our disruptive, integrated solutions, assemblies and subsystems rise to the challenging demands of discerning, mission-critical customers

We leverage our capabilities to meet and exceed the requirements of our customers and empower them to remain ahead of evolving threats and complexities in a dynamic security landscape.

 Job Summary 

We are seeking a highly motivated Inventory Clerk for our Laurel, MD facility who will receive, store, and issue materials, equipment, and other items from the stockroom. They will assist the Inventory Specialist with keeping records and compiling stock reports. The Inventory clerk will assist in compiling and maintaining material and parts inventory and status information to expedite movement of material and parts between production areas by performing the required duties.

Essential Functions

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. 

• Receive and count stock items, and record data manually using computer (Costpoint). 
• Pack and unpack items to be stocked on shelves in stockroom
• Performing daily cycle counts to improve inventory accuracy and investigate discrepancies or adjust errors.
• Store items in an orderly and accessible manner in the Inventory Room. 
• Processing and completion of work orders into the stockroom locations.
• Clean and maintain supplies, tools, equipment, and storage areas to ensure compliance with safety regulations. 
• Organizing and arranging layout for more effective stockroom flow and maintaining stockroom cleanliness.  
• Gathering information to support slow moving inventory reductions. 
• Leading and assisting annual physical inventory counts and reconciliation. 
• Assisting with parts going out for outside processing such as chromate, anodize, brazing, etc. 
• Assisting with expediting material through internal operations (from MS, to Irritate, to Paint)
• Work with Machine Shop on status of raw material work orders. 
• Recommend disposal of excess, defective, or obsolete stock.
• Work with production to address any shortages or damaged parts.
• Assist with shipping and receiving as required. 

Position Qualifications

Competency Statement

• Adaptability - Adapts to change, open to new ideas and responsibilities
• Communication - Ability to communicate thoughts clearly, both oral and written in an honest, open and timely manner
• Job Knowledge - Understands facets of job, aware of duties and responsibilities, keeps job knowledge current
• Technical Skill - Possesses the knowledge and skills needed to perform a job or role effectively
• Dependability - Meets deadlines, works independently or in a team environment, is accountable, maintains focus, good attendance record
• Quality - Strives to eliminate errors, accurate work is a priority, seeks opportunities to improve products
• Ethics - Honest, accountable, maintains confidentiality
• Initiative / Take Ownership - Takes action, seeks new opportunities, strives to see projects to completion, meaning own your job and see it through
• Customer Focus - Understands and can meet the needs in a customer-centric (Internal and External) environment and build strong relationships. Promotes a positive image of the company and strives to solve issues raised by customers

Experience and Skills

In compliance with federal law, all persons hired will be required to verify identity and eligibility to work in the United States and to complete the required employment eligibility verification form upon hire.

• 1 plus years of experience 
• Must be experienced in the use of MS Windows based computers, MS Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, Access Data-Entry). 
• Experience with Costpoint, or similar production planning database software is a plus. 
• Mathematical Skills- Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. 
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram or schedule form. 
• Ability to lift 50 pounds to waist level. 
• Ability to walk up rolling warehouse ladders while lifting to 50 pounds.
• Ability to stand for long periods. 

Education

• High School Graduate or General Education Degree (GED): Required 

 Antenna Research Associates, Inc. and its subsidiaries encourage diversity in the workplace; we are an Equal Opportunity Employer. Race/Color/Gender/Sexual Orientation/Gender/ Identity/Religion/National Origin/Disability/Veteran