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Inventory Associate

Blue-Halo.org
Germantown, MD Full Time
POSTED ON 2/23/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/21/2025

BlueHalo is seeking an Inventory Associate to become a part of a dynamic Materials and Logistics team, reporting directly to the Director of Supply Chain. The Inventory Associate is responsible for accurately receiving, storing, organizing, and shipping incoming and outgoing goods.

This role involves managing inventory, preparing orders for shipment, kitting products, and operating a forklift to move materials safely and efficiently. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, and skilled at maintaining inventory accuracy, quality control standards, and smooth logistics operations.

Key Responsibilities

  • Receive Shipments : Unload, inspect, and verify incoming goods against purchase orders, ensuring all products are correct and free from damage or defects.
  • Inventory Tracking : Accurately record items in the inventory management system, ensuring quantities and descriptions match system records.
  • Product Organization : Organize and label items in designated storage areas, maintaining a clean and organized warehouse environment.
  • Cycle Counts : Perform regular inventory audits, including cycle counts, to ensure accuracy and identify discrepancies.
  • Shipping : Prepare and pack products for shipment, ensuring proper labeling and documentation. Coordinate with carriers and logistics teams to ensure timely and accurate shipping.
  • Kitting : Assemble various components into kits based on specific customer orders or production needs, ensuring all parts are complete, accurate, and meet quality standards.
  • Forklift Operation : Safely operate a forklift to move, load, and unload inventory and shipments as needed, adhering to all safety protocols and equipment guidelines.
  • Documentation : Maintain accurate and timely records of all receiving, shipping, and inventory activities, including discrepancies, returns, adjustments, and shipments.
  • Collaboration : Work closely with team members from purchasing, sales, and operations to coordinate the flow of goods, resolve inventory-related issues, and meet customer order requirements.
  • Safety Compliance : Adhere to all warehouse safety protocols, operating equipment safely and following company guidelines.

Work Environment

This job operates in professional / secure office and laboratory environment.

Competencies

  • Ethical Conduct : Demonstrates integrity and honesty in all aspects of the role, including handling inventory, adhering to company policies, and fostering a trustworthy workplace.
  • Attention to Detail : Ability to catch discrepancies and ensure all items meet quality standards and inventory accuracy.
  • Organizational Skills : Capable of keeping the warehouse space well-organized, labeled, and free of clutter.
  • Communication Skills : Effective communication with team members, carriers, and other departments to coordinate and address inventory or shipping issues.
  • Time Management : Efficient in handling multiple tasks and meeting shipping or receiving deadlines.
  • Problem-Solving Skills : Ability to troubleshoot inventory discrepancies, shipping delays, or product issues as they arise.
  • Physical Stamina : Able to perform physically demanding tasks, including lifting heavy items and standing for extended periods.
  • Safety Awareness : Knowledge of warehouse safety protocols, including safe equipment operation and hazard identification.
  • Technical Proficiency : Comfortable with inventory management software, basic computer functions, and barcode scanning devices.
  • 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 occasionally required to stand; walk; sit; use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

    Steel toed boots and safety glasses are required for certain tasks

    Position Type / Expected Hours of Work

  • This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are nominally Monday through Friday, 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  • May be required to alter work schedule to accommodate coverage for other team members.
  • Travel

    Travel is primarily local during the business day, although some out-of-area and overnight travel may be required.

    Required Education and Experience

  • High school diploma or equivalent
  • Training in inventory management, logistics, or shipping is a plus.
  • Previous experience with inventory management, shipping, or warehouse roles preferred.
  • Primary Location :

  • 20521 Seneca Meadows Pkwy, Germantown MD 20876
  • Hourly Pay Range : $26 / hour - $29 / hour, based on experience

    The BlueHalo pay range for this job level is a general guideline only and not a guarantee of compensation or salary. Determination of official compensation or salary relies on several factors including, but not limited to, level of position, job responsibilities, geographic location, scope of relevant work experience, educational background, certifications, contract-specific affordability, organizational requirements, alignment with local internal equity as well as alignment with market data.

    Our compensation package also includes components designed to support employees' total well-being, which should be considered when evaluating our competitive benefits package. These benefits include health insurance, life insurance, disability, company holiday and paid time off, parental leave, 401(k) company match and contributions, professional development / training reimbursements, and other work / life programs.

    Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans / Individuals with Disabilities

    The contractor will not discharge or in any other manner discriminate against employees or applicants because they have inquired about, discussed, or disclosed their own pay or the pay of another employee or applicant. However, employees who have access to the compensation information of other employees or applicants as a part of their essential job functions cannot disclose the pay of other employees or applicants to individuals who do not otherwise have access to compensation information, unless the disclosure is (a) in response to a formal complaint or charge, (b) in furtherance of an investigation, proceeding, hearing, or action, including an investigation conducted by the employer, or (c) consistent with the contractor's legal duty to furnish information. 41 CFR 60-1.35(c)

    Salary : $26 - $29

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