Demo

Inventory Control Coordinator

Border States Electric
Rapids, IA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/4/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 6/4/2025
Flexibility Option: In Person
Job Req Id: 30168
Description:

Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challenging field. Border States is 100% employee-owned, which means you’re empowered to make decisions, find solutions and receive rewards for your hard work.

This position will be located in: Cedar Rapids, IA


Job Summary

Focuses on three key aspects of inventory control: planning and adherence of cycle counting and inventory accuracy processes, handling customer and vendor return processes, and ensuring proper placement and slotting of inventory. Completes cycle counts and compares inventory to system records. Develops cycle counting plan and helps ensure company benchmarks are met. Investigates and reports reason for inventory discrepancies.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions

  • Focuses on three key aspects of inventory control: planning and adherence of cycle counting and inventory accuracy processes, handling customer and vendor return processes, and ensuring proper placement and slotting of inventory
  • Develops cycle counting plan and helps ensure company benchmarks are met
  • Completes cycle counts and compares inventory to system records
  • Verifies counts against physical inventory and completes inventory adjustments for discrepancies
  • Investigates and reports reasons for inventory discrepancies
  • Reviews and addresses operational inventory metrics such as 20 list, inventory adjustments, and Advanced Shipping Notifications to resolve any inventory discrepancies, make appropriate corrections.
  • Receives, unpacks and stocks materials
  • Processes customer returns, oversees damage and defective inventory returns
  • Handles Return Goods Authorization (RGA) with vendors
  • Ensures proper placement and slotting of inventory to ensure safety and efficiency

Non-essential Functions

  • Prepares reports as needed
  • Participate with branch or other projects as needed
  • Performs other duties as assigned by supervisor or other designate

Qualifications

  • Minimum of a two-year business/trade degree or equivalent work experience.
  • 3 years or more of experience in warehouse operations or inventory control preferred
  • Prior electrical distribution experience preferred
  • Strong working knowledge of PC for Windows, Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint), Internet, Email and SAP software preferred

Skills and Abilities

  • Excellent interpersonal communication
  • Effective planning and organizing and attention to detail
  • Excellent customer service skills include being competent, accurate, responsive and engaged

Physical Requirements

Frequency at which you would carry/lift in a typical day:
Occasionally 0 – 33% Frequently 34 – 66% Continuously: 67 – 100%

  • Lift from Waist:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
    • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
    • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • Lift from Floor:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Frequently
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Frequently
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 51 to 75 lbs. - Occasionally
    • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 100 lbs. - Not at all
  • Carried for Distance:
    • < than 10 lbs. - Not at all
    • 10 to 25 lbs. - Not at all
    • 26 to 50 lbs. - Not at all
    • 51 to 75 lbs. - Not at all
    • 75 to 100 lbs. - Not at all
    • 100 lbs. - Not at all

Physical Activity

Frequency at which you would do the following in a typical day:

  • Sitting (a continuous period of being seated) - Continuously
  • Standing (for sustained periods of time) - Frequently
  • Walking (moving about on foot to accomplish tasks) - Frequently
  • Bending/stooping (downward and forward) - Occasionally
  • Crawling (moving about on hands and knees or hands and feet) - Not at all
  • Climbing/Walking Stairs (ascending or descending) - Occasionally
  • Reaching (extending arms in any direction) - Frequently
  • Crouching/squatting (bending the body downward and forward by bending leg and spine) - Occasionally
  • Kneeling (bending legs at knee to come to rest on knee(s)) - Occasionally
  • Balancing (maintaining body equilibrium to prevent falling) - Occasionally
  • Repetitive motion (substantial movement (motions) or the wrists, hands, and/or fingers) - Continuously
  • Pivoting (movement in any direction with one foot, keeping the other in contact with the floor) - Occasionally
  • Pushing/Pulling (using upper extremities to press against or draw or tug) - Occasionally
  • Grasping (Applying pressure to an object with the fingers and palm) - Continuously
  • Fingering (picking, pinching, typing; working with primarily fingers and not whole hand) - Continuously
  • Talking (expressing or exchanging ideas by means of the spoken word) - Frequently
  • Driving (the control and operation of a motor vehicle) - Occasionally
  • Desk work (work usually performed at a desk) - Continuously
  • Use of a computer - Continuously
  • Use of a telephone - Frequently
  • Hearing (Perceiving the nature of sounds at normal speaking levels) - Continuously
  • Exposure (to adverse weather & temperature conditions) - Occasionally
  • Travel (travel needed to perform job duties) - Not at all

Additional Information

This job description is a summary of the job duties and responsibilities and is not intended to cover all possible job duties and is subject to change at the employer’s discretion. Employees must be able to perform the essential job duties and satisfy job requirements either with or without a reasonable accommodation.

If your compensation planning software is too rigid to deploy winning incentive strategies, it’s time to find an adaptable solution. Compensation Planning
Enhance your organization's compensation strategy with salary data sets that HR and team managers can use to pay your staff right. Surveys & Data Sets

What is the career path for a Inventory Control Coordinator?

Sign up to receive alerts about other jobs on the Inventory Control Coordinator career path by checking the boxes next to the positions that interest you.
Income Estimation: 
$42,230 - $53,264
Income Estimation: 
$111,749 - $153,463
Income Estimation: 
$57,183 - $69,189
Income Estimation: 
$48,465 - $61,079
Income Estimation: 
$42,230 - $53,264
Income Estimation: 
$111,749 - $153,463
Income Estimation: 
$57,183 - $69,189
Income Estimation: 
$48,465 - $61,079
Income Estimation: 
$65,434 - $82,548
Income Estimation: 
$88,795 - $116,658
Income Estimation: 
$83,190 - $119,975
Income Estimation: 
$81,316 - $103,506
Income Estimation: 
$39,519 - $49,053
Income Estimation: 
$46,865 - $59,609
Income Estimation: 
$111,749 - $153,463
Income Estimation: 
$57,183 - $69,189
Income Estimation: 
$42,230 - $53,264
Income Estimation: 
$54,652 - $70,028
Income Estimation: 
$72,557 - $95,990
Income Estimation: 
$83,190 - $119,975
Income Estimation: 
$65,434 - $82,548
View Core, Job Family, and Industry Job Skills and Competency Data for more than 15,000 Job Titles Skills Library

Job openings at Border States Electric

Border States Electric
Hired Organization Address Fargo, ND Full Time
Flexibility Option: Hybrid option available Job Req Id: 30144 Description: Be part of a growing, successful company in a...
Border States Electric
Hired Organization Address Marshall, MN Full Time
Flexibility Option: Job Req Id: 29932 Description: Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challengi...
Border States Electric
Hired Organization Address Chantilly, VA Full Time
Flexibility Option: Job Req Id: 30091 Description: Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challengi...
Border States Electric
Hired Organization Address Odessa, TX Full Time
Flexibility Option: Job Req Id: 30164 Description: Be part of a growing, successful company in an exciting and challengi...

Not the job you're looking for? Here are some other Inventory Control Coordinator jobs in the Rapids, IA area that may be a better fit.

Inventory Control Coordinator

Fleet Farm, Rapids, IA

Inventory Coordinator

Acro Service Corporation, Dubuque, IA

AI Assistant is available now!

Feel free to start your new journey!