What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Controls Specialist position at Jack Tyler Engineering?
Founded in Little Rock, Arkansas in 1963 by Jack L. Tyler, P.E., Jack Tyler Engineering, Inc exists to serve its customers by providing engineered technical solutions to customers' problems. Jack Tyler Engineering was founded on core family values, and those same values drive every part of our organization today. Now, 60 years later and in the hands of our 3rd generation of family leadership, we are growing and expanding our services in both task and territory.
Jack Tyler Engineering exists to serve two main purposes:
Jack Tyler Engineering exists to serve two main purposes:
- We sell and service the equipment that is required to provide clean water to the communities where we live and work. Everyone deserves clean water, and we strive to make sure there is an ample supply. Our equipment collects, treats, and distributes water and wastewater.
- We sell and service the rotating equipment that is required to keep manufacturing plants up and running in Arkansas and surrounding states. When plants close due to unplanned maintenance and downtime, it can cripple an organization and a community.
The specific equipment that we sell and service from our three Arkansas locations includes pumps and pump systems, compressed air systems, valves, actuators, mechanical seals, controls, water treatment equipment, wastewater treatment equipment, and water storage tanks.
If you are an organized and detail-oriented individual who likes to track and evaluate day to day inventory activities, you may be the person we need to join our team as a Inventory Control Specialist. The Inventory Control Specialist is responsible for planning and executing storeroom activities to effectively and efficiently ensure the safety and security of all materials stocked in the storeroom as well as the movement of materials as directed by maintenance and operations management.
At Jack Tyler Engineering, we value:
- Servanthood – We seek to understand our customer’s needs and we seek to solve their problem.
- Technical Expertise – We strive to be experts on the equipment we sell, and service and we seek to operate with excellence.
- Bring Joy – We seek to create a positive and joyful experience that blesses our team members and customers.
- We Make Things Right – We keep our word, and we never walk away until the job is done correctly.
- Love Wins – Love is a verb, it requires discipline, and we seek to take care of each other and our customers.
Job Duties and Responsibilities:
- Maintain knowledge of current best practice business operation in storeroom operations. Adheres to written instructions for storeroom processes.
- Responsible for the daily organization and operation of the storeroom, ensuring flexibility/functionality of the storeroom layout, and optimization of available capacity.
- Processes daily receipts of incoming material shipments, verifying that appropriate receipt and Quality Control (QC) inspections are completed in a timely manner and appropriate SAGE transactions are made to complete the receiving process.
- Ensures that materials in the storeroom are stored properly, inspected, and cared for through general material handling and warehousing principles, effective utilization of preventive maintenance and shelf-life programs.
- Maintains and acts as main contact for Vendor managed inventory.
- Executes the completion of inventory cycle counts and physical inventories as required, is responsible for the reconciliation of discrepancies.
- Optimizes inventories by minimizing obsolete and non-moving materials and recommends items for disposition. Supervise the preparation of items as required for sale, return, or scrapping.
- Oversee and ensure storeroom security through continuous monitoring of security programs and frequent review of physical security measures and make recommendations of modifications to the program as required.
- Supervise staging and delivery of materials to support maintenance work orders and planning organizations.
- Measure, track, and monitor storeroom KPI results and develop/implement action plans as necessary to meet objectives and ensure continuous improvement.
- Executes the packaging and completion of required documentation to support shipping of materials from the site to customers, vendors, or other company locations.
- Supervise all operations in the enterprise asset management system (SAGE) to ensure proper entry of each transaction representing receipt, issue, movement, shipment, and handling of materials, and conduct regular audits of EAMS transaction
- Processes inventory checks to confirm on-hand balances for each job.
- Prepares reports as requested and required such as inventory balance, price lists, and shortages.
- Performs other duties as assigned.
Skills and Qualifications
- Bachelor’s degree preferred in business or engineering discipline.
- Formal training and certification in storeroom management such as Professional APICS certification (CPIM) preferred but not required.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience with “best practice” storeroom management, safety, and operational excellence programs such as Lean, six-sigma, 6S, TPM, etc..
- Advanced understanding of proper inventory management practices, tools, and techniques.
- Knowledgeable of hazardous material handling, transport, and storage.
- Analytical, logistical, and critical thinking skills
- EAM/CMMS, MRP experience and proficiency in word processing, email, and spreadsheet programs including EXCEL, PowerPoint, MS Project, Access, Acrobat
- Experience using Sage 100, preferred
Benefits
- We offer a career in a recession proof industry
- Competitive Compensation
- Ongoing training and career advancement
- Closed every weekend to spend time with family and friends
- Paid time off and paid holidays.
- Healthcare benefits available (health, dental and vision)
- Matching retirement plans - 401(k)/Roth. (Safe Harbor Plan)
- We put people first and we value family and work-life balance.
Thank you for your interest in Jack Tyler Engineering. We are excited to meet you, learn more about you, and hear more about your interest in helping us accomplish our mission of providing engineering solutions from people who care.
We are committed to maintaining a work environment that fosters diversity, inclusivity, authenticity, mutual respect, professionalism, and growth. Jack Tyler Engineering is an equal opportunity employer that does not discriminate on the basis of race, creed, color, religion, age, marital status, familial status, national origin, ancestry, disability or handicap, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran status, and any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local laws.
We encourage all interested candidates to apply.
