What are the responsibilities and job description for the Materials Inventory Specialist position at Land O'Lakes?
Job Overview
We are seeking a highly skilled Materials Inventory Specialist to join our team. In this role, you will be responsible for managing and maintaining accurate inventory levels, ensuring timely and efficient receipt of materials, and resolving discrepancies in purchasing and receiving.
Key Responsibilities
- Investigate and resolve discrepancies in purchasing and receiving relating to direct materials inventory
- Timely and accurate entry of transactional data into the appropriate operating systems (JD Edwards, Ariba, Excel spreadsheets)
- Maintain a cycle counting schedule to ensure quarterly and monthly cycle counts are performed and recorded
- Entering of work orders, and purchase orders
- Inventory Coordination efforts for Maintenance, including cycle counts, vendor/supplier coordination, etc.
- Perform physical receiving of inbound deliveries/shipments of inventoried and non-inventoried stock
- Accurately enter material receipts into system applications
- Prepare and ship items for refurbishing by outside companies and package materials for outbound shipments
- Maintain processes for inbound receiving of packaging and shipments
- Scheduling for Inbound shipments
- Maintain meticulous purchasing and delivery records, ensuring all paperwork and forms are filled out correctly and audit ready
- Cordinate with appropriate departments on inventory adjustments
- Must train and become proficient within the ERP and its functions
- Communicate with vendors or product support
