What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Specialist- Consumables position at PerkinElmer?
Job Responsibilities:
Critical Skills:
- Maintains stock supply inventory; verifies inventory levels by performing periodic checks across multiple locations.
- Place and track orders through customer platform.
- Receives and stores supplies in warehouse or supply room.
- Uses customer or PerkinElmer inventory management platform to track inventory levels.
- Maintains inventory stockroom, central warehouse, and satellite locations. Transport materials from warehouse to various locations on campus.
- Reviews incoming orders for proper quantities requested, and authorized approvals; inspects and verifies supplies received against invoice and packing slip; initiates requests for vendor corrections.
- Ensures proper care in the use and maintenance of equipment and supplies; promotes continuous improvement of workplace safety and environmental practices.
- Communicate with necessary personnel to place orders as required and handle downstream invoice queries
- Communicate regularly with customer to provide updates on consumables delivery and supply chain delays.
- Delivers stock items upon request to the appropriate location and/or scientist.
- This role may work closely with other teams to seamlessly deliver lab support services
- Maintain training and compliance in areas of health and safety, security, environmental and operational aspects of daily activities in the working environment
Critical Skills:
- Ability to follow oral and written directions.
- Demonstrates appropriate use of relevant equipment/software after training.
- Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
- Technical problem-solving skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent customer service skills complemented by an ability to listen to and interpret client requests.
- MS Office Skills: Outlook, PowerPoint, Word.
- Associate’s degree in a scientific field OR
- High School Diploma or equivalent with 2 years of experience in material handling/inventory
- replenishment or customer service
- Experience with inventory management software.
- Previous experience working in a laboratory environment.
- Experience in a customer facing role.
- Position is in a research laboratory environment
- Job pace may be fast and job completion demands may be high.
- Must be able to remain in a stationary position more than 25% of the time
- Potential risk to lab-based hazards including but not limited to chemicals, biologicals, potent compounds, research material, high temperature, etc
- The person in this position needs to occasionally move inside and outside labs
- Frequently use objects, tools or controls, which will require regular bending, squatting, stretching and reaching in order to perform in a service function.
- Occasionally move or lift up to 25 pounds (potential for occasional lifting of up to 50 pounds
- Specific vision abilities required by this position include without limitation, the ability to observe details at close range (within a few feet of the instrument/equipment), distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus in order to perform the essential service functions of this position.
- Occasionally operates a computer and other office machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer
- Employee may be required to handle hazardous wastes according to local, state, and federal regulations
Salary : $47,320 - $59,280
