POSITION TITLE: Inventory Cycle Counter

REPORTS TO: DC Operations Manager

SUMMARY

The Inventory Cycle Counter is responsible for the inventory tasks within the respective Retail DC. The duties are listed below along with any additional duties as assigned by management.

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Must be able to communicate at a high level to production employees and management
• This position must be computer literate due to the required data input of inventory physical count
• Experienced in Microsoft Office is required
• Problem solving capabilities is a must
• Request cycle count item list to be included in weekly random audit for Retail office
• Conducts weekly inventory
• Reporting physical count, posted Reconciliation, damaged “On Hold” quantity Quality Hold
• Daily cycle counts against booked inventory
• Daily review of backlog to check inventory shortages
• Maintain a working relationship with the Central Receiving Manager and the Divisional Inventory Team
• Maintain excellent working conditions, a safe work environment, and high morale within the plant.
• Keep DC Operations Manager or Production Manager informed regarding problems or situations that may affect the overall production operation of the plant.
• Comply with company policies and procedures.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

High school diploma or GED

Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:

Experience working in a manufacturing environment

Computer data-entry experience

Experience in the corrugated box industry

LANGUAGE SKILLS

Excellent communication skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS

Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.

REASONING ABILITY

Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram (graphic) form. Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists.

TECHNICAL SKILLS

Application knowledge and skill for computer data entry

Application knowledge of products and production processes

Quality standards – knowledge of the DC Quality System along with Customer requirements

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

WORK ENVIRONMENT

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

PERFORMANCE MEASUREMENTS

The performance of the Inventory Supervisor will be measured as follows:

Operating standards - The employee will need to meet or exceed the Operating Standards set in the Distribution Center. Such standards will be set annually and communicated to the Inventory Supervisor.

Personal growth - Each year there will be professional goals developed and agreed to by the Inventory Supervisor and the DC Manager.

Employee relations – The employee will be evaluated regarding behaviors associated with appropriate human interaction, respect and communication.

Creativity - This will be evaluated by how active the employee is in participating in advancing the business through new and innovative ideas.

Pratt is America's 5th largest corrugated packaging company and the world's largest, privately-held 100% recycled paper and packaging company, with more than 10,000 highly-skilled, green-collar employees dedicated to the environment and sustainability.