INVENTORY CONTROL SPECIALIST

Description

Job Posting: Inventory Control Specialist

Location: Troy, MI

Job Type: Full-Time, NO holidays or weekends!

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401k, 401k Match, Long/Short-Term Disability, Voluntary/Life Insurance, Great Work/Life Balance, and More!

POSITION SUMMARY
The Inventory Control Specialist is a key member of our team, responsible for managing documentation of inventories, updating pricing, creating new part numbers, and maintaining vendor information. This role involves assisting with cycle counts and parts/item management to ensure optimal inventory levels and accuracy.

ESSENTIAL RESPONSIBILITIES, AUTHORITIES, AND EXPECTATIONS: 

• Manage inventory documentation and control processes to ensure accurate and up-to-date records.
• Generate purchase orders in SAGE100, and receive and verify purchase orders.
• Maintain and update pricing and descriptions of part numbers to reflect current market conditions and product specifications.
• Utilize SAGE100 to generate various reports, including customer, vendor, and stock status reports.
• Assist with cycle counts and parts/item management to ensure inventory accuracy and optimal stocking levels.
• Conduct strategic stocking analysis to determine appropriate stocking levels by location, based on customer demand patterns and historical data.
• Assess the feasibility of bulk/quantity purchasing for high-turnover items to achieve cost savings and optimize inventory turns.
• Ensure accuracy and compliance in order processing and invoicing to streamline operations and maintain positive relationships with customers and vendors.
• Address vendor overages, shortages, and damages efficiently through the RMA process to ensure a seamless supply chain.
• Identify and implement continuous process improvements to enhance accuracy and optimize workflow.
• Create and use MS Excel for data management and analysis.
• Create and use MS Word for documentation and reporting.
• Perform other duties as assigned to support the overall success of the organization.

Requirements

QUALIFICATIONS: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily, with a high level of respect for our customers, fellow employees and the industry we represent and support. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

KNOWLEDGE/SKILLS/ABILITIES: Excellent oral/written communication skills. Knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel) is required. SAGE100 experience is preferred. Valid Driver’s License required. Other skills/abilities include: excellent phone etiquette, ability to multi-task, customer service driven, teamwork oriented, professional, upbeat, energetic, takes initiative, dependable, takes pride in work. Detail-oriented (performs in a manner that will prevent errors and omissions). Must be competent in the operation of material handling. Knowledge of NDT material preferred.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE:  Bachelor's degree in a related field and 1-2 years of experience, or 10-15 years of experience in lieu of a degree.

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand, walk, sit, listen, talk and hear. The employee is frequently required to reach with hands and arms, and stoop, kneel or crouch. The employee must frequently lift and/or move, push or pull up to 70 pounds. Moves, lifts, carries, loads or unloads heavy equipment or supplies with the use of forklift or overhead crane. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

MENTAL REQUIREMENTS: Ability to read and interpret documents such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, MSDS sheets and procedure manuals. Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form. Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.

WORKPLACE ENVIRONMENT: Exposure to the warehouse environment. The noise level in the work environment is usually quiet.