Inventory Control Clerk

Job Title: Inventory Control Clerk

FLSA Status: Exempt

Department: Warehouse

Reports to: Operations Manager

Accountability

Has general responsibility for auditing inventory accuracy.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Inventory Control:

• Gather and analyze data concerning the reconciliation of physical inventory, cycle counts, and shipping errors.
• Conduct physical inventories
• Investigate customer claims of overages/shortages
• Review stock availability
• Prioritize projects based on dates needed by
• Update status reports
• Manage schedules
• Monitor emails/communicate with customers
• Print labels
• Work closely with Customer Service
• Run weekly/monthly hold damage reports and reconcile.
• Coordinate and control all hold product notifications, recalls, and mock recalls with Customer Service Manager.

Other:

• Assist when necessary with case selection layout, provide direction and follow up.
• Provide assistance to VAS Lead as needed.
• This position is an ALL TYLER position – it will require to travel as needed to other Tyler facilities to perform similar duties.

Safety, Sanitation, Security:

• Maintain a clean, neat, and orderly work area.
• Assist in maintaining warehouse security and sanitation.
• Conduct operations in a manner that promotes professionalism and safety, and is in accordance with OSHA and other appropriate standards.
• Protect proprietary company information, such as rates, contracts, documents, etc.

Direct Reports

Reporting to this position is the Inventory Clerks

Qualifications

1. High School Diploma Required

1. Experience (minimum level of direct experience in a similar position): 1 year experience in an inventory control/stock accounting in a warehouse/distribution environment required.

1. Knowledge/Skills: Previous (WMS) Synapse experience strongly preferred. Radio Frequency (RF) or related experience is strongly preferred. Proficient in Microsoft office. Excellent organizational and analytical skills, prioritization and problem solving skills essential.

Must be capable of standing and walking for extended periods of time. Must be able to twist, stoop, squat, reach above shoulder level, and crouch on a frequent basis. Must be able to use proper techniques to lift 50 pounds. Must be able to handle stress, fast paced, high volume environment. Must be able to shift priorities easily.

1. Special Requirements: Must have excellent work habits and pass any pre-employment tests, drug test and background check.

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.

1. Must have the ability to lift and/or move office and warehouse supplies, receivable items, shipments and equipment and files ranging anywhere from 5 – 50 lbs,

1. Fine hand manipulation – typing, writing, may assist with packaging of items
2. Must be able to place outbound calls and answer phones, talk/speak and listen coherently

1. Must be physically able to open filing cabinets and bend, stand, balance, stoop or twist as necessary.
2. Vision abilities required by the job include close vision and distance vision.
3. Ability to walk around the warehouse to gather information (frequent walking)
4. Must be able to stand and sit for 8 hours
5. Must not have a fear of heights – required to get on a lift for inventory counts
6. Travel – must be able to operate his/her own vehicle to travel to other Tyler locations

Mental Demands While performing the duties of this job, employees are regularly required to use written and oral communication skills; read and interpret data, information and documents; analyze and solve non-routine and complex office administrative problems; use math and mathematical reasoning; observe and interpret situations; learn and apply new information or skills; perform highly detailed work on multiple, concurrent tasks; work under intensive deadlines with frequent interruptions; and interact with managers, staff, customers, the public and others encountered in the course of work, some of whom may be dissatisfied or offensive individuals.

Work Environment: Must be able to work in different warehouse temperatures (20 – 110 degrees F). Exposed to forklift, clamp truck, pallet jacket, tractor trailer engines, noises, beeps and sounds.