Controls Inventory Specialist II

Safety/Culture

Continuously maintains Orenco management's safety, cultural, and professional standards.
Promotes, encourages, and reinforces a positive safety culture, safe practices, and a safe work environment to all employees.

Receiving

• Unloads and inspects deliveries for compliance with department SOPs.
• Reviews, reconciles, documents, addresses, and/or reports shipment data to the appropriate buyer.
• Verifies SDS is attached when required.
• Performs incoming and secondary quality inspections.
• Enters receipts into GP and maintains all related document files.
• Prepares, moves, and stocks standard product.
• Delivers receipts and items to production staging locations or forwards them to Repackage and kit bulk deliveries into smaller units of issue.
• Provides materials to the administrative team.
• Coordinates freight claims with carriers and Orenco’s shipping and accounting.
• Responsible for transfer truck requirements.
• Prepares packaging and pallet specifications for returns.
• Evaluates current quality control procedures, proposes changes, and prepares SOPs for management review.
• Prepares and maintains controlled inventory material specifications as required.

Inventory Control

• Maintains production inventory levels for OEM, custom, and standard shops.
• Processes traveler requests.
• Provides internal customer support related to inventory identification, location, and withdrawal.
• Investigates and corrects physical and electronic inventory discrepancies.
• Enters and posts all non-scanned inventory items.
• Supports the production departments material handling activities.
• Receives and processes all production departments inventory material support requests.
• Notifies material handlers when materials are ready for pick-up and delivery.
• Performs and maintains inventory cycle counting in GP.
• Maintains the inventory placard barcode scanning system.
• Manages the vendor inventory consignment program.
• Manages the obsolete inventory program.
• Facilitates and secures production materials when insufficient on-hand balances occur.
• Tracks inventory usage and reports data to management.
• Works with management to lay out raw material, spare parts, and production inventory locations throughout the facility.

Buying

• Trains in and performs mid-level buying duties, including:
• Purchasing
• Cost evaluations
• Accounting
• Resource responsibilities

Customer Service/Administration

• Attends and actively participates in team meetings.
• Supports all process, procedures, and lean initiative improvement activities.
• Provides new team member training for this position.
• Performs any clerical activity necessary to support department functions.
• Provides backup and additional support to team members during absences.
• Follows all safety procedures.
• Maintains equipment and keeps work area clean and free of safety hazards.

Work Hours

• Regular job duties include working during manufacturing business hours, which may include an occasional early and/or later shift as needed.
• Occasional long hours may be required.

Attendance and Other Duties

• Regular, consistent, and predictable attendance is required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Education, Knowledge, Skills, and Experience

• At least two years related experience in a manufacturing or similar environment.
• Two years, or more, experience in similar manufacturing and production control interfacing systems.
• Knowledge of MSDS/SDS (material safety data sheet/safety data sheet) and Hazcom (or Hazard Communications) systems.
• Forklift certification (certification training provided).
• Experience using Excel, Word, and GP software.
• Basic office and office machine skills.
• Basic arithmetic skills.
• Basic knowledge of financial reports and systems.
• May require occasional travel.
• Good communication and interpersonal skills.
• Detail oriented with a high level of accuracy.
• Able to be flexible and adjust to priority changes with little notice and to remain calm during stressful, confrontational, and/or high-pressure situations.
• Able to use sound judgement and follow-through in problem-solving and decision-making processes.
• Must have satisfactory driving record, maintain valid driver's license, and current insurance on personal vehicle if used for business.
• Must meet company insurability requirements.