Inventory Clerk
Position Overview
This position is a critical support role for the Warehouse Team. As an Inventory Control Clerk, you will play a vital role in maintaining accurate inventory records, ensuring efficient operations, and upholding inventory accuracy within the organization.
Principle Responsibilities
- Performs cycle counts of merchandise or supplies in stock and posts total to inventory records, either manually or electronically.
- Checks in drivers as they arrive to ensure paperwork and product match.
- Works with inventory returns and directs drivers for proper placement of product.
- Safeguards the dock area by ensuring it is clear and clean and secure.
- Fulfills cycle count schedule, bin audits, and RC18 (product not on truck).
- Collaborates with the Inventory Control Supervisor to resolve discrepancies and conduct daily PO audits for inventory accuracy.
- Completes product return put-aways.
- Aids in researching and resolving inventory discrepancies.
- Assists in recouping damages and coordinating donations.
- Conducts PO audits daily.
- Performs additional duties such as assigning new pick locations, duplicate pick bins, bread inventory, research and correction of invalid pallet IDs, inventory requests from K12 Solutions and buyers, monitoring inventory for proper rotation, generating reports on inventory variances, stock levels, and product movement, maintaining a clean, organized, and food-safe warehouse environment, following all company safety policies and procedures, removing and documenting damaged, expired, or contaminated products according to company procedures, and assisting other departments as needed.
Required Skills
- Open to work overtime when needed.
- Able to learn new procedures and adapt to change.
- Able to operate multiple MHE: Forklift/Order Picker/Pallet Jack.
- Able to self-manage daily work.
- Strong organizational skills.
- Able to work in extreme cold environments for prolonged periods of time (cold weather gear provided by company).
- Able to work in a fast-paced environment.
- Able to multi-task, while planning the time, method, manner and/or performance sequence of own work.
- Strong math skills.
- Proficient with MS Office (esp. Word, Excel, and Outlook) required.
- Able and willing to complete some moderately repetitive tasks.
Education/Experience
- High School Diploma or equivalent required.
- 2 years prior experience in warehousing inventory with administration skills.
Hourly Pay
$19.00/hour
Working Conditions And Physical Demands
- Indoor/cooler office environment.
- Indoor environment exposure to room temperature, freezer temperature, lighting and traditional office equipment as found in a typical office environment.
- The work environment can be noisy due to the movement of equipment and vehicles in the yard/warehouse.
- The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential duties of the job.
Reasonable Accommodations
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Individuals may need to sit or stand as needed.
May require walking primarily on a level surface for periods throughout the day.
Reaching above shoulder heights, below the waist, or lifting as required to file documents or store materials throughout the workday.
Proper lifting techniques are required.
May include lifting to 50 pounds on occasion.
Other Duties
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.
EEO Statement
We are proud to be an Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action employer, and consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, creed, religion, ancestry, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, disability, veteran status, or any other protected factor under federal, state or local law.