Inventory Control Specialist 1

About the role

For over 100 years, we've been committed to high quality American manufacturing, and we continue to pour that passion into our line of innovative, battle-proven optics products for the world's most relentless hunters, shooters, law enforcement and military professionals.

We design, build and test our best-in-class products with a single-minded focus - to make sure they'll perform forever. At Leupold and Stevens we're American to the Core and passionate about what we do. We offer a friendly work environment where innovation, quality, and continuous improvement are our priorities, and where your ideas matter.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory within Assembly, ensuring accurate demand signals pass through to planning and purchasing.
• Work within a designated sphere to ensure maximum production throughout the department by providing all necessary components and supplies to the assembly lines.
• Proactively escalate issues to leadership chain.
• Mitigate quality risks, by ensuring only needed parts are available to the line at any time.
• Execute current inventory delivery systems as designed and work cooperatively to evolve system over time to maximize profitable throughput.
• Conduct regular cycle counting activities.
• Complete basic material transactions including sub-transfers, and material issue to job.
• Aid ME Techs with isolation of defective material.
• Provide basic support of Kanban replenishment process by retrieving empty bins and delivering full bins to the appropriate assembly line.
• Use job specific equipment, technologies, and software solutions.
• Provide basic assembly line support by distributing supplies as needed, ordering replacement components, and refilling adhesives, chemicals, and greases.
• Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• One or more years of material handling, assembly, or other relevant experience.
• A high school diploma or GED strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with general material handling processes.
• Ability to accurately read and write alphanumeric sequences and perform basic math calculations.
• Working knowledge of FIFO practices.
• Ability to work effectively with all team members, work with periodic supervision and adapt to different work groups.
• Understanding of and desire for continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills.
• Acceptable attendance, punctuality, and ability to perform work activities in a manner that is consistent with company policies.
• Possess individual ability to multi-task, prioritize workload, show initiative, meet quality standards, and provide customer service.
• Basic Excel skills including ability to read tables.

Qualifications

• Physical Demands: Work takes place in a manufacturing environment with exposure to noise and chemicals. Ability to use PPE. Ability to stand or walk for long periods; good manual dexterity, fine motor skills, visual acuity, and ability to use full range of motion. Ability to lift or move up to 25 pounds without assistance.

Skills

• One or more years of material handling, assembly, or other relevant experience.
• A high school diploma or GED strongly preferred.
• Familiarity with general material handling processes.
• Ability to accurately read and write alphanumeric sequences and perform basic math calculations.
• Working knowledge of FIFO practices.
• Ability to work effectively with all team members, work with periodic supervision and adapt to different work groups.
• Understanding of and desire for continuous improvement.
• Strong analytical, problem solving, verbal and written communication skills.
• Acceptable attendance, punctuality, and ability to perform work activities in a manner that is consistent with company policies.
• Possess individual ability to multi-task, prioritize workload, show initiative, meet quality standards, and provide customer service.
• Basic Excel skills including ability to read tables.

Benefits

• Affordable health and dental insurance.
• A strong commitment to training and professional development including an internal skills development program for all manufacturing team members.
• A generous tuition reimbursement program.
• Company contributions up to 8% of base pay into a 401K retirement account.
• Profit sharing.
• Product discounts - to name a few.

Pay

Base Rate of $20.00/Hour

Schedule

Monday - Thursday, 4:45 AM to 3:15 PM