Inventory Specialist

Location: Rochester, NY 14623 – onsite, permanent full-time position.

About the role

Mersen is a global expert in electrical specialties and advanced materials for high-tech industries. Present in 32 countries with 50 industrial sites and 24 R&D centres, Mersen develops custom solutions and supplies key products to meet new technological challenges. This role drives rigorous inventory control protocols, leads inventory initiatives, and maintains strict compliance with aerospace quality standards (AS9100). The primary goal is to eliminate inventory variances, eliminate production downtime, and guarantee full component traceability from receiving through to work order issuance.

Responsibilities

• Inventory Control & AS9100 Compliance
  • Enforce traceability: guarantee all materials maintain complete lot, batch, and serial number traceability per AS9100 standards.
  • Execute cycle counts: lead the daily cycle counting program, investigate discrepancies, and log root-cause corrections.
  • Manage shelf life: monitor age-sensitive materials, enforce First-In, First-Out (FIFO) rules, and purge expired stock.
  • Discrepancy resolution: lead root-cause analysis for inventory variances, managing non-conforming materials through established Material Review Board (MRB) procedures.
  • Audit readiness: maintain a clean, organized, and labeled stockroom to pass regular internal and external quality audits.
• Transaction Accuracy & ERP Management
  • Verify transactions: review and approve all system entries for receipts, transfers, and stock adjustments to ensure data integrity.
  • Issue work orders: oversee the accurate, timely kitting and issuing of raw materials and hardware to manufacturing work orders.
  • Process returns: validate and log unused materials returning from the production floor back into the ERP system.
  • Resolve errors: partner with purchasing and finance to reconcile shipping discrepancies or inventory paperwork mismatches.
• Shop Floor Coordination
  • Support production: coordinate with production leaders, operators, planners, and quality personnel to expedite critical shortage materials to the assembly lines.
  • Manage schedules: coordinate with production control and the shop floor to continuously monitor when jobs can and should be issued to the floor based on due date.

Requirements

• Advanced proficiency in ERP/MRP inventory software (e.g., JD Edwards, SAP, Oracle, Epicor).
• Ability to interpret work orders, bills of materials (BOMs), and basic manufacturing documentation.
• Extreme attention to detail when verifying part numbers, quantities, and documentation.
• Licensed forklift truck operator.
• Strong analytical skills to trace inventory discrepancies back to transaction root causes.

Work Environment

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts, and vibration. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.

Physical Demands

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:

• Regularly required to talk and hear.
• Very active position requiring standing, walking, bending, kneeling, stooping, crouching, crawling, and climbing all day.
• Must frequently lift and/or move items over 30 pounds.
• Specific vision abilities required include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.

Pay

Pay range: $22.00/hr – $25.00/hr depending on experience.