Materiel Management Specialist IV

About the role

Location: Lexington Assessment and Reception Center. Positions in this job family are assigned responsibilities involving the management, from acquisition to disposal, of all supplies and equipment used to support an institution or agency. These responsibilities include procurement, receipt, storage, control, issuance, inventory, delivery of material, equipment, records, agency mail, and other supplies used to support agency business practices. This is the leadership level where incumbents supervise others and plan, organize, and manage procurement, storage, control, issuance, distribution, delivery, and inventory of material used in the operation of an institution or agency, including directing overall warehouse operations, establishing objectives, and devising plans for statewide distribution of supplies or other material while ensuring compliance with safety and OSHA standards.

Responsibilities

• Receives, issues, ships and arranges materials, equipment, records, agency mail and other in proper locations using machinery as needed.
• Provides centralized mail services and/or performs centralized printing functions.
• Inspects items for conformance with specifications.
• Conducts inventories and maintains records, files reports and performs necessary administrative duties.
• Assists requisitioners in preparation of specifications.
• Acts as liaison to the agency purchasing agent/Central Purchasing.
• Supervises and trains subordinate personnel and edits requisitions and purchase orders.
• Confers with department heads, vendors, and outside agencies concerning purchases, deliveries, and acceptability of supplies.
• Coordinates with other units/divisions as needed to clarify policy, procedure and determine status for a wide range of service and support related requests, which may include the acquisition, storage, disbursement and/or disposal of assets and records.

Requirements

• Knowledge of simple arithmetic.
• Knowledge of the English language.
• Knowledge of storage methods and procedures.
• Knowledge of inventory methods and techniques and maintaining detailed inventory records.
• Knowledge of warehousing practices and techniques.
• Knowledge of stock handling.
• Knowledge of the operation of warehouse equipment.
• Knowledge of stock identification methods.
• Knowledge of the methods and procedures for acquisition of material.
• Knowledge of warehousing methods, principles, procedures, and expediting techniques.
• Knowledge of inventory methods and procedures.
• Knowledge of the use of the various types of mechanical equipment used in warehousing operations.
• Knowledge of supervisory principles and practices.
• Ability to write simple reports.
• Ability to follow oral or written instructions.
• Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with others.
• Ability to store and warehouse a variety of supplies.
• Ability to maintain detailed inventory records.
• Ability to maintain accurate warehouse records.
• Ability to provide training and supervision to others.
• Ability to take accurate inventories.
• Ability to write reports and keep records.
• Willing and able to fulfill all job‑related travel normally associated with this position.
• Ability to perform moderately heavy lifting or other manual tasks; may be required to lift/carry 70 lb occasionally, 25 lb frequently, and to push/pull a maximum force of 40 lb.
• May be required to submit