Purchasing-Inventory Coordinator

About the role

The Purchasing-Inventory Coordinator plays a crucial role in managing Highwood USA's supply chain, ensuring efficient operations through effective inventory management and procurement.

Responsibilities

• Safely operate multiple types of lift trucks and pallet jacks including completing pre-startup inspections.
• Executes material planning, procurement, and inventory control for production. Includes sourcing/purchasing and receiving all raw materials/ancillary items.
• Manages, adjusts, and tracks inventory shortages or gains, including root cause analysis and action plans to correct.
• Develops a schedule and leads physical inventories and cycle counts on all raw materials. Identifies and corrects root cause of inventory variances.
• Put away and/or stage all incoming product.
• Receive and label RMAs for fabrication.
• Complete receiving functions in IQMS.
• Make inventory moves/adjustments in IQMS.
• Able to learn and successfully use an RF scan gun.
• Manage and organize floor space constraints vs. inventory levels.
• Rotate and replenish all inventory stock to keep lower racking full.
• Maintain Receiving Rack.
• Responsible for hardware rack organization.
• Maintain and schedule dumpster pick-ups.
• Scrap, sawdust, and cardboard runs as needed.
• Manage hardware kits both on and off-site.
• Back-up truck driver.

Essential Functions

• Demonstrate attention to detail.
• Demonstrate willingness to learn and advance.
• Motivated to increase skills and progress.
• Able to operate multiple types of lift trucks (i.e., narrow aisle reach, order pickers, sit-down lift).
• Excellent communication skills, must be able to communicate effectively with technicians, the management team, and outside suppliers/vendors.
• Versatile & self-motivated able to prioritize work to best use time.
• Able to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Identify and resolve problems in a timely manner.
• Consistently looks for ways to improve and promote quality.
• Accuracy and thoroughness in data recording.
• Desire to work in a team-based environment where decision-making is at the team level.
• Recognize and take action upon what needs to be done with little to no aid.
• Interested in company results.
• Treat people with respect.
• Follow policies and procedures.
• Open to new ideas and welcome change.
• Commitment to working safely.
• Able to apply team feedback to improve work performance.
• Prompt and consistent attendance.
• Appropriately asks for and offers help.
• Possess strong Microsoft Office Suite and keyboarding skills.
• Able to quickly and accurately compare color and pattern of products on the basis of visual stimuli to quality control standards.
• Comfortable working at elevated heights.
• Able to lift up to 75 lbs.

Qualifications

• To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily as well as the ability to handle situations by working as a team.
• The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Selection Criteria

• Maintain an acceptable level of performance & attendance.
• Ability to flex shift and complete overtime as required.
• Preference to team members with prior truck driving experience.
• Has successfully completed 9 months of employment (Exceptions to this 9-month requirement can be made prior to posting the position externally).

Education and/or Experience

To perform this job successfully, an individual must have a high school diploma or general education degree (GED), three to five years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. Forklift experience is a plus.

Language Skills

Able to communicate & comprehend in the English Language to perform the duties of this position.

Mathematical Skills

Able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals. Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs. Possess the ability to accurately read a tape measure.

Reasoning Ability

Able to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

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. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Work Environment

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.