Inventory Control Specialist 1

Leupold + Stevens, Inc. • Beaverton, OR

5d • Onsite

About The Position

For over 100 years, Leupold and Stevens has been committed to high quality American manufacturing, pouring passion into their innovative, battle-proven optics products for hunters, shooters, law enforcement, and military professionals. They design, build, and test their best-in-class products with a single-minded focus on performance. At Leupold and Stevens, they are American to the Core and passionate about their work, offering a friendly work environment where innovation, quality, and continuous improvement are priorities, and where employee ideas matter.

Requirements

• One or more years of material handling, assembly, or other relevant experience.
• 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.
• Ability to follow written and verbal instructions with strong attention to detail.
• Basic Excel skills including ability to read tables.

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.
• Assist 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.

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED