Inventory Control Specialist
About The Position
Eagle Eye Produce is a premier grower shipper with more than 30,000 acres under cultivation, growing in multiple states in the United States and several locations in Mexico. Our focus is to provide our customers with a year-round supply of the products we grow, including various Potato varieties (including organics), Onions, Watermelon, and Nogales Vegetables (Tomatoes, Peppers, Squash, Cucumbers). We own and operate several state-of-the-art production facilities across the United States with sales offices from New York to California. Our mission is to be the Partner of Choice to our customers by growing and delivering the highest quality produce, providing exceptional customer service, and employing the best people in the industry. This position is for an exceptional Operations Leader who loves taking on challenges, creating structure, solving problems, and finding ways to make a business run better. It's an opportunity for someone who enjoys building systems, improving processes, creating efficiencies, and making things happen. The ideal candidate can see what needs to be improved, take the initiative to fix it, and help create an operation that runs smoothly without constant oversight. This role involves making a real impact and helping shape the future of the business, working closely with leadership to identify opportunities, implement better systems, improve the customer experience, and help the team work smarter and perform at their best. The Inventory Control Specialist will maintain Eagle Eye Produce’s inventory, ordering and supplying necessary items while maintaining accurate records of all procurements.
Requirements
- Basic understanding of inventory control procedures.
- Extremely organized and able to work with minimum supervision.
- Must be reliable and extremely trustworthy.
- Ability to perform basic math calculations.
- Excellent communication skills with warehouse workers, purchasing department, and outside vendors.
- Proficient keyboarding skills.
- Ability to develop professional relationships with outside vendors.
- High school diploma or equivalent required.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with computerized inventory systems preferred.
- Forklift operator certification preferred.
- Bilingual preferred: Spanish and English
Responsibilities
- Maintains consistent stock of inventory, ordering new stock up to pre-authorized limit as inventory dwindles.
- Establishes and maintains backup source for high-demand items.
- Assesses inventory reports and order patterns to identify items in need of automatic, recurring delivery.
- Provides inventory reports to purchasing and inventory control manager.
- Develops and maintains good working relationships with vendors.
- Maintains accurate daily records of goods received and shipments made.
- Manages and maintains inventory system; facilitates upgrades to related database and/or software under the direction of the purchasing or inventory control manager.
- Conducts frequent spot and partial audits of physical inventory.
- Assists with periodic (at least annual) physical inventory audits.
- Operates forklift truck when necessary.
- Performs other related duties as requested.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
High school or GED
