Inventory Specialist

Ryan Fireprotection•Noblesville, IN

72d•Onsite

About The Position

The Inventory Specialist will be responsible for a variety of tasks related to inventory management, including receiving, counting, organizing, tracking, and ensuring the accuracy of inventory. This role involves picking and packing orders, managing returned materials, and returning items to stock. The specialist will utilize materials management systems and possess strong computer and spreadsheet skills. The position requires physical capability to work in a warehouse environment, including standing for extended periods, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, and operating material-handling equipment. The ideal candidate is detail-oriented, organized, reliable, accountable, and able to work independently while effectively communicating with various departments.

Requirements

Practical, hands-on experience in inventory, warehouse, materials, or distribution operations.
Demonstrated ability in Inventory Control, Pick & Pack, Returns / Material Coming Back from the Field, and Return-to-Stock processes.
Functional experience using an inventory, warehouse, ERP, WMS, or materials-management system.
Basic-to-intermediate Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet experience.
Ability to enter, sort, filter, and organize data.
Comfortable working with inventory lists and reports.
Ability to identify discrepancies or unusual inventory information.
Comfortable with working on their feet for extended periods.
Comfortable with repeated walking, bending, reaching, lifting, and moving material.
Comfortable working in a warehouse/fabrication environment.
Ability to safely handle a variety of materials.
Willing to learn to use pallet jacks, carts, forklifts, or similar material-handling equipment.
Detail-oriented.
Organized.
Reliable.
Accountable.
Comfortable working independently.
Able to follow established processes.
Able to recognize when something doesn't look right.
Willing to ask questions rather than guess.
Comfortable working with numbers and quantities.
Able to prioritize competing requests.
Able to communicate effectively with warehouse, fabrication, purchasing, logistics, and field personnel.
Comfortable working in a sometimes fast-paced environment.
Able to stay focused when interrupted or priorities change.

Nice To Haves

Experience operating pallet jacks, carts, forklifts, or similar material-handling equipment.

Responsibilities

Inventory Control: Receiving, counting, organizing, and tracking inventory.
Maintaining accurate inventory quantities.
Performing cycle counts and investigating discrepancies.
Identifying shortages, overages, damaged material, and inventory discrepancies.
Pick & Pack: Picking material/products from inventory based on orders, work orders, or pick lists.
Packing and preparing material for shipment or delivery.
Verifying quantities and part numbers before material leaves inventory.
Returns / Material Coming Back from the Field: Receiving products or materials back from customers, jobsites, technicians, drivers, or field personnel.
Inspecting returned material.
Determining whether material is reusable, damaged, incomplete, or requires further disposition.
Properly documenting returned material.
Return-to-Stock: Putting returned or unused material back into inventory.
Verifying the correct item and quantity.
Returning material to the proper inventory location.
Updating the inventory system so physical inventory matches system inventory.
Materials Management Systems: Functional experience using an inventory, warehouse, ERP, WMS, or materials-management system.
Ability to enter, retrieve, and update inventory information.
Comfortable learning a new inventory management system.
Understanding that physical inventory and system inventory must remain synchronized.
Spreadsheets / Computer Skills: Basic-to-intermediate Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet experience.
Ability to enter, sort, filter, and organize data.
Comfortable working with inventory lists and reports.
Ability to identify discrepancies or unusual inventory information.