Materials Control Specialist
About The Position
Material Control Specialist is responsible for maintaining the integrity and performance of the inventory in assigned distribution centers (DCs). To achieve this objective, you will own the following activities in your assigned DCs and local branches: 1) Receiving Administration along with Reconciliation Oversight 2) cycle account administration, reporting, and troubleshooting, 3) inventory optimization via redistribution, 4) customer return inventory evaluation, 5) special request management, 6) manufacturing order review/release 7) continuous improvement activities. This role will evolve and expand as the organization continues to grow and as the network footprint and inventory stocking methodology evolve with it. The successful candidate has the desire and ability to grow and work through network changes.
Requirements
- Strong analytical, problem solving, and research skills.
- Demonstrated project management skills and ability to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks/projects.
- Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access).
Nice To Haves
- ASC-ES Warehouse Management (WMS) Experience
- Infor M3 experience
- Inventory Management experience
- Industrial Warehouse experience
- Forklift certification
Responsibilities
- Oversee daily execution of cycle counts, report on progress, and implement corrective actions for discrepancies.
- Support physical inventory counts in local branches, ASC-ES Manufacturer Representative Stocking Warehouses.
- Review and resolve “zero picks” discrepancies between the system inventory and the physical inventory found at time of order picking.
- Support receiving teams in resolving discrepancies.
- Review stocked-out items for opportunities to redistribute inventory to resolve the stock-out.
- Review excess inventory for opportunities to reduce or eliminate excess via inventory redistribution.
- Support excess and idle scrapping programs.
- Evaluate proposed customer returns for reasonableness, avoiding returns that create excess.
- Evaluate returned product for acceptableness (e.g., saleable condition).
- Manage inventory inspections as directed by the Engineering and Quality teams for quality concerns.
- Assist Sales with inventory issues resolution (e.g., identifying alternative ways to fill urgent backorders).
- Review existing tools and processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
- Develop new tools and processes.
- Review and Release Manufacturing Orders (MO’s) for Customer Orders (MO’s for CO’s).
- Issue Delivery Orders (DO’s) for any MO Bill-of-Material Shortages.
- Review and Release MO’s for Build-to-Stock needs.
- Perform additional duties as the role evolves.
Stand Out From the Crowd
Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.
What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Mid Level
Education Level
No Education Listed
