Senior Stores Clerk - City of Birmingham

JobsQuest•Birmingham, AL

1d•$17 - $26•Onsite

About The Position

The City of Birmingham is looking for a well-qualified, motivated Senior Stores Clerk to participate in and oversee the receiving, storing, maintaining and issuing of a wide variety of supplies, materials, and equipment. Employees in this job class purchase supplies to maintain appropriate inventory levels, receive and verify shipments, and store items appropriately. Senior Stores Clerks also fill order requests and disperse supplies, materials, and equipment to departments. Incumbents maintain logs of all inventory coming in and going out of the facility in order to keep an accurate record of inventory. Senior Stores Clerks supervise other stores employees to delegate tasks, monitor performance, and approve time off. This is not intended to be an all-inclusive listing of essential job functions; the performance of other essential functions may be required.

Requirements

Experience utilizing a computerized inventory management system to complete tasks (e.g., fill requisitions, log received items, maintain inventory).
Experience using computer programs and software (e.g., Microsoft Word or similar word processing software, Microsoft Excel or similar spreadsheet software) to verify, track and manage data.
Experience using basic math skills (e.g., adding, subtracting, multiplying, dividing, units of measure) to maintain inventory.
Experience operating warehouse equipment (e.g., forklift, pallet jack, hand truck).

Nice To Haves

Experience with records management including the maintenance, storage, and retention of records.

Responsibilities

Fills orders and disperses supplies requested by departments by completing requisition transactions, entering information into the computerized inventory system and communicating with departments when shipments are ready.
Maintains optimal inventory levels and follows purchasing guidelines by preparing requisitions, maintaining inventory records, and keeping an accurate count of items in warehouse/storeroom.
Maintains relationships with vendors, departments, and other individuals by dispersing information, resolving issues, and handling complaints.
Maintains, organizes, and stores warehouse documents in order to keep accurate records and counts.
Participates in the purchasing of goods and/or services by determining departmental needs, gathering bids and/or quotes and ordering materials from vendors.
Performs duties in order to manage daily work flow such as composing reports, answering phones, filing documents and responding to messages.
Receives supplies ordered by inspecting shipments, communicating with vendors and purchasing, confirming accuracy of purchase orders and invoices, and completing appropriate paperwork.
Stores and organizes supplies in storeroom/warehouse according to appropriate procedures, maintains the merchandise location system and ensures safety protocols are followed.