Storeroom Attendant/Buyer

American SpiralWeld Pipe Company•Flint, MI

About The Position

The Storeroom Attendant/Buyer is responsible for inventory control of the plant’s consumable supplies (MRO) and spare parts. The role sources spare parts and maintains vendor relationships to ensure materials are available to sustain operations while managing storeroom transactions and inventory costs. It serves as a contact for material, service, and equipment vendors to order and receive items and services and ensure payment. The position also handles courier deliveries and collections, processes purchase orders, reviews purchasing transactions, monitors delivery dates, and sets up new vendors in the ERP system. The role receives, inventories, stores, and issues tools, materials, and equipment; reconciles bill-of-lading and inventory discrepancies; and coordinates plant physical inventory and reconciliation. It sets up receipt routing for raw materials requiring QA review, maintains current inventory and critical-spares lists, ensures materials are correctly recorded in JDE and stored appropriately, and monitors satellite storage locations and supply usage. The position also delivers and locates tools and equipment, communicates shortages and other issues to management, assists HR/Safety with hand-tool safety training and audits, and maintains the plant’s Safety Data Sheets (SDS) books. Other tasks may be assigned by supervision. Candidates must be physically able to perform the essential job functions, with or without reasonable accommodations. All candidates must complete a background check, pre-employment physical, and drug testing.

Requirements

Must be physically able to perform the essential functions of the job, with or without reasonable accommodations.
Must be able to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Ability to write simple correspondence.
Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small-group situations to vendors or other employees.
Must be able to add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Must be able to compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs.
Must be able to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
Must be able to establish and maintain effective relationships with people contacted while performing the role’s essential functions and responsibilities.
Must be able to use common-sense understanding to carry out written, oral, or diagrammed instructions.
Must be able to effectively perform multiple concurrent tasks with constant interruptions.
Must complete a background check, pre-employment physical, and drug testing.

Nice To Haves

Experience with MS Office Suite, including Word, Excel, and Outlook.
Experience with ERP software, specifically Oracle JD Edwards.

Responsibilities

Control inventory of plant consumable supplies (MRO) and spare parts.
Source spare parts and maintain positive vendor relationships to support operations and control inventory costs.
Compute, classify, record, and verify numerical data for accounting, accounts payable, and purchasing records.
Serve as the point of contact for material, service, and equipment vendors; order and receive items and services and ensure payment.
Manage courier deliveries and collections and track them accordingly.
Process purchase orders, review transactions for accuracy and completeness, verify them against documentation, and monitor delivery dates.
Set up new vendors in the ERP system.
Receive, inventory, store, and issue hand-tools, machine tools, materials, and equipment.
Reconcile bill-of-lading and inventory report discrepancies and problems.
Coordinate plant physical inventory and reconciliation.
Set up receipt routing so purchased raw materials are routed to QA for compliance review.
Maintain up-to-date inventory lists, including critical spares, and provide reports as requested.
Ensure materials are correctly recorded in JDE, received, and stored in the proper locations.
Monitor satellite storage locations throughout the plant and track supply usage in each location.
Deliver tools, supplies, and equipment to workers manually or using a hand truck.
Locate lost or misplaced tools and equipment.
Communicate shortages and other issues that could affect priorities to management.
Assist HR/Safety with hand-tool safety training and monthly hand-tool audits.
Maintain the plant’s Safety Data Sheets (SDS) books for new and current materials.
Perform other tasks as instructed by supervision.