Warehouse Specialist Inventory Control Clerk

Travis Association for the Blind/Austin Lighthouse•Taylor, TX

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About The Position

The Warehouse Specialist Inventory Control Clerk receives, stores, and tracks warehouse merchandise and stock. The role verifies incoming items, checks stock against specifications, organizes items in bins, on pallets, or on shelves, and maintains inventory records. It also involves fulfilling orders, replenishing or transferring product, researching discrepancies, and reporting inventory use, adjustments, damage, location changes, and refused shipments. The employee may cut stock to size to fill orders. The position requires basic mathematics and computer skills, including Microsoft Excel, effective written and verbal communication, and the ability to help others. Physical requirements include standing or sitting for 7–8 hours per day, repeatedly lifting items weighing 10–50 pounds, working in extreme warehouse temperatures, and safely navigating small or large areas. The employee must be able to become forklift certified within the company. A high school diploma or equivalent is required. A background check and drug screen are required, as is verifiable documentation of authorization to work in the United States. Individuals who are blind or visually impaired are encouraged to apply.

Requirements

High school diploma or equivalent.
Knowledge of relevant equipment, policies, procedures, and strategies for protecting data and property.
Knowledge of raw materials, production processes, quality control, costs, and techniques for effective manufacturing and distribution of goods.
Basic mathematics skills.
Knowledge of scales.
Basic computer skills, including Microsoft Excel.
Ability to actively look for ways to help people.
Effective written and oral communication appropriate to the audience.
Ability to read and understand written or alternate-form information.
Ability to communicate effectively with supervisors, coworkers, and other departments.
Dexterity to grasp, assemble, and manipulate objects.
Ability to stand or sit for 7–8 hours a day.
Ability to repeatedly lift items or products weighing 10–50 pounds.
Ability to endure extreme temperatures in a warehouse setting.
Ability to navigate safely in small or large areas or environments.
Ability to become forklift certified within the company.
Successful completion of a background check and drug screen.
Verifiable documentation of ability to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

Individuals who are blind or visually impaired are encouraged to apply.

Responsibilities

Receive, store, and merchandise warehouse items and compile stock records.
Count, sort, or weigh incoming articles to verify receipt against requisitions or invoices.
Examine stock to verify that it conforms to specifications.
Store articles in bins, on pallets, or on shelves according to organizational procedures.
Prepare periodic, special, or perpetual inventories of stock.
Requisition articles to fill incoming orders.
Compile reports on stock use, inventory-count and record adjustments, stock damage, location changes, and refused shipments.
Cut stock to size to fill orders, as needed.
Transfer product for replenishment or to move deadstock.
Research products to resolve discrepancies.