Inventory Specialist

Description

Ready to make an impact? Join a stable and growing organization where your career can flourish! If you're excited about new opportunities, keep reading!

At Trace-A-Matic, our people are our greatest assets! We offer a friendly, clean, and safe work environment where everyone can thrive. Our mission is to achieve excellence in complex precision machined components and ensure customer satisfaction. Plus, we have a fantastic Gainsharing program: when the company profits, we share 50% with our employees, paid out quarterly!

Trace-A-Matic offers:

• 10 Paid Holidays
• Service-Based PTO
• Gainsharing
• Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
• 401k with company contribution
• Exciting, fast-paced environment with cutting edge equipment/manufacturing processes
• On-site Fitness Center & Medical Clinic
• Weekly Pay
• Performance Merit Raises
• Climate Controlled Environment
• Career development and growth opportunities     

Trace-A-Matic is hiring an Inventory Specialist, see below:

Position Overview:

The inventory specialist maintains, transfers, and coordinates all focus factory inventory. This position is

responsible for all inventory transactions both physically and transactionally within the ERP system while maintaining inventory accuracy and integrity. This role will work closely with purchasing, production, shipping/receiving, accounting, and quality teams as required to monitor transactions, investigate discrepancies, and optimize inventory processes.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities: 

• Receives, locates and transfers all inventory for stock and assembly locations.
• Coordinates with purchasing, scheduling and quality to maintain inventory levels to ensure material is available for consistent production.
• Maintain complete lot and batch traceability for all raw materials, work-in-process, and finished goods.
• Ensure materials are received, stored, and issued according to FIFO, FEFO, or company inventory control procedures.
• Support Quality and Production during audits, recalls, investigations, or customer traceability requests.
• Prioritize material movement to support changing production demands.
• Maintain accurate inventory records in the ERP system.
• Process inventory transactions including (but not limited to) order receipts, material location transfers, inventory reconciliation transactions
• Monitoring inventory availability to identify and communicate material shortages, inventory excess, and obsolete materials
• Generate and Analyze inventory reports
• Assist in developing and improving inventory control procedures and best practices while maintaining compliance with company policies and quality standards

Requirements

Skills and Competencies:

• Exceptional attention to detail.
• Commitment to safety, quality, and continuous improvement.
• Strong organizational and time management skills and ability to prioritize multiple tasks in a fast-paced production environment.
• Excellent communication and teamwork skills.
• Ability to work independently while maintaining accountability.
• Ability to safely operate material handling equipment or obtain certification.

Qualifications: 

Education: High school diploma or equivalent required.

Experience and/or Training: 3+ years of inventory control experience using ERP or MRP systems in a manufacturing environment preferred. Strong understanding of inventory control principles, cycle counting, and warehouse operations including knowledge of lot control and material traceability processes.

Technology/Equipment: 

• Experience with ERP/MRP processes
• Proficiency in excel (preferred)
• Experience with Epicor ERP (preferred)