Inventory Material Control Support 2
Northrop GrummanAbout the role
Description
At Northrop Grumman, our employees have incredible opportunities to work on revolutionary systems that impact people's lives around the world today, and for generations to come. Our pioneering and inventive spirit has enabled us to be at the forefront of many technological advancements in our nation's history - from the first flight across the Atlantic Ocean, to stealth bombers, to landing on the moon. We look for people who have bold new ideas, courage and a pioneering spirit to join forces to invent the future, and have fun along the way. Our culture thrives on intellectual curiosity, cognitive diversity and bringing your whole self to work — and we have an insatiable drive to do what others think is impossible. Our employees are not only part of history, they're making history.Northrop Grumman is seeking a detail-oriented and reliable Inventory Material Control Support 2 to join our team in Buffalo, NY. This role is critical in supporting daily inventory control operations, ensuring accurate material tracking, proper documentation, and effective communication with cross functional departments such as Production Planning, Operations Program Management, Quality Control, and Manufacturing.
What you'll get to do:
- Compile records concerned with quantity, cost, and type of material received, in stock, or issued.
- Requisitions needed supplies; verify material received to determine irregularities in order; inspect articles and reject defective ones.
- Prepare inventory records, report, and investigate discrepancies in stock counts.
- Maintain accurate inventory records, cycle counting, receiving, storing, issuing, and physical movement of material.
- Assist in resolving issues related to inventory, receiving, and shipping.
The ideal candidate will have a solid understanding of inventory processes, strong organizational skills, a proactive attitude, and ability to work unsupervised, multitask, work in a cross functional team, pay attention to detail, and able to move and position objects weighing up to 50 pounds.
Basic Qualifications:
- High School diploma or GED with 2 years of material control, inventory, stockroom, warehouse, or similar experience.
- U.S. Citizenship required with the ability to obtain and maintain a Secret Clearance.
- Current valid driver's license with the ability to drive between Amherst building locations based upon need.
Preferred Qualifications:
- SAP experience.
- Experience working with ESD sensitive components.
- Experience using microscope and tweezers.
- Experience driving a forklift or working with an overhead crane (Forklift Certification).
- Experience with Shipping and Receiving.
- Aerospace, defense, or manufacturing inventory practices experience.
- MS Office products - Excel, PowerPoint, and Word experience.
- Active Secret Clearance.
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