Material Control Specialist

Department: Distribution Center Operations

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Romeoville, IL - Distribution Center

Compensation: $20.00 - $34.00 / hour

Description

How You Will Help:

• Inventory accuracy
  1. Cycle Count Supervision – oversee daily execution, report on progress, implement corrective actions for discrepancies.
  2. Support physical inventory counts in local branches, ASC-ES Manufacturer Representative Stocking Warehouses.
  3. Review and resolve “zero picks” discrepancies between the system inventory and the physical inventory found at time of order picking.
  4.  Responsible for Receiving Administration, OS&D confirmation and reporting.
• Inventory optimization
  1. Review stocked-out items for opportunities to redistribute inventory to resolve the stock-out.
  2. Review excess inventory for opportunities to reduce or eliminate excess via inventory redistribution.
  3. Support excess and idle scrapping programs.
• Customer return evaluation
  1. Evaluate proposed returns for reasonableness, avoiding returns that create excess.
  2. Evaluate returned product for acceptableness (e.g., saleable condition)
• Special requests
  1. Manage inventory inspections as directed by the Engineering and Quality teams for quality concerns.
  2. Assist Sales with inventory issues resolution (e.g., identifying alternative ways to fill urgent backorders)
• Continuous improvement
  1. Review existing tools processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
  2. Develop new tools and processes.
• Manufacturing Orders (MO’s)
  1. Review and Release MO’s for Customer Orders (MO’s for CO’s)
  2. Issue DO’s for any MO Bill-of-Material Shortages.
  3. Review and Release MO’s for Build-to-Stock needs.
• Additional duties as the role evolves.

What You Will You Bring:

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and research skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks/projects.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access); ASC-ES Warehouse Management (WMS) Experience and Infor M3 experience a plus. 
• Inventory Management experience desired. Industrial Warehouse experience along with Forklift certification helpful.
• High accuracy and attention to detail 
• Self-motivated, requiring minimal direct supervision.
• Excellent communication skills