First Shift Receiving & Inventory Specialist
Required skills
- receiving
- inventory
- unloading
- storage
- tracking
- reporting
- shipments
- invoices
- inspection
- cycle counts
Nice to have
- shipping experience
- receiving experience
- inventory counts experience
Role summary
The First Shift Receiving & Inventory Specialist will be responsible for unloading and storing product shipments, maintaining efficient unloading procedures, and ensuring accurate tracking, management, and reporting of warehouse inventory. Key duties include comparing shipment contents to invoices, performing incoming inspections, conducting physical counts and cycle counts, investigating inventory discrepancies, coordinating storage, and preparing inventory reports. The role also involves ensuring safety and 6S standards, operating forklifts, and utilizing Microsoft Excel and Global Shop Solutions (ERP system). This is an individual contributor role with no supervisory responsibilities.
Description
The Receiving & Inventory Specialist will assist with unloading and storing product shipments and will maintain efficient unloading procedures. They will also ensure accurate tracking, management, and reporting of warehouse inventory.
Supervisory Responsibilities:
- None.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Unloads deliveries, labels materials, and stores products in their designated locations.
- Maintain efficient unloading procedures.
- Compares the number of items in each shipment to shipping invoices to verify product inventory.
- Performs incoming inspection process by assessing product width, thickness, dimensions, damage, and material type
- Performs physical counts of materials to ensure inventory accuracy.
- Perform regular cycle counts and reconcile them with Global Shop Solutions (ERP system).
- Investigate and resolve inventory discrepancies, including overages, shortages, and damaged goods.
- Coordinate with warehouse staff to ensure proper storage and labeling of products.
- Prepare and analyze inventory reports, identifying trends and areas for improvement.
- Ensure compliance with safety and organizational standards for inventory handling.Maintains 6S (sort, set, shine, standardize, sustain, safety) standards in all work stations.
- Operates forklifts.
- Completes other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Skills:
- Basic math skills (ex. addition, subtraction, multiplication).
- Proficiency in Microsoft Excel.
- Familiarity with Global Shop Solutions.
- Strong attention to detail and organizational skills.
- Ability to analyze data and generate actionable insights
- Mechanical inclination.
- Organizational skills and attention to detail.
Abilities:
- Function well in a high-paced and at times stressful environment.
- Solve problems quickly and efficiently.
- Work well with others on a team.
- Work with a sense of urgency.
- Willingness to have performance measured daily.
Preferred Education and Experience:
- High school diploma or equivalent.
- 2-5 years of prior shipping / receiving experience
- Prior experience with inventory counts
- Must have prior forklift experience
- Forklift certification preferred
Physical Requirements:
- Uncontrolled environmental conditions: noise, dust, dirt, and mobile equipment.
- Routine, repetitive lifting up to 35 lbs., occasional, heavy lifting, and pushing / pulling 10 lbs. regularly, 1 to 10 hours per day.
- Any combination of standing, bending, climbing, balancing, kneeling, crouching, reaching, handling, feeling, and walking 8 to 10 hours per day.
- Ability to work up to 8–10-hour shifts and overtime as required by the work.
- Use of all limbs, dexterous and steady use of hands and arms for long periods of time.
- Simultaneous mental and muscular coordination, visual and audio awareness of surrounding area.
Monti, Inc. is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer.
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