Inventory Control Associate I

Job Summary

Required Qualifications

• •1-2 years of inventory control experience
• •HS Diploma or GED
• •1-2 years of warehouse operations experience
• •Ability to maintain accuracy of inventories for Components and Finish Goods and transfer requests
• •Ability to perform inventory counts and perform adjustments in the ERP system
• •Ability to reconcile inventory discrepancies
• •Ability to document processes and procedures used for the material handling
• •Ability to perform data entry to document material transactions accurately
• •Ability to confirm customer complaints and internal complaints
• •Ability to organize and complete inventory related projects
• •Ability to develop and implement efficient inventory management procedures
• •Ability to create and maintain quality documents in accordance with the company's ISO standards
• •Ability to recommend system/process enhancements
• •Ability to demonstrate a broader perspective of inventory processes
• •Ability to mentor and provide guidance for Inventory team members
• •Ability to audit Inventory control procedures for compliance with ISO requirements
• •Ability to propose alternate activities to resolve material issues, bottlenecks and gaps between material availability and processing capacity
• •Ability to create and track Key Performance Indicators metrics
• •Ability to ensure compliance with company and department policies, procedures, checklists
• •Ability to report and communicate with Production, QC, Customer Service, receiving, Planning and Procurement groups
• •Ability to coordinate cross functional meetings to determine appropriate actions to resolve issues
• •Ability to create and finalize standard operating procedures (SOP) and Work Instructions (WI)
• •Ability to distribute work effectively to manage the departments responsibilities
• •Ability to create quality management system process Non-Conformance
• •Detail oriented
• •Strong teamwork mentality
• •Comfortable with and use discretion when dealing with errors and complaints
• •Detailed oriented with a strong teamwork mentality

Desired Qualifications

• •1-2 years experience working under aseptic conditions
• •Hands-on experience of handling antibody materials or chemical buffers
• •Previous experience with Materials Requirements Planning (MRP) or ERP
• •Prior experience in life science, biotechnology industry or process manufacturing industry
• •Prior experience handling multiple product lines with high volume and high mix of SKU's
• •Familiar with Quality Management Systems
• •Understanding of Lean Six Sigma, JIT, Kanban concepts, 5's
• •1-2 years of lab experience in an ISO13485/MDSAP/FDA environment
• •Advanced knowledge and experience in inventory management
• •Ability to standardize and streamline existing practices
• •Ability to utilize advanced knowledge and experience in inventory management that will standardize and streamline existing practices
• •Ability to perform inventory cycle counts to measure accuracy
• •Ability to review of variances or discrepancies to the root cause and reconciliation
• •Ability to participate in inventory cycle counts
• •Ability to understand the areas of potential impact will include inventory transferring/movements
• •Ability to perform data entry in an Enterprise Resource Planning system and updating or creation of standard operation procedures
• •Ability to stay in constant communication with customer service, packaging technicians, and shipping representatives
• •Ability to ensure on time delivery with 100% customer satisfaction
• •Ability to operate in a fast-paced high volume environment
• •Ability to work closely with Manufacturing, Planning, Quality Control, Packaging, material specialist, customer service, and Receiving/shipping personnel
• •Ability to provide training
• •Ability to provide mentorship to newer associates
• •Ability to create and Track Key Performance Indicators metrics
• •Ability to create quality management system process Non-Conformance