An Inventory Associate monitors warehouse inventory and places orders with vendors for supplies. Conducts regular or occasional audits of inventory or sections of a warehouse.
Count merchandise in stock and posts totals to inventory records. Compare inventories to office records or computes figures from records such as sales orders, production records, or purchase invoices to obtain current inventory. Verify clerical computations against physical count of stock and adjusts errors in computation or count, or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies. Generate reports such as inventory balance or shortages. Prepare lists of depleted items and recommends survey of defective or unusable items. The contractor will primarily focus on processing product returns from resident yards. Responsibilities include checking in products returned by drivers, verifying proper return codes, ensuring adherence to food safety regulations (including checking temperatures), and confirming completed paperwork. Tasks also involve manual credit entry, physical product handling, code date verification, and determining whether products can be restocked and resold. This role requires maintaining accurate logs, completing return-to-stock batch files before the end of each shift, and properly recording refusals in the system. It is a highly independent position that interfaces with the night operations and transportation departments. Communication is mainly conducted via email. Working primarily in a refrigerated environment (approximately 40°F). Proficiency in MS Outlook and basic familiarity with MS Word and Excel. (Inventory, Warehouse, Logistics, Stock, Count, Counting, Reconciliation, Cycle count, SAP, ERP, Scanner, Tracking, Track, Documentation, Shipping, Receiving, Reporting, Materials, Distribution, Forklift, Scheduling, Operations, Inspection, Inventory Control, Inventory Specialist, Stock Clerk, Warehouse Clerk, Cycle Counter) #
