Description
This role is an Inventory Cycle Counter/Forklift position. Responsible for the inventory tasks within the respective Shipping side of the Retail Plant. The duties are listed below along with any additional duties as assigned by management.
DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES
- Must be able to communicate at a high level to production employees and management
- This position must be computer literate due to the required data input of inventory physical count
- Experienced in Microsoft Office is required
- Problem solving capabilities is a must
- Request cycle count item list to be included in weekly random audit for Retail office
- Conducts weekly inventory
- Reporting physical count, posted Reconciliation, damaged “On Hold” quantity Quality Hold
- Daily cycle counts against booked inventory
- Daily review of backlog to check inventory shortages
- Maintain a working relationship with the Central Receiving Manager and the Divisional Inventory Team
- Maintain excellent working conditions, a safe work environment, and high morale within the plant.
- Keep DC Operations Manager or Production Manager informed regarding problems or situations that may affect the overall production operation of the plant.
- Comply with company policies and procedures.
- Operate a forklift
- Operate a Box Truck
- Work safely at all times, be aware of surroundings and understand and comply with Pratt Industries Safety rules, operating procedures, and help hold co-workers responsible for safety related items. Participate in Plant Safety Committee.
- Follow at all times GMPs (Good Manufacturing Processes)
- Learn and comply with Pratt Industries quality procedures and policies. Stop bad quality from leaving the facility to the Customer. Catch it on the front end of manufacturing the product.
- Performs general duties and responsibilities as required.
- Housekeeping and cleaning of work areas – keep clean and free of tripping hazards during shift and end of shift cleaning of the area. In addition, good housekeeping of areas employee utilizes; break rooms, bathrooms, refrigerators etc.
- Moving various sized units and or products from various sources to the next staging area.
- Responsible for maintaining accurate records as to the location of each unit moved for inventory accuracy.
- Responsible for performing basic forklift equipment maintenance
- Adheres to production schedule.
- Must be able to work overtime as necessary, sometimes on short notice. We serve our customers 24x7 – 365 days a year and sometimes work on holidays not avoidable.
- Additional duties may be assigned by management.
- REQUIREMENTS:
- Must be Pratt forklift certified
- Previous Pratt and/or two years’ forklift operation preferred.
- Experience with “scanner” or “barcode” warehouse management inventory systems preferred.
- Must have the ability to; multi-task, positive interpersonal communication, be able to
- problem solve, read and understand a tape measure, excellent time management skills
Preferred EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE
- High school diploma or GED
- Candidates are PREFERRED who offer the following:
- Experience working in a manufacturing environment
- Computer data-entry experience
- Experience in the corrugated box industry
LANGUAGE SKILLS
Excellent communication skills. Ability to read and interpret documents such as sales reports, operating instructions, and training and procedure manuals. Ability to write routine reports and correspondence.
MATHEMATICAL SKILLS
Ability to add, subtract, multiply, divide in all units of measure. Ability to compute rates, ratios, and percentages and calculate figures and amounts such as discounts, costs, proportions, and volumes.
REASONING ABILITY
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram (graphic) form. Ability to solve a variety of problems and deal with a variety of situations where only limited information or standardization exists.
TECHNICAL SKILLS
Application knowledge and skill for computer data entry
Application knowledge of products and production processes
Quality standards – knowledge of the Quality System along with Customer requirements
PHYSICAL DEMANDS
Employee is regularly required to walk and talk and hear, stand, and sit. Vision requirements include: close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to wet and/or humid conditions, moving mechanical parts, and fumes or airborne particles. The noise level in the work environment can be loud.
