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Senior Material Specialist

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Job Title: National Warehouse Senior Material Specialist

Location: Pasadena, TX 77503

Duration: 03 Months

Shift: Monday - Friday 7:30am to 4:30pm (central)

Pay Range: $25.00 - $29.97

Safety

Essential Job Functions:

  • Promote a safe work environment and instill a strong safety culture.
  • Work to achieve zero accidents, lost time incidents or recordable incidents by taking a leadership role in safety.

Internal Processes and Functions (executed through ERP and actual performance of task):

  • Run inventory replenishment reorder report and process accordingly.
  • Create purchase requisitions, and confirm pricing associated with inventory replenishment.
  • Ensure purchase order prices correspond to applicable supply agreements.
  • Expedite Purchase Orders (constant communication with vendors (phone and email)
  • Receive invoices and validate against purchase orders, works with suppliers and AP to minimize errors on invoicing and payments.
  • Manage sales tax issues (Requesting info from tax team)
  • Ensure strict adherence to administrative and operational policies and procedures related to warehouse floor and
  • inventory management activities.
  • Customer Service - Act as primary contact point and interface with field personnel regarding inventory requests,
  • emergency orders and work order status. (Accessible 24/7 as needed)
  • Manage and Track National Warehouse Capital Spare (Rotatable) Inventory (executed through ERP and actual performance of task)

Vendor Issue Management (executed through ERP and actual performance of task):

  • Manage material receipt issues and incidents (shorts, overages, damage). (Working with vendors to correct the issues in a timely manner.)
  • Manage vendor invoice and payment issues with Accounts Payable Department.
  • Act as the primary interface between suppliers and National Warehouse.
  • Manage all blanket POs and interactions with those suppliers.

Warehouse Activities (executed through ERP and actual performance of task):

  • Prioritize work order fulfillment.
  • Monitor back orders and ensure their fulfillment on a timely basis.
  • Manage freight activities, which includes (Manage and resolve issues with freight carriers)

Act as back to manage 3rd Party Warehouse Activity:

  • Process incoming, and outbound orders.
  • Facilitate storage payments.

Savings

  • Identify and implement savings opportunities related to inventory purchases and shipments.
  • Work cooperative with Field Sourcing Specialist and Category Management to create, execute & maintain supply agreements supporting the National Warehouse.

Other Warehouse Activities

  • Works to promote physical organization and cleanliness of the warehouse.
  • Assist in cycle counts and annual physical inventory of warehouses.
  • Assist in physical material receipts and shipments on an as needed basis.
  • Assist in identification and disposal of obsolete parts and equipment.
  • Execute special projects on an as needed basis.

Core Competencies

  • Organizational Commitment
  • Flexibility
  • Customer Service Orientation
  • Communicating Effectively
  • Teamwork and Cooperation
  • Developing Others
  • Managing Competing Priorities
  • Solution Focused Decision Making
  • Entrepreneurial Thinking

Key Competencies (Abbr.)

  • Listening and Responding Acts to help
  • Analytical Thinking (AT) Makes plans and analyzes situations
  • Information Seeking (INF) Does research/involves others
  • Concern for Order and Quality (CO) Develops systems
  • Team Leadership (TL) Promotes team effectiveness
  • Self Confidence (SCF) Presents confidence in own ability
  • Self-Control (SCT) Calms others in very stressful situations

Education

  • Required: High School diploma or equivalent
  • Preferred: College degree

Professional Experience

  • Experience in managing inventory/assets. (Required)
  • Experience with Planning, procurement, and expediating (Required)
  • Intermediate Excel Experience Required - vlookups, pivot tables, some charts, verify data across multiple spreadsheets, willingness to learn Excel.
  • Google or Microsoft Suites knowledge, especially Excel or Google Sheet (required)
  • Advanced functionalities. ERP (Oracle & SAP preferred) knowledge, especially inventory and order management functionalities.

Preferred

  • MRP (Maximo) knowledge.
  • LEAN, Six Sigma experience.

Physical Requirements

  • Lifting/carrying up to 50 pounds occasionally.
  • Capability to stand or walk for extended periods of time.
  • Operate forklift safely and maintain valid operation certification.

Work Conditions

  • Mainly strategic planning in an office environment warehouse work as well.