Inventory Control Operator

Remco; Mississauga; On-site; CAD 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Job summary

Remco in Mississauga, Canada is seeking an Inventory Control Associate to maintain inventory integrity in the warehouse. You will work with the Warehouse Manager and planners to ensure accurate counts and smooth inventory movement.

The role requires a high school diploma, forklift experience, and strong attention to detail. You will handle cycle counts, reconcile discrepancies, and support month-end reporting, with weekend inventories as needed.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma required; post-secondary diploma in business or logistics preferred.
• Experience in an Inventory Control Environment.
• Forklift experience required.
• Strong organizational, interpersonal, and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Maintain inventory integrity with Warehouse Manager, Operations Account Managers, Inventory Manager or Supervisor.
• Reconcile discrepancies in cycle counting, physical inventory and production.
• Administer cycle count activities; manage physical locations including planning, scheduling and control of moves; perform warehouse audits.
• Coordinate IC rework and determine disposition of mislocated items/SKUs.
• Oversee damaged/loose open packages and determine salability; communicate with clients when possible.
• Check returns, adjust inventory and advise operations to move stock to picking locations.
• Perform empty location checks in WMS to assign locations for new receipts.
• Run daily reports twice per shift and investigate SKU discrepancies between actual and OH-hand WMS.
• Follow up with clients on receiving/vendor issues affecting WMS.
• Advise and update all products and store holds; coordinate Return to Vendor shipments.
• Report bad operating practices to supervisor regarding SOP non-compliance.

Skills

Inventory control

Forklift operation

WMS knowledge

MS Excel/Word

Customer service

Teamwork & communication

Training/certification

Weekend inventories

Location awareness

Education

High School Diploma

Logistics/business diploma preferred

Tools

Order/reach trucks

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Work with the Warehouse Manager, Operations Account Managers, Inventory Manager or Supervisor to maintain the integrity of inventory in the warehouse
• Reconcile discrepancies in the cycle counting, physical inventory and production
• Administer cycle count activities; Initiates and controls physical inventory locations including planning, scheduling and controlling move process; Performs audits of warehouse operations
• Work closely with other warehouse personnel and communicates effectively with planners and drivers
• Assist / support inventory manager to prepare any month-end physical inventory count reporting; attend month-end physical count postmortem meetings as required.
• Coordinate inventory Control (IC) rework, investigate all items/SKUS for location and determine appropriate disposition of item
• Oversee the damage/loose open packages of product process and determine product deemed salable. Record and communicate with clients when possible
• Check returns, adjust inventory and advise operations to move stock to picking locations
• Perform empty location checks in WMS, to facilitate assigning locations for new receipts
• Run daily report twice a shift and investigate SKUs with discrepancies actual verses OH-Hand WMS
• Follow up with client on any receiving/vendor’s issues affecting WMS
• Advise, record and update all products and store holds
• Communicate and coordinate any Return to Vendor shipments
• Report bad operating practices to supervisor regarding employee’s not complying to SOP’s
• All other duties as required

Requirements and Qualifications

• High School Diploma is a must, post-secondary diploma in business or logistics would be preferred
• Experience in an Inventory Control Environment
• Forklift experience required
• Customer Service Oriented, detail-oriented, good Organizational skills
• Solid teamwork, interpersonal and communication skills
• Working knowledge of a computerized Warehousing Management System (WMS), Microsoft Excel and Word
• Ability to be cross trained and meet or exceed deadlines
• Flexible working weekends for inventories as required
• Ability to train or certify on equipment i.e. Order/reach trucks

Additional Information:

This posting represents a current vacancy.
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