Inventory Clerk

Kelly Services; Melrose Park (IL); On-site; USD 24,000 - 34,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

Retirement savings plan

Holiday pay and paid holidays

Transit spending account

Paid sick leave

Job summary

Kelly Services is seeking Inventory Control Clerks for our Melrose Park location in Illinois. The role involves verifying total case counts, reconciling inventories, and reporting discrepancies, with cycle counts in a warehouse setting.

Night shift Tue-Sat, 3am–11:30am, pay $21/hour, includes weekend work. The ideal candidate has strong data entry skills in Excel, familiarity with WMS, and the ability to work in a fast-paced warehouse environment, including cold storage, to support weekly

Qualifications

• Must be able to work Saturdays and/or Sundays.
• Strong data entry experience using Microsoft Excel.
• WMS experience highly preferred.
• Must be comfortable working in a warehouse environment and / or cold storage environment.

Responsibilities

• Verify total case count and specific items, assembled by warehouse assemblers to store invoice.
• Reconciles physical and financial inventories.
• Report discrepancies to Warehouse Supervisor.
• Recap audit results for weekly reporting.
• Compares and reconciles physical inventory cycle counts to those maintained in the inventory system.
• Completes necessary system maintenance to ensure accurate inventory accountability.
• Completes warehouse case maintenance, i.e. physically measuring case dimensions, verifying slot heights and performing necessary computer entries.
• Makes entries for store returns and printing of various warehouse related reports.

Skills

Data entry

WMS

Warehouse environment

Tools

Excel

Job description

Inventory Control Clerks needed in Melrose Park, Illinois

Schedule: Tuesday – Saturday, 3am – 11:30am

Pay Rate: $21/hr

Does include working Saturday and/or Sunday

PURPOSE

To verify store order case counts, research and report discrepancies, and recap audit results for weekly reports. To perform cycle counts in home slot locations and reserves.

Must Haves

• Must be able to work Saturdays and/or Sundays
• Strong data entry experience using Microsoft Excel
• WMS experience highly preferred
• Must be comfortable working in a warehouse environment and / or cold storage environment.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS

Accountable and Reports to: Inventory Control Supervisor/ Inventory Control Manager

PRIMARY JOB FUNCTIONS

• Verify total case count and specific items, assembled by warehouse assemblers to store invoice
• Reconciles physical and financial inventories
• Report discrepancies to Warehouse Supervisor
• Recap audit results for weekly reporting
• Compares and reconciles physical inventory cycle counts to those maintained in the inventory system
• Completes appropriate research to determine cause as to why pallets cannot be slotted by the inventory system
• Completes necessary system maintenance to ensure accurate inventory accountability
• Completes warehouse case maintenance, i.e. physically measuring case dimensions, verifying slot
• heights and performing necessary computer entries
• Makes entries for store returns and printing of various warehouse related reports

SKILLS AND ABILITIES REQUIRED TO PERFORM JOB

• Possess ability to work with minimum supervision, good organizational skills and attention to detail
• Possess good math skills, figure aptitude and 10-key calculator skills
• Possess good oral and written communication skills, both with co-workers and over the telephone
• with outside and company personnel
• Stamina for working in a warehouse environment
• Temperatures in the warehouse vary between -5 to 70 degrees. Noise levels in all areas are within acceptable tolerance ranges for those specific work areas. Ear plugs are available upon request.
• Work is performed under typical warehouse conditions. Potential hazards exist with regard to machinery such as forklifts, pallet jacks, mechanized systems, movement of tractors and trailers, etc. Work environment is hectic and fast paced.

WORKING CONDITIONS

• Work is performed in varying conditions; warehouse environment, warehouse temperatures ranging from -20 degrees through ambient outside temperatures over 80 degrees and temperature controlled office environment
• Incumbent may sit for long periods of time at desk or computer terminal. Additionally, incumbent will be required to walk significant distances daily

EQUIPMENT USED TO PERFORM JOB

• Incumbent may use computers, keyboards, tablets, calculators, telephone, and other office equipment in the course of normal workday

CONTACTS

• Has daily contact with co-workers, suppliers/vendors and customers

As part of our promise to talent, Kelly supports those who work with us through a variety of benefits, perks, and work-related resources. Please note: The following benefits reflect Kelly's general offerings. Eligibility may vary by assignment, location, and job type.

• Kelly offers eligible employees voluntary benefit plans including medical, dental, vision, telemedicine, term life, whole life, accident insurance, critical illness, a legal plan, and short-term disability.
• As a Kelly employee, you will have access to a retirement savings plan, service bonus and holiday pay plans (earn up to eight paid holidays per benefit year), and a transit spending account.
• In addition, employees are entitled to earn paid sick leave under the applicable state or local plan.

Click here (https://www.mykelly.com/help-support-working-with-kelly-us/#Benefits) for more information on benefits and perks that may be available to you as a member of the Kelly Talent Community.

Why Kelly

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About Kelly

Work changes everything. And at Kelly, we’re obsessed with where it can take you. To us, it’s about more than simply accepting your next job opportunity. It’s the fuel that powers every next step of your life. It’s the ripple effect that changes and improves everything for your family, your community, and the world. Which is why, here at Kelly, we are dedicated to providing you with limitless opportunities to enrich your life—just ask the 300,000 people we employ each year.

Kelly is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all qualified employees and applicants regardless of race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, disability, veteran status, age, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information, or any other legally protected status, and we take affirmative action to recruit, employ, and advance qualified individuals with disabilities and protected veterans in the workforce. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to the Kelly Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements of California’s state and local Fair Chance laws. A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment. Kelly participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S.

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Kelly Services is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity and Aff... . At Kelly, we believe that the more inclusive we are, the better services we can provide. Requests for accommodation related to our application process can be directed to Kelly’s Human Resource Knowledge Center. Kelly complies with the requirements ... A conviction does not automatically bar individuals from employment.