Inventory Data Coordinator

Workstream; Round Lake (IL); On-site; USD 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Ace Hardware is hiring an Inventory Data Specialist to ensure data accuracy and drive efficient warehouse operations. You will enter and verify product data across internal systems, support daily inventory tasks, and process purchasing activities.

Responsibilities include updating records, creating purchase orders, entering SKUs, tracking reports, and coordinating with stores and vendors to resolve discrepancies. Strong attention to detail is essential.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required; associates degree preferred.
• Excellent alpha and numeric data entry skills.
• Experience in a retail environment.
• Ability to problem-solve and work independently with minimal direction.
• Excellent organizational skills and attention to detail.
• Ability to travel to all store locations.

Responsibilities

• Assist Merchandise Manager and Inventory Manager with daily tasks.
• Maintain, enter, update and verify data in internal database for use by all personnel.
• Enter warehouse orders for stores and enter serial numbers for products.
• Create purchase orders and SKUs for new vendors; place items on clearance in database.
• Verify delivery of product and handle discrepancies; track documents and reports.
• Merge old and new SKUs; enter dropped merchandise to create bin tag batches.
• Communicate with vendors about price discrepancies as needed.

Skills

Data entry

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Organizational skills

Problem solving

Travel to store locations

Education

High school diploma or GED

Associates degree preferred

Tools

Internal database

ACE software

Job description

Summary

The Inventory Data Specialist performs data entry, updating, verifying and/or retrieving of data into/from various systems; processing; and ensuring the accuracy of information recorded.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

The essential duties and responsibilities may include the following. Other duties may be assigned.

• Assist the Merchandise Manager and Inventory Manager with daily tasks
• Purchase and Inventory Support:
• Maintain, enter, update and verify data into internal database for use by all personnel
• Reorder products from certain vendors
• Enter warehouse orders for stores
• Enter serial numbers for product
• Create purchase orders and SKU’s for new vendors
• Verify delivery of product and handle discrepancies
• Remove shrinkage, defective and stolen merchandise out of inventory
• Upload Ace load manual orders
• Change pricing in database as needed
• Place items on clearance in database
• Track documents received and track completion dates
• Run and distribute reports
• Merge old and new sku’s
• Enter dropped merchandise to create bin tag batches
• Place special orders for all stores through the retail support center
• Manually enters add-on-items to weekly Ace orders
• Contact vendors with price discrepancies as needed
• Answer central telephone system and direct calls accordingly as needed
• Greet and direct visitors to the corporate office

This position has no supervisory responsibilities.

Qualifications

To perform this job successfully, an

individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The

requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or

ability required.

Education and/or Experience

Required:

• High school diploma or G.E.D. certificate; Associates degree preferred
• Excellent alpha and numeric data entry skills.
• Experience in a retail environment.
• Ability to problem-solve and work independently with minimal direction and supervision.
• Exceptional organizational skills, high attention to detail, and ability to multitask.
• Ability to travel to all store locations

Ace Hardware is an Equal Opportunity Employer. This means that we consider all applicants for employment and employees eligible for employment without regard to race, marital status or civil union status, gender, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, mental or physical disability, sexual orientation and/or any other characteristic

protected by law.

We are your local hardware store and we are a part of your community. Ace Hardware has over 5,000 stores around the world with the majority of those stores independently owned and operated by local entrepreneurs. These hard working men and women are part of the fabric of your community. They are small business owners who are local and loyal...just like it ought to be. While others have become large and impersonal, at Ace, we've remained small and very personal. That's why we say a visit to Ace, is like a visit to your neighbor.