Inventory Specialist — $750 Sign-On Bonus + Flexible Shifts

Carolina Beverage; Cold Spring (MN); On-site; USD 32,000 - 33,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Insurance

Paid Time Off

Retirement Savings

Bonuses

Employee Assistance Program

Life and Disability Insurance

Free Uniforms

Job summary

Cold Spring Brewing, a leader in contract beverage production, is seeking an Inventory Specialist for our Cold Spring, MN facility. The role focuses on inventory control of finished goods and raw materials, documentation, and cross-department collaboration to ensure accurate counts and ERP updates.

The position offers a 12-hour shift schedule (2-2-3 rotating), day or night hours, and a $750 sign-on bonus. Candidates should have at least a high school diploma and 1+ years in manufacturing, with

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• 1+ years of experience in a blending or manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge working in Outlook, Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, and use of customer portals.
• Good understanding of inventory control.
• Strong attention to detail and ability to maintain accurate records.
• Regular use of computer, writing, and filing records.

Responsibilities

• Monitor Customer scheduled production across all variety pack lines.
• Ensure all materials are at correct location prior to production.
• Verify inventory issued to VP production orders.
• Work cross-departmentally to troubleshoot issues with inventory variances, deficiencies, and other issues.
• Correspond with Shipping and Production teams regarding ongoing training, troubleshooting issues, and other updates as needed.
• Monitor and troubleshooting issues requiring additional consumption of subs and raw materials for Finished Goods creation.
• Verifies clerical computations against physical count of product and adjusts errors in computation or count or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies.
• Evaluate/address issues with finished goods LPN’s that come off the line during VP Production runs
• Resolve issues and elevate issues to System Administrator for resolution as needed
• Assist VP Production with Variance reporting of Finished Goods and Raw Materials as needed
• Once variance is reported, notify Accounting of which VP Production orders are ready for invoicing to customer
• Troubleshoot issues with missed scans. Report and resolve in timely manner so as not to negatively impact VP Production
• Resolve VP Production related issues affecting other departmental operations
• Assist in moving and storing of product and materials as needed.
• Assist in staging and preparation of documentation for product and material being picked up or shipped
• Coordinates and performs regular inventory counts of raw materials and finished goods as required by customers and company.
• Updates discrepancies in ERP system as well as issue new tag/reprint tag.
• Documents discrepancies to ensure disciplinary action can be taken.
• Assist in set up and control of FEFO Inventory System to ensure uninterrupted flow of product and materials to the various departments of the company as requested.
• Combine partial pallets according to customer requirements.
• Assist in analyzing damaged product
• Follows proper destruction procedures
• Helps coordinate month ending physical inventories and any additional reporting required by Customers
• Performs all other duties as assigned or required by the manager/customer.
• Adhere to and comply with Good Manufacturing Practices as outlined in Employee Handbook.
• Adhere to and comply with quality production and Food Safety.

Skills

Attention to detail

Record-keeping

Collaborative communication

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Tools

Outlook

Microsoft Office

Excel

Word

Job description

Cold Spring Brewing, a leader in contract beverage production, is seeking an Inventory Specialist for our Cold Spring, MN facility. The role focuses on inventory control of finished goods and raw materials, documentation, and cross-department collaboration to ensure accurate counts and ERP updates.

The position offers a 12-hour shift schedule (2-2-3 rotating), day or night hours, and a $750 sign-on bonus. Candidates should have at least a high school diploma and 1+ years in manufacturing, with