Materials Control Specialist

Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation; Irving (TX); On-site; USD 33,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Reliable Safety and Flow Corporation in Irving, TX is seeking a Materials Control Specialist to maintain inventory integrity across distribution centers. You will own receiving administration, cycle counting, and MO review to support COs and stock management.

This role emphasizes inventory optimization, handling customer returns, special requests, and continuous improvement. Strong analytical skills and WMS experience are valued; forklift certs helpful as needed.

Qualifications

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and research abilities.
• Project management skills with ability to prioritize multiple tasks.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office; experience with ASC-ES WMS and Infor M3 is a plus.
• Inventory management experience in industrial warehouses; forklift certification is helpful.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily cycle count supervision and corrective actions for discrepancies.
• Support physical inventory counts in local branches and warehouses.
• Review and resolve zero-picks discrepancies between system and physical inventory.
• Assist receiving teams in resolving discrepancies.

Skills

Analytical skills

Problem solving

Research skills

Project management

MS Office

WMS experience

Infor M3 experience

Inventory management

Forklift certification

Tools

ASC-ES WMS

Infor M3

Job description

Materials Control Specialist

Department: Manufacturing & Distribution - General Labor

Employment Type: Full Time

Location: Irving, TX - Distribution Center

Reporting To: Greg Chmiel

Compensation: $24.00 - $28.00 / hour

Description

Material Control Specialist is responsible for maintaining the integrity and performance of the inventory in assigned distribution centers (DCs). To achieve this objective, you will own the following activities in your assigned DCs and local branches: 1) Receiving Administration along with Reconciliation Oversight 2) cycle account administration, reporting, and troubleshooting, 3) inventory optimization via redistribution, 4) customer return inventory evaluation, 5) special request management, 6) manufacturing order review/release 7) continuous improvement activities. This role will evolve and expand as the organization continues to grow and as the network footprint and inventory stocking methodology evolve with it. The successful candidate has the desire and ability to grow and work through network changes.

How You Will Help:

Inventory accuracy

• Cycle Count Supervision – oversee daily execution, report on progress, implement corrective actions for discrepancies.
• Support physical inventory counts in local branches, ASC-ES Manufacturer Representative Stocking Warehouses.
• Review and resolve “zero picks” discrepancies between the system inventory and the physical inventory found at time of order picking.
• Support receiving teams in resolving discrepancies.

Inventory optimization

• Review stocked-out items for opportunities to redistribute inventory to resolve the stock-out.
• Review excess inventory for opportunities to reduce or eliminate excess via inventory redistribution.
• Support excess and idle scrapping programs.

Customer return evaluation

• Evaluate proposed returns for reasonableness, avoiding returns that create excess.
• Evaluate returned product for acceptableness (e.g., saleable condition)

Special requests

• Manage inventory inspections as directed by the Engineering and Quality teams for quality concerns.
• Assist Sales with inventory issues resolution (e.g., identifying alternative ways to fill urgent backorders)

Continuous improvement

• Review existing tools processes for efficiency and effectiveness.
• Develop new tools and processes.

Manufacturing Orders (MO’s)

• Review and Release MO’s for Customer Orders (MO’s for CO’s)
• Issue DO’s for any MO Bill-of-Material Shortages.
• Review and Release MO’s for Build-to-Stock needs.

Additional duties as the role evolves

What You Will Bring:

• Strong analytical, problem solving, and research skills.
• Demonstrated project management skills and ability to organize and prioritize a variety of tasks/projects.
• Proficiency with the Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Access); ASC-ES Warehouse Management (WMS) Experience and Infor M3 experience a plus.
• Inventory Management experience desired. Industrial Warehouse experience along with Forklift certification helpful.