Parts Clerk

CraftMark Bakery, LLC; Indianapolis (IN); On-site; USD 55,000 - 73,000; Full time

Job summary

CraftMark Bakery, LLC is seeking a Storeroom Specialist in Indianapolis to manage multiple plant storerooms and protect capital equipment. You will optimize spare parts stock, ensure accurate check-out workflows, and collaborate across maintenance, planning, and procurement teams.

This role requires strong CMMS proficiency, GMP adherence, and disciplined inventory control with a focus on cycle counting, vendor coordination, and 5S workplace standards.

Qualifications

• Minimum education: high school diploma or equivalent; an associate or bachelor's degree is highly preferred.
• Three (3) years of direct manufacturing or production experience required.
• Prior CMMS data entry and database experience mandatory.
• Experience in an industrial storeroom or logistics inventory control is strongly preferred.

Responsibilities

• Inventory Flow Management: own and regulate stock movements tied to plant work orders.
• CMMS Integrity & Data Maintenance: standardize descriptions and update part numbers.
• Cycle Counting & System Auditing: lead regular counts and physical evaluations to reconcile variances.
• Vendor & Procurement Management: create requisitions and manage supplier interfaces.
• Planning & Kitting Collaboration: align with Maintenance Planner Scheduler for parts reservation.
• Strategic Inventory Optimization: refine min/max, classify ABC items, purge obsolete stock.
• 5S & Workplace Organization: maintain secure, clean storerooms in line with SOPs and GMPs.

Skills

Inventory Management

Cycle Counting

Vendor & Procurement Management

Planning & Kitting

5S Workplace Organization

Leadership & Collaboration

CMMS literacy

Excel / MS Office

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Associate or Bachelor's degree preferred

Tools

CMMS

Excel

Job description

The Storeroom Specialist is accountable for the comprehensive management, security, physical condition, and operational excellence of multiple manufacturing plant asset storerooms. This role directly handles an active parts inventory valued over $4.5MM, executing critical support to safeguard capital production machinery maintaining a Replacement Asset Value (RAV) exceeding $125MM. Primary aims involve optimizing spare part stock boundaries, executing accurate check-out workflows, and fostering tight collaborative dynamics across the maintenance, planning, and procurement units.

Essential Functions & Key Responsibilities

• Inventory Flow Management:Own and regulate stock movements through receipt confirmation, system entries, shelf replenishment, and accurate checkout protocols tied to specific plant work orders.
• CMMS Integrity & Data Maintenance:Enforce absolute precision across the Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) database by standardizing incorrect manufacturer descriptions, updating component parts numbers, and inputting fresh material asset tags.
• Cycle Counting & System Auditing:Lead and organize regular cycle counts and full physical structural evaluations utilizing internal and external personnel to identify operational leaks and reconcile variances.
• Vendor & Procurement Management:Create replenishment and new-item stock requisitions. Manage local vendor interfaces to source alternative critical parts, safely negotiate advantageous transaction pricing, and resolve outstanding logistical invoice or purchase order disputes.
• Planning & Kitting Collaboration:Synthesize daily operations with the Maintenance Planner Scheduler to execute parts reservation profiles (kitting), identifying potential material gaps before they interrupt the planned production timeline.
• Strategic Inventory Optimization:Evaluate operational turnover using analytical tools to refine minimum/maximum boundaries, execute ABC inventory classifications, and systematically purge slow-moving or completely obsolete stock segments.
• Workplace Organization (5S):Maintain clean, meticulously organized, and fully secure environment footprints across all storerooms in concrete alignment with safety protocols, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs), and 5S workplace requirements.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Technical Aptitude:Demonstrated mechanical knowledge and technical comprehension regarding industrial machine structures and operational parts layouts.
• Software Mastery:High-level computer literacy with native application knowledge spanning enterprise CMMS platforms and the Microsoft Office suite (specifically advanced Excel formatting and workbook manipulation).
• Process Standards:Proactive capacity to read, analyze, and adhere strictly to plant documentation, including detailed Good Manufacturing Practices (GMPs), regulatory safety rules, and operational guidelines.
• Leadership & Collaboration:Excellent collaborative and interpersonal skills to direct internal personnel supportively, coach technical maintenance staff, and align targets across department divisions.

Required Education and Experience

• Minimum Education:High School Diploma or equivalent required. An Associate or Bachelor's degree is highly preferred.
• Manufacturing Experience:A minimum of three (3) years of direct, hands‑on production or manufacturing environment experience is strictly required.
• Database Systems:Prior structural experience navigating and inputting data within a Computerized Maintenance Management System (CMMS) is mandatory.
• Preferred Background:Specialized previous experience operating directly within an industrial parts storeroom or logistics inventory control capacity is strongly preferred.

CraftMark Bakery is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of and will not be discriminated against on the basis of gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, race, ethnicity, religion, veteran status, disability status, genetic information, or any other protected category.

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