Supply Chain Specialist

TalentAlly; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 54,895 - 70,206; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, and Vision plans

401(k) retirement plan with employer matching

Tuition reimbursement

Paid Time Off (PTO)

Job summary

TalentAlly is hiring for an Inventory Manager in Rockford, Illinois. This role oversees the inventory process, including restocking, repairs, and vendor management. Candidates require an Associate’s degree and three years of relevant experience. Strong organizational and communication skills are essential. Compensation ranges from $54,895 to $70,206, with benefits including health coverage and a 401(k) plan. Join a committed team focused on effective inventory management and customer service.

Qualifications

• 3 years of related experience or 5 years equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend instructions and correspondence.
• Must be organized, self-motivated, and able to prioritize.

Responsibilities

• Oversees inventory and restocking of items.
• Processes repairs and manages onsite inventory.
• Analyzes inventory records and controls materials from vendors.

Skills

Team player

Organized

Self-motivated

Outstanding communication skills

Customer focus

Education

Associate’s degree or equivalent

Job description

Responsibilities

• Oversees the integrity of inventory and restocking of items in inventory. Manages onsite inventory, which may include spare parts.
• Processes repairs for stock; puts away stock; timestamps repair parts; pulls parts; delivers component parts to technicians for repairs.
• Controls inventory and material from vendors keeping within established department budget; proposes changes to stock levels and reorder levels for effective inventory management; analyzes inventory records.
• Processes requisitions; monitors stock levels and parts; enters order and stocking data in tracking program; receives purchase orders and stocks items; checks on status of orders and expedites late material orders.
• Maintains cross‑reference system for optimal usage; tracks and updates nonconforming parts.
• Works closely with department managers/supervisors to assure areas stay within budget.
• Assists with inventory problem resolution; oversees the integrity of inventory and resolves discrepancies; participates in semi‑annual physical inventory; works with Accounting and auditors to assure accuracy.
• Participates in available training devoted to purchasing professionalism and to acquire supervisory and management skills.
• Sources and evaluates vendors who can supply plant level services.
• May spend extensive time supporting purchasing team in researching difficult to find and expensive parts or materials.
• Recommends the reduction and/or transfer of slow‑moving and obsolete inventory.
• Oversees the follow‑up of past‑due orders and performs activities to reduce POE and invoice grief.
• Establishes and maintains an aggressive cost reduction program, reporting results to department management.
• Assists Customer Service agents and Operations personnel with system parts transactions.
• Places claim with OEM's to replace defective parts under warranty.
• Confers with department managers and/or supervisors to determine status of scheduled tasks.
• Ensures ISO conformance.
• May, under supervision and training, create and administer a sequential work schedule via a computerized scheduling system including drawing up a master schedule, planning and scheduling workflow, planning sequence of operations, expediting operations that delay schedules and altering schedules to meet unforeseen conditions.
• Participates in Service/Quality Initiative; continually improves processes; quantitatively monitors processes. Completes required quality core classes and uses skills and techniques presented. Uses the Core Values in work environment. Adheres to company/customer safety procedures.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree (A.A.) or equivalent from two‑year college or technical school; and three years of related experience and/or training; or five years equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos; write simple correspondence; effectively present information in one‑on‑one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization; add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals; compute rate, ratio, and percent and draw and interpret bar graphs; apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form; handle problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations.
• Must be a team player, organized, self‑motivated and able to prioritize.
• Must have outstanding people and communication skills to interact with other team members, customers, and management.
• Personal Discipline
• Communications
• Customer Focus

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand; walk; use hands/fingers to handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms; climb, ascend/descend or balance to heights that may require a ladder or lift; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl in confined spaces; and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit. The employee must occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 pounds. The employee is regularly required to use close vision and color vision. The employee is occasionally exposed to outside weather conditions and risk of electrical shock. Work is typically performed in a factory environment and is usually very loud. In the factory environment, the employee may be exposed to hazardous materials and/or greasy or slippery factory floors.

Compensation and Benefits

Pay Range $54,895.22 — $70,206.13 USD

ATS believes in fair and equitable pay. The employee may receive market‑leading benefit programs including Medical, Dental and Vision plans, PTO, a 401(k) retirement plan with employer matching, tuition reimbursement, and more.

Equal Employment Opportunity

ATS is committed to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment to all applicants and employees without regard to age, color, race, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), national origin, disability, veteran status, genetic information, or other legally protected status.