Warehouse Inventory Coordinator

American Society of Safety Professionals; Milwaukee (WI); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in food and bioindustry seeks a Warehouse Inventory Coordinator in Milwaukee, responsible for managing inventory and ensuring compliance with quality standards. Ideal candidates hold a bachelor's degree and possess knowledge in maintenance and inventory processes. The role emphasizes improving processes to optimize plant productivity.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent experience required.
• Knowledge of maintenance and inventory management is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure accurate inventory levels and compliance with specifications.
• Schedule inspections and manage procurement of stock parts.
• Collaborate with suppliers and maintain stock organization.

Skills

Inventory Management

Basic Maintenance Knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in a related field

Job description

Cargill's size and scale allows us to make a positive impact in the world. Our purpose is to nourish the world in a safe, responsible and sustainable way.
Cargill is a family company providing food, ingredients, agricultural solutions and industrial products that are vital for living. We connect farmers with markets so they can prosper. We connect customers with ingredients so they can make meals people love. And we connect families with daily essentials - from eggs to edible oils, salt to skincare, feed to alternative fuel. Our 160,000 colleagues, operating in 70 countries, make essential products that touch billions of lives each day. Join us and reach your higher purpose at Cargill.
This position is in Cargill's food and bioindustrial business, where manufacturers, retailers, and foodservice companies rely on us to consistently deliver the products and services they need, and use our technical expertise and market knowledge to develop innovative products.

Job Purpose and Impact

The Warehouse Inventory Coordinator, will support maintenance work by ensuring availability of necessary spare parts for work execution to increase plant productivity and maximize reliability performance. In this role, all opportunities to improve processes, people knowledge, engagement and costs will be captured while complying with environmental health and safety and food safety quality and regulatory requirements.

Key Accountabilities

• Receive goods and services into the different storage locations to ensure accurate stock levels and minimize purchase to pay non-conformance while keeping received materials segregated, returning defective and non-conforming goods to suppliers while maintaining a document trail.
• Ensure that inventory stock and safety stock values are accurate and systematically identify obsolete, potential consignment and overstock items.
• Schedule relevant inspection of goods to ensure compliance to technical specification and quality.
• Define the most appropriate inventory management process based on the demand for the asset or spare part to minimize working capital.
• Understand, lead and monitor leading storage practices for parts, collaborating with suppliers to align with these leading practices to ensure inventory is stored to allow placement directly from inventory to functioning in the plant.
• Make purchase requests of stock items to maintain the determined inventory levels, partnering with local suppliers for vendor controlled inventory.
• Initiate and track the procurement of stock parts required in standard job plans to ensure all items are available to enable work to be scheduled.
• Handle basic issues and problems under direct supervision, while escalating more complex issues to appropriate staff.
• Other duties as assigned

Position information:

• Relocation assistance will not be provided for this position.
• This position is based in Milwaukee, WI.

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a related field or equivalent experience

Preferred Qualifications

• Basic knowledge of maintenance and inventory management processes.

Equal Opportunity Employer, including Disability/Vet