Job Description
Tasks, Duties and Responsibilities
- Take delivery of all incoming materials and reconcile with purchase orders
- Track, document, and resolve any discrepancies on received orders
- Ensure accuracy of the facility’s inventory system by updating records of physical inventory totals, receipts, adjustments, and returns
- Manage inventory/supplies and ensure they are within the established minimum and maximum levels
- Keep up-to-date records of receipts, records, and withdrawals from the stockroom
- Responsible for packing, pricing, labeling, and returning supplies
- Responsible for stock rotation and coordinate the disposal of surpluses
- Oversee the handling of freight, the movement of equipment, and minor repairs
- Manage supplier relations and database as well as maintain high ethical relationships both internally and externally
- Create purchase orders and utilize purchasing card to perform low-value procurement activities
- Responsible for shipping cancelled or damaged items back to suppliers as appropriate.
Qualifications
- Candidates should possess a Bachelor's Degree with 7 - 10 years work experience.
Knowledge:
- Employers often seek people with working knowledge of store-keeping, general warehousing, and familiarity with issuing, stocking, ordering and receiving parts/supplies, and understanding of cycle counts on inventory.
- It is also important that they can operate equipment such as forklift and light trucks in a safe manner, and in compliance with standard operating policies and procedures
- Knowledge of proper bookkeeping and inventory management.
Energetic:
- The job of a storekeeper requires some physical labor, so it is vital that they can lift 50 pounds unaided.
Computer Skills:
- Applicants are required to have some computer skills to work with computerized inventory system and data entry skills to update the inventory control system.
Communication Skills:
- They need great written and verbal communication skills to work effectively with others and maintain appropriate store records.
Customer Service Skills:
- The role of a storekeeper is a client-facing role. Applicants may be required to interface with suppliers and customers, so it is vital that they have a customer-orientation, which is necessary for identifying customer needs, retaining customer, and resolving Customer Issues.
Interpersonal Skills:
- Given the nature of their job, interpersonal skills are essential for building and strengthening relationships with the various stakeholders they interface within the course of their job.