Inventory Specialist

**Looking for Inventory Specialists**

We operate in end-to-end supply chain management, focused on the Retail and FMCG industries. Together with our long-term blue-chip customers, we are committed to health and safety, employee wellbeing, customer service excellence and technology innovation.With sites around New Zealand, we are experiencing another growth phase and currently on the hunt for more Inventory specialists to join the team.

**Based in Auckland, we have vacancies available at the below sites**:

- Westney Road, Mangere
- Nesdale Avenue, Wiri

**Guaranteed 40 hours per week.**

To support the Inventory Manager in the day to day inventory functions including:

- have key responsibility for the direct inventory control for customers within the multi user site
- Inventory daily / weekly checks
- Lost / rogue stock investigation and root causing
- Work in partnership with the customer on Product traceability reporting for Mock & Real recalls
- Ensure counts and reconciliation of customer stock holdings are completed in a timely manner
- Returns management
- Customer service

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Hands on warehousing responsibilities
- Assist inventory manager in KPI data collection
- Control Stock Shelf Life (expiry/quarantine)
- Ensure that 100% accurate stock holding is maintained
- Ensure that all cycle counts are carried out
- Control all damages, including all restacking
- Correct any tipped pallets
- Maintain 98.5% or better pick face accuracy
- Control any special inventory requests
- Help solve staff operational issues
- Be able to deal with customer queries relevant to inventory issues
- Stock reconciliation
- Support the inventory manager in the management of full wall 2 wall stock this includes the management of the process and the personnel and also the reporting and reconciliation of the findings.
- Maintain the efficient flow and management of all inventory throughout the Site from day to day inventory management through to returns management
- Daily cycle count outputs, corrections and remedies
- Other reporting as requested
- Deal with customers on a day to day basis as required regarding inventory matters
- Address any customer queries as soon as possible
- The ability to identify the information needed to clarify a situation, seek that information from appropriate sources, and use skilful questioning to draw out the information, when others are reluctant to disclose it
- Identifying what needs to be done and doing it before being asked or before the situation requires it.
- Provide accurate and timely information in line with customer commitments (both contracted and on demand)
- Compliance and leadership so that all Company H&S procedures are followed and incidents are reported
- Reporting any unsafe equipment or environment
- Reporting any accident/Incident and near misses

**Relevant Skills & Training**:

- ** Qualifications**:University or Approved industry training institute qualification is mandatory
- Forklift Licence - Stockpicker
- Detailed Inventory movement and control knowledge
- Computer skills including Advanced MS Excel, MS Word, MS Access and MS PowerPoint
- SAP experience preferred by not essential
- Very strong attention to detail
- Comprehensive understanding of warehousing and logistics
- Extensive Warehousing/Logistics/Distribution background
- Food safety awareness

**Technical Skills and Experience**:

- 1 year experience minimum of Inventory Specialist experience

**What is in it for you**:

- Competitive pay rate starting from $27.76
- Fully funded social club/events
- Great team and culture
- Significant career progression opportunities
- This is a full-time position working Monday to Friday, 40 hours