General Summary

The Parts Clerk supports all aspects of the procurement, inventory and deployment of parts and materials to support plant operations and optimize performance. Key responsibilities include inventory management and control, ordering parts and materials, as well as to supporting food safety and quality practices.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
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Creates a positive and proactive safety culture. Demonstrates strong commitment to providing a sustainable, safe, and healthful work environment. Supports compliance to all applicable company and regulatory environmental, health and safety requirements.
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Supports and maintains a strong quality and food safety culture; supports compliance to all food safety and quality practices, policies, and initiatives.
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Works closely with Maintenance and Operations to ensure a pro-active procurement strategy and approach to the existing and developing business needs.
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Facilitates Continuous Improvement initiatives and projects for processes related to MRO purchases.
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Prepares RFIs, RFQs, and RFPs for product categories and completes bid evaluations. Works closely with outside vendors and contractors to negotiate cost of.
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Manages the receiving, stocking, kits, and issuing of parts and supplies to maintenance and production personnel daily
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Maintains, controls and optimizes parts and materials inventories to ensure appropriate stock levels; determines minimum/maximum quantities, reorder points and the requisitioning, storage, issuance, and control of all storeroom materials.
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Conducts cycle counts of all stock items at predetermined frequencies; ensures accurate physical inventories to receive 100% on all audits
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Effectively manages critical spares for increased production uptime and efficiency
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Creates and maintains equipment Bill of Materials (BOM)
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Maintains CMMS with up-to-date parts descriptions, new stock part entries, and changes to keep BOM’s current. Provides inventory reports and metrics as required
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Reviews spare parts inventories by the few years’ usage and the last used year and month. Manages obsolescence of parts and removes from stock following proper financial procedures.
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Reviews and approves invoices pertaining to the storeroom
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Completes projects as assigned
Qualifications
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High school diploma/GED required.
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At least two years of experience in a purchasing or storeroom role; manufacturing/MRO experience strongly preferred.
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Inventory control experience including analyzing min/max inventory stock levels
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Experience with purchasing and negotiation strategies preferred
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Understanding of FDA, GMP and Food Safety guidelines preferred
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Demonstrated attention to detail, organization skills and accuracy
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Strong decision making, communication, teamwork, and customer service skills
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Skilled in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Excel, Word)
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Ability to lift materials up to 50 lbs. as necessary