Inventory Control Associate

Position Title: Inventory Control Associate, NCC, ATS COMPANY Automated Solutions

Location: Souderton, Pennsylvania

Reports to: Supply Chain Manager, NCC AN ATS COMPANY Automated Solutions

Sign on Bonus - $5000

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Take your place among the best in the business and grow your career with NCC AN ATS COMPANY, and ATS Company. Join an environment where a passion for innovation combines with an uncompromised commitment to quality.

About ATS NCC AN ATS COMPANY:

NCC AN ATS COMPANY Automated Systems is a Full-Service Automation Systems Integrator with over 30 years of experience. Since 1986, NCC AN ATS COMPANY has successfully helped food processing, consumer packaged goods and OEM machine builders streamline and optimize their production with its system knowledge and industry experience with sanitary conveying equipment. NCC AN ATS COMPANY proudly manufactures in the U.S., in addition to integrating some of the world’s best automation equipment solutions, we also offer in house mechanical and electrical design and manufacturing.

NCC AN ATS COMPANY merged with ATS Automation in September 2021. ATS is an industry-leading automation solutions provider to many of the world’s most successful companies. Founded in 1978, ATS employs over 6,000 people at 50 manufacturing facilities and over 75 offices in North America, Europe, Southeast Asia and China. Our unique track record of innovation and passion for excellence sets us apart as the world’s leader in automation. This comes from years of experience in helping many of the world’s most successful manufacturers with their new product launches, capacity expansions, and productivity improvement initiatives.

Position Overview: Inventory Control Associate

Support production teams by locating, staging, and issuing materials as needed. Key responsibilities include picking and staging job material, pulling and packing customer orders, and recommending process improvements to enhance inventory accuracy and efficiency

Major Duties:

• Pull and stage materials accurately for production jobs based on due date.
• Record inventory transactions related to job pulls, returns, and adjustments.
• Identify and suggest process improvements to enhance daily tasks and workflows.
• Maintain accurate inventory records in ERP systems.
• Organize daily cycle counts.
• Comfortable reviewing and interpreting information in an ERP system and reviewing excel data to make informed decisions.
• Assist with inventory reconciliation.
• Collaborate with production, purchasing, and planning teams to ensure material availability and timely job execution.
• Monitor inventory levels and identify slow-moving, obsolete, or excess stock.
• Communicate inventory risks and potential shortages to internal teams in a timely and clear manner.
• Provide input on best practices for inventory accuracy and inventory organization.
• Assist in the planning, coordination, and execution of the annual physical.
• Collaborate with finance and warehouse teams to ensure a smooth and compliant inventory process.
  
  

Quality:

• Follow SOP’s and ensure all products are manufactured to specifications.
• Assists in the development of quality processes improvements and work instructions.
• Work with team members to identify root causes of failures and implementation of corrective actions.
• Works in accordance with product specification to ensure minimization of defects. Fixes defects and reports issues if occur.
• All material and projects leave the facility in perfect condition.
  
  

Health and Safety:

• Ensure all applicable regulatory standards are met with regards to loss prevention, accident investigation, OSHA compliance.
• Works with team members to actively improve safety of the plant.
• Ensures that workshop area is clean, organized, and free of dangerous or hazardous material.
• Ensure safety action items are completed accurately and timely.
  
  

Continuous Improvement:

• Participates in ABM initiatives and activities. (5S events, Kaizen events, weekly CIP meetings, problem solving, improvement projects, etc.)
• Work with team members to provide input to improve process and workspace.
• Provide feedback to your supervisor for process improvement ideas.
  
  

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• 6 years of prior related experience.
• Understanding of ERP systems.
• Strong relationship-building skills (internal and external).
• Excel abilities
• Self-motivated and capable of managing multiple responsibilities.
• Excellent organizational, analytical, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience working in a manufacturing project environment.
• Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment while maintaining accuracy and attention to detail.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
• Certification such as CPIM or CSCP is a plus.
• Strong organizational skills.
  
  

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS AND WORK ENVIRONMENT

• Physical requirements:
• Body Movements – the amount of time spent performing each physical requirement
• Occasional: 1/3 or less
• Frequent: 1/3 to 2/3
• Continuous: 2/3 or more
  
  

Details

• Standing: Frequent to Continuous
• Walking: Frequent to Continuous
• Sitting: Occasional to Frequent
• Lifting: Occasional to Frequent (ability to lift 50lbs )
• Carrying: Frequent
• Twisting and Turning: Frequent
  
  

Work Environment:

• This position is based primarily in the production area and warehouse areas with occasional offsite or outdoor settings, as required.
• Occasional exposure to local outdoor weather conditions which may range from 10 degrees and up to 100 degrees (Fahrenheit) for entering and leaving Company facility.
• The noise level in the work environmen
  
  

MAIN DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Health and Safety:

• Follow all Company Safety Policies and Procedures, as well as the safety requirements of our customers where applicable. Immediate reporting of any safety violations or concerns.
• Ensure all applicable regulatory standards are met with regards to loss prevention, accident investigation, OSHA compliance.
• Works with team members to actively improve safety of the facility.
• Ensures that work area is clean, organized, and free of dangerous or hazardous material.
• Ensure safety action items are completed accurately and timely.
• Ensure material storage containers and locations are safe without risk of causing an injury through proper organization and development of storage areas.
  
  

Quality:

• Follow SOPs and ensure all product is of highest quality.
• Assists management in development of quality processes and work instructions.
• Work with team members to identify root cause to failures and implementation of corrective actions.
• Works in accordance with product specification to ensure minimization of defects. Fixes defects and reports issues if occurs.
• Ensure all non-conforming materials follow the non-conforming process and are properly designated in the ERP system.
• Take ownership and lead Material Review Board (MRB) team meetings to ensure materials are properly allocated and dispositioned.
  
  

Productivity:

• This position is responsible for the management of all materials within NCC Automated Systems that are either manufactured or distributed to customers. Raw materials, finished goods, work in process (WIP), and non-conforming materials.
• This position is also responsible for directly supporting planning in the execution of scheduling and planning related tasks.
• Lead and coordinate the organization of materials, material storage systems, plant material storage solutions, and Kanbans.
• Lead and perform cycle counts daily and end of year final inventory count.
• Provide solutions to improve inventory accuracy through use of lean tools and techniques.
• Work with Supply Chain and Planning to ensure adequate levels of material and/or product inventories are maintained, track this data in the ERP system to determine stock supply and need for replenishment through determination of reorder points.
• Work closely with planning to ensure inventory levels and storage locations are sufficient to execute customer requirements timely.
• Assist Planner in scheduling, entering, release, and execution of work orders in alignment with the Master Project Schedule.
• Collaborates across departments to ensure execution of daily schedules and supports planning to allocate available resources to best serve our customer needs.
• Supports planning and manufacturing leads through scheduling of work by due date.
• Ensure material is properly stored.
• Ensure all material locations and materials are properly labeled and identified.
• Correct and record inventory discrepancies. Use the data to understand trends and patterns that could lead to reduction of errors and overall improvement of inventory accuracy.
• Accurately assesses and communicates production and distribution needs thorough management and monitoring of inventory levels and status updates with Supply Chain and operations. Communicates delays and status to customer service and sales.
• Maintain cost in accordance from AOP goals communicated from Senior Leadership.
• Ensure team members are minimizing waste for all direct materials through monitoring of accurate reporting of inventory and ERP transactions.
• Work with team members to actively find ways to improve material management processes.
• Other duties as assigned.
  
  

Continuous Improvement:

• Participates in ABM initiatives and activities. (5S events, Kaizen events, weekly CIP meetings, problem solving, improvement projects, etc.)
• Work with team members to provide input to improve process and workspaces.
• Provide feedback to your supervisor for process improvement ideas.
  
  

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENTS

• Associates Degree in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Supply Chain, Operations, Management or relevant related work experience.
• Lean or Six Sigma Certification Preferred
• 4 years’ manufacturing experience
• 2 years’ experience in shipping/receiving
• 3 years’ in inventory management
• 2 years’ Experience with ERP systems; SAP preferred. PP and MM modules required
• MS Office (Excel / Outlook / Word)
• Data analysis skills required
• Ability and willingness to work as a member of a team; initiative
• Flexible work hours when required.
• Detail oriented and ability to make sound judgments.
• Confidentiality; professionalism