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Inventory Clerk

Eaton and Careers
Richmond, VA Full Time
POSTED ON 12/31/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 2/28/2026

Eaton’s ES AMER ESS division is currently seeking a Inventory Clerk. The hourly rate for this position is $21.63 per hour. Please note the salary information shown above is a general guideline only. Salaries are based upon candidate skills, experience, and qualifications, as well as market and business considerations.


HOURS: 7AM - 3:30PM


Why work at Eaton? Below are a few of the outstanding benefits we offer:
  • Health benefits and vacation time - available to use on day one of your employment!
  • 10 Paid holidays
  • Overtime opportunities
  • Retirement benefits
  • Paid Parental Leave
  • Educational Assistance Program, Wellness Reimbursement, and more!


What you’ll do:

The Inventory Clerk is responsible for inventory process control and resolution as needed to accomplish Eaton’s overall objectives of providing on-time delivery of quality products. Support and initiate actions with management to ensure that personnel comply to the company’s policies and performance/productivity levels.

  • Be responsible for systematic inventory process control
  • Ability to find lost inventory items; research lost material transactional history and resolve by correcting bin allocation.
  • Ability to understand inputs and outputs of inventory systems
  • Ability to operate forklift and electrical pallet jack as needed.
  • Cycle count materials, equipment, merchandise, or supplies in stock.
  • Report discrepancies between physical counts and Made 2 Manage system records.
  • Maintain and update records in MRP and/or Excel.
  • Work with accounts payable and receiving team to resolve aging past due invoices.

Qualifications:

Required (Basic) Qualifications:

  • Must have a minimum of two years' experience in inventory control
  • Must have a high school diploma or GED from an accredited institution
  • No relocation benefit is being offered for this position. Only candidates within a 50-mile radius of Richmond, VA will be considered. Active Duty Military Service member candidates are exempt from the geographical area limitation.
  • Eaton will not consider applicants for employment immigration sponsorship or support for this position. This means that Eaton will not support any CPT, OPT, or STEM OPT plans, F-1 to H-1B, H-1B cap registration, O-1, E-3, TN status, I-485 job portability, etc.


Preferred Qualifications:

  • Forklift experience

Skills:

Position Criteria:

  • Ability to work alongside Inventory Specialist
  • Ability to coordinate with team lead, inventory workers, and material handlers to solve various issues.
  • Ability to work cross functional across plants
  • Ability to work extended hours
  • Must be able to lift up to 50 lbs.
  • Proven analytical and problem-solving skills
  • Ability to work in a matrix environment, get results and drive change through others
  • Effective oral and written communication skills as well as planning and organizational skills

We are committed to ensuring equal employment opportunities for all job applicants and employees. Employment decisions are based upon job-related reasons regardless of an applicant's race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability, marital status, genetic information, protected veteran status, or any other status protected by law.


Eaton believes in second chance employment. Qualified applicants with arrest or conviction history will be considered regardless of their arrest or conviction history, consistent with the Los Angeles County Fair Chance Ordinance, the California Fair Chance Act and other local laws.


You do not need to disclose your conviction history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you. After making a conditional offer and running a background check, if Eaton is concerned about conviction that is directly related to the job, you will be given the chance to explain the circumstances surrounding the conviction, provide mitigating evidence, or challenge the accuracy of the background report.


To request a disability-related reasonable accommodation to assist you in your job search, application, or interview process, please call us at 1-800-836-6345 to discuss your specific need. Only accommodation requests will be accepted by this phone number.


We know that good benefit programs are important to employees and their families. Eaton provides various Health and Welfare benefits as well as Retirement benefits, and several programs that provide for paid and unpaid time away from work. Click here for more detail: Eaton Benefits Overview. Please note that specific programs and options available to an employee may depend on eligibility factors such as geographic location, date of hire, and the applicability of collective bargaining agreements.

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