What are the responsibilities and job description for the Inventory Control Clerk position at Metals USA?
Metals USA is seeking an Inventory Control Clerk for our Wooster, OH location. Metals USA is a leading metals processor/distributor in North America, providing a wide range of carbon steel products and services. Metals USA is a solid, growth-oriented company servicing the defense, commercial construction, and road construction and fabrication industries.
Benefits of working with us:
- Paid Time Off (PTO) Accrual | 3 weeks within 1 year
- Excellent health, dental, & vision Insurance options
- Life & AD&D Insurance w/buy-up plans for Employee and Dependents
- HSA & FSA Options
- Short-Term & Long-Term Disability w/buy-up options
- 401(K) programs w/company match
- Wellness Program w/incentives
- Large company w/opportunities for growth and advancement
- Tuition reimbursement
- Inclusive working environment
Responsibilities:
To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. Reasonable Accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
Purchasing & Supplier Management
- Place purchase orders with approved suppliers based on inventory requirements, sales demand, and stocking strategies.
- Manage open purchase orders and proactively follow up with suppliers on delivery dates, quantities, and changes.
- Communicate purchase order status updates to sales and management.
- Maintain accurate purchase order records, pricing, lead times, and supplier performance data.
Inventory Analysis & Control
- Regularly review inventory levels to support targets for inventory turns, aged inventory reduction, and minimum stock requirements.
- Analyze usage, demand trends, and market conditions to recommend inventory adjustments or purchasing opportunities.
- Identify slow‑moving, excess, or at‑risk inventory and communicate findings to management.
- Support physical inventory counts and investigate inventory discrepancies as needed.
Logistics & Receiving Coordination
- Coordinate pickup and receipt of materials from local suppliers.
- Ensure incoming materials are properly received, documented, and entered into the system accurately.
- Work closely with warehouse and operations teams to resolve receiving or material movement issues.
Cross‑Functional Support
- Work with sales to align inventory levels with customer demand and market opportunities.
- Partner with accounting to support accurate receiving, invoicing, and inventory valuation.
- Communicate inventory risks, shortages, and opportunities clearly and timely.
Compliance & Process Improvement
- Ensure purchasing and inventory activities follow company policies and ethical standards.
- Identify opportunities to improve inventory processes, reporting, and supplier performance.
- Maintain accurate documentation and data integrity within the ERP system.
Metals USA offers competitive wages and benefits plus upward mobility towards professional growth.
Metals USA is committed to protecting our employees by creating and maintaining a workplace free of substance abuse.
Metals USA provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability.
Qualifications:
Position Qualifications:
- Minimum 2 years of experience in inventory control, purchasing, or supply chain roles.
- Bachelor Degree in Business Administration or relevant course of study, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
- Ability to interface effectively with all departments to foster a success-oriented, accountable organization.
- Ability to communicate both oral & written effectively with internal & external vendors and customers.
- Ability to negotiate and sources both ferrous and non-ferrous metal.
- Ability to collect data, establish facts and purchase metals to ensure inventory goals are met and maintain accurate lead times.
- Ability to read, analyze and interpret the most complex business documents.
- Represents the management in a highly professional manner, exercises diplomacy and maintains the highest level of confidentiality.
- Computer Literacy; Microsoft Office Products and ERP.
Physical Demands:
Occupation requires being sedentary less than or equal to 75% of the time ( < to 6 hours per day).
- Stand, walk, sit, hearing, talking, use of hands and fingers, hand-eye coordination, reach outward, reach above shoulder, climb, squat or kneel or bend
- May be required to travel for business as needed
- Regularly required to work on multiple concurrent tasks with constant interruptions
- Lift, carry, push and/or pull up to a maximum of 25 lbs. without assistance
Work Environment:
May be exposed to some of the following working conditions.
- Position works primarily in an office/cubicle environment
- Constant Telephone Activity
- Quiet to Moderate Noise Levels
- Occasional travel: traffic congestion/ flight delays
Pay Range: $50,000 - $65,000/annually, plus eligible for bonus
Salary : $50,000 - $65,000