Quality & Inventory Manager

Manage the daily activities of the quality and inventory control staff. Ensures adequate levels of material and/or product. Manages a group of quality and inventory control specialists characterized by highly transactional or repetitive processes. Contributes to the development of processes and procedures.

Essential Job Functions:

• Evaluates inventory needs and implementing strategies to meet those needs
• Establishes and publishes weekly inventory count, spot audits, and quality audit schedules.
• Ensures client SLA's are met in regards to cycle count expectations across the facility.
• Create new work instructions and audit existing work instructions for accuracy.
• Communicates and coordinates inventory count, spot audit, and quality audit schedules with Warehouse Supervisors and Leads daily so that supervisors/leads can assign necessary product, equipment, and human resources needed to complete schedule.
• Provides daily written and electronic copies of analysis and statistics of inventory count and quality audits results.
• Spot audit unloading, receiving, checking, locating, packing, and shipping personnel for all accounts and documents the results in an Excel spreadsheet.
• Interacts with supervisors to help identify trends, processes, or people that require corrective action.
• Creates and evaluates process adherence audits.
• Read and respond to all emails in a timely fashion.
• Other duties as assigned

Physical Requirements:

• Stand or sit for long periods of time
• Reach with hands and arms and stoop, kneel, crouch and frequently required to climb or balance
• Regularly lift and/or move 50 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move 50 pounds by hand
• Job will require regular and punctual attendance as well as presence on-site at the assigned work location.

Other Skills/Abilities:

• Must have strong verbal and written communication skills in speaking with internal and external customers
• Ability to build a team, establish processes, and hold direct reports accountable
• Must have excellent audit skills, and the ability to handle multiple tasks and responsibilities
• Must have the ability to work in a cooperative, team-oriented environment
• Strong skills in word processing and spreadsheet applications
• Thorough knowledge of the operational business
• Working knowledge of inventory quality control requirements, and industry standards.
• Must be highly organized and pay close attention to detail.

Education and Experience:

• High School Diploma/GED required.
• 3 or more years of related work experience.
• 2 years supervisory experience
• 3 or more years of industry related experience preferred.

Certifications and Licenses:

• Professional certification may be required in some areas

Why Should You Work for Crane?

At Crane, we believe in providing our employees with excellent benefits at a Great Place to Work.

• Quarterly Incentive Plan
• 136 hours of Paid Time Off which equals 17 days for the year, that can be used for Sick Time or for Personal Use
• Excellent Medical, Dental and Vision benefits
• Tuition Reimbursement for education related to your job
• Employee Referral Bonuses
• Employee Recognition and Rewards Program
• Paid Volunteer Time to support a cause that is close to your heart and contributes to our communities
• Employee Discounts
• Wellness Incentives that can go up to $100 per year for completing challenges, in addition to a discount on contribution rates

Come join the leader in logistics and take your career in the right direction.