Warehouse Inventory Coordinator

At Eagle Foods we are builders.  We are builders of brands, categories, and people.  Eagle Foods enjoys a rich heritage with brands that have proven category leadership for more than 150 years.  Eagle is a diversified food company producing and marketing sweetened condensed and evaporated milk, snacks and convenient meal solutions products.  As a company, Eagle Foods is passionate about fostering an entrepreneurial spirit that boldly builds better people and better brands while focusing on the positive impact our company, our products and our people have on the world.  Eagle Foods has a bold family of brands that consumers have come to rely on for decades, including Eagle Brand® Sweetened Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk, Magnolia® Sweetened Condensed Milk, PET® Milk, Popcorn Indiana, Cretors Popcorn, Helper and Suddenly Salad.  Eagle Foods products are marketed and distributed across all U.S. retail channels, including grocery stores, club stores and mass-merchandisers, as well as foodservice and export, U.S. military, and private label business.

Job Description Summary

The Warehouse Inventory Coordinator is responsible for tracking the movement of finished goods, raw materials, packaging, and WIP. The Warehouse Inventory Coordinator ensures that inventory and stock are accurate. Ensures compliance with established internal control procedures and performs internal inventory audits as needed. The Warehouse Inventory Coordinator will partner with support functions to identify and resolve unplanned downtime events, quality, safety, cost, and other losses attributed to the area, using problem-solving techniques and a continuous improvement mindset.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Manage all required paperwork and processes for accurate reporting of issues and corrections in inventory
• Perform inventory adjustments in the database and ERP system as needed
• Maintain inventory reports according to the Company’s standard documentation and archiving procedures
• Respond to internal inquiries regarding products and inventories
• Analyze and troubleshoot inventory control problems as requested
• Prepare and submit weekly inventory control reports to Warehouse leadership
• Perform administrative tasks including answering phone, taking messages, operating printers, and monitoring emails as needed
• Review FG past the 48-hour limit at plant
• Review, report, and collaborate with Packaging on live consumption status
• Inspect incoming materials at Eagle Foods and local 3PL partner
• Review, address, and escalate any OSD receipts
• Monitor FEFO, FIFO execution in material consumption and escalate.
• Own Waste materials recycling program (Cans, lids, corrugated, etc...). To include FG for destruction
• Participate and support SQF audit requirements and audit activities related to materials. (Finished Goods Tracing).
• Audit all Logistics Documents for accuracy
• Own the archive room, adhere to and uphold document retention policy
• Able to drive a forklift, support plant warehouse operations and material movements when necessary
• Perform other duties as assigned

Qualifications & Competencies

• High School Diploma or GED required
• Minimum of three (3) years of inventory work experience, preferably in a manufacturing/warehousing setting
• Requires computer skills with basic knowledge of Microsoft programs such as Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook. Infor is a plus
• Demonstrated problem-solving and leadership skills (lead through influence)
• Experience with Food Safety Audit expectations and requirements preferred 
• Strong communication skills
• Must be flexible with work scheduling
• Must be able to lift up to 40 lbs.
• Performs other duties as assigned in support of Plant Operations.

Additional Information: Eagle Foods will provide reasonable accommodation to allow an employee to perform the essential functions of the job.

Physical Demands: The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or touch objects or controls.  The employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit, reach above shoulders, taste and/or smell, or talk and/or hear.

The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and must occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision requirements of this job include close vision, peripheral vision, color vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Working Conditions: The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job.

The employee occasionally works in proximity to fumes or air-borne particles, toxic or caustic chemicals, and in non-weather related extreme cold or heat. 

The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate.

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.