Job Description
Summary::
We are seeking an organized and operational minded inventory controller and warehouse coordinator. The primary objective for this role is to manage the daily field logistics and inventory systems for maximum efficiently. This professional works in concert with our Warehouse Manager and team leaders to ensure efficient and effective operational procedures.
About Turtle Fur
Since 1982 Turtle Fur® has been a leading headwear and accessories brand in the outdoor, snow sports, and lifestyle markets. Our mission is to create sustainable solutions for every body, that feel great, in every element, built for a life lived outdoors.
Turtle Fur prides itself on holding true to its pillars of adventure, community, comfort, and quality.
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Supervisory Responsibilities/ Scope of Authority:
- No supervisory responsibilities.
- This role receives direction and authority from the Distribution & Logistics Manager. The role has the autonomy to identify deficiencies and quality of product in the warehouse for further inspection.
- This role is an adviser to the Distribution and Logistics Manager and partners with teams lead and to manage warehouse operations.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Ensure that we have an efficient, organized, and accurate inventory at our Vermont warehouse, through assistance with the creation of policies and procedures aligned with industry best practices
- Accurately and efficiently complete all necessary paperwork in a timely manner including finished good receiving, transfers, and adjustments for both our wholesale and retail warehouses and their assigned leads.
- Maintain current and relevant warehousing and stock control methods and procedures.
- Ensure that all packaging and raw components are issued for production stages
- Lead, research, identify, and present new ideas or procedures to improve warehouse operations.
- Coordinate warehouse projects by using data collection or other methods, in alignment with current staff, to ensure on time deliverables
- Notify proper personnel of any damages and differences for inventory control
- Verify any quantity or quality problems and report in a timely manner
- Perform/lead with year End Physical and cycle counts
- Ability to cover other department resources, such as purchase order and production LOT receiving.
- Ability to understand the Turtle Fur Group manufacturing flow and the interactions with the data entry function
- Monitor, source and review the inventory system and processes for systematic errors/flaws for all work areas in the warehouse for inventoried and non-inventoried items
- Perform fact-finding and troubleshooting when deficiencies are identified and identify immediate process changes when necessary
- Analyze inventory reports and ensure the recommended best warehouse practices are followed on a daily basis for each work area
- Assist with the labeling, database addressing and re-tooling of warehouse for each new year’s catalog
- Overtime may be required at times
- Comply and promote with all safety policies, practices and procedures. Report all unsafe activities to supervisor.
- Maintain and promote a clean and safe work area
- Participate in proactive team efforts to achieve departmental and company goals.
- Daily progress check in with department leads
- Reviewing department workload on daily basis for leads and manager
- Assist with warehouse operation as a backup when the manager is not present
- Other duties as assigned.
Leadership & Collaboration:
- Consistently exhibits company values and ethos in all interactions with associates, customers, suppliers, and external constituents; Role models and complies with company code of conduct, policies, and procedures.
- Creates a culture of accountability while maintaining the camaraderie and friendly nature so valued by the staff and leadership team of Turtle Fur.
- Works in close collaboration with the entire organization.
- Fosters a culture of transparency to the team, partners, vendors, and consumers of Turtle Fur
Social & Environmental Roles & Responsibilities:
- Is a champion for and advocate of the mission and vision in all actions and interactions with our customers, partners, and staff. Actively role models, embodies, and supports Turtle Fur values.
- Practices a strong commitment to protecting and lessening impact on the environment at work by conserving energy, reducing waste generation, stewardship of resources and recycling.
- Contributes to and fosters a safe, positive, inclusive, and productive work environment through cooperative and professional interactions with co-workers, customers, and vendors.
Skills/Abilities:
- Effective communications (writing and verbal) within all department
- Team Oriented, flexible, reliable, dependable and cooperative
- Ability to perform proficient math skills such as adding or multiplying
- Fluid computer skills such as e-mail and inventory look up
- Assist and lead with warehouse special projects
- Able to demonstrate sound judgment and decision making when dealing with operations
- Overall positive attitude and strong problem solving skills
- Constantly drives results that meet company financial, quality, and operational objectives while meeting or exceeding customer expectations, thus continually strengthening our brand.
- Skill in all standard business applications (e.g., Excel, Word, PowerPoint, Outlook)
- PC & Mac Operating Systems; Web Browsers; Mobile Devices & Apps; various computer mediated communication channels (e.g., Teams, Slack, Skype, Zoom, etc.)
Education and Experience:
Working Environment/Physical Activities:
- Able to lift up to 35 lbs repeatedly
- Able to stand for prolonged periods of time
- Standard business environment.
- Bending, and reaching forward, sideways, and overhead; finger dexterity to perform functions on computer and access files; sitting for long periods at a time
Social & Environmental Roles & Responsibilities:
- Strong commitment to protecting and lessening impact on the environment at work by conserving energy, reducing waste generation, and recycling.
- Demonstrates a commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion through continuous development, modeling inclusive behaviors, and proactively managing bias.
Benefits
- Up to 6 paid days off per year
- 7 Paid Holidays per year
- 401k with Company Contribution after completing eligibility period.
- Employee Discounts on Product
- Corn hole tournaments, and so much more.
Work Location: On Site
Turtle Fur is committed to attracting and retaining a diverse staff, and honors unique experiences and identities.
We encourage people who identify with the BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, and Disabled communities to apply as we make concerted efforts to diversify our staff and our perspective. Turtle Fur is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Full time, Temporary work, Part time, New year, Immediate start, Outdoor, Flexible hours,