Automated Inventory Control Associate

Job ID
56484
Location
3800 Hempland Road Suite 2, Mountville, PA 17554, United States
Job Category
Automation Operations
Locations
Mountville
Job Schedule
Full Time
Job Shift
3rd
Shift Start Hours
07:00 PM
Shift End Hours
07:30 AM
Workdays
2, 2, 3
Work Place
On-site
Travel Required
No
Travel Frequency
Other Hiring Locations
Join the Cold Chain That Feeds the World.

For over 120 years, Americold has connected producers, processors, distributors, and retailers to ensure food stays safe, fresh, and accessible. With 240+ facilities across four continents and 14,000+ team members, we’re a global leader in temperature-controlled logistics. Our mission is to help our customers feed the world – and we’re looking for people who share that purpose. We value customer service, innovation, and inclusion, and we invest in our people’s growth and well-being. If you’re ready to make a meaningful impact in a company that puts people first, Americold is the place for you.

Primary Responsibility:

Plays a vital role in maintaining an accurate record of inventory in an automated facility.
Assists in preventing, researching, and resolving inventory discrepancies as well as analyzing data trends to identify areas for improvement and making corrective action suggestions.


 

What You’ll Do:

  • Promote a safe work environment through personal actions. Identify and report on any safety concerns.
  • Conduct regular inventory counts (i.e., cycle counts and full physical inventory).
  • Record count results and discrepancies. Communicate count results to Management and/or the Customer as needed.
  • Research and resolve inventory discrepancies across 3 Warehouse Management Systems in an automated facility including, but not limited to researching customer claims, cycle count for missing products, adjust inventory quantities, print labels, handle damaged inventory, disposing of inventory.
  • Update inventory and inventory discrepancies in the Warehouse Management System including processing adjustments.
  • Assist with special projects, handling customer specific requests.
  • Report on operational errors impacting inventory performance
  • Other inventory related duties as requested.


     

What Experience and Education Do You Need:

  • Must have High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
  • Required One to three years of automated inventory control and warehouse experience or equivalent training and experience.
  • Preferred Experienced with multiple WMS systems and Microsoft Office, including Word and Excel.
    Ability to act autonomously as needed


     

What Could Set You Apart:

  • Ability to work in fast-paced, deadline-oriented environment.
  • Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide whole numbers, fractions, and decimals.


     

Physical Requirements:

  • Requires the ability to sit or stand for long periods of time, with frequent interruptions.
  • Requires several hours per day of sitting, getting up and down from chairs, and reaching, or bending.
  • Requires manual dexterity with normal hand and finger movements for typical office work.
  • Talking, hearing, and seeing are important elements of completing assigned tasks.
  • May require travel by automobile and airplane for business.
  • Facility operations temperatures between 38 degrees and -20 degrees.
  • May carry loads related to travel and occasionally lifts, carries, positions, or moves objects weighing up to 55 pounds.
  • Requires the use of various electronic tools.
  • Requires the ability to relate to others beyond giving and receiving instructions: must partner with colleagues without exhibiting behavioral extremes.
  • Requires the performance of work activities including reasoning, negotiating, instructing, persuading, or speaking with others; and respond appropriately to constructive feedback from executive management


     

Work Environment:

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.




Americold is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer and complies with applicable employment laws.
EOE/AA M/F/D/V DFW.

 

What We Offer

At Americold, we believe in taking care of our people. We offer benefits designed to support your health, financial well-being, and future. Our associates know what’s in it for them – opportunity, purpose and a values-driven culture. When you join Americold, you become part of a mission to help our customers feed the world.