Inventory Control Specialist

Interested in joining our Shipping/Receiving team? Do you enjoy working in a fast-paced environment and being a team member?

At TA Instruments the Inventory Control Specialist position is essential to our Distribution Team in order to ensure our world class customer service.

• Perform cycle counts and location checks then reconciliing discrepancies of materials as required to meet audit requirements.
• Collaborate with purchasing and planning departments on problem solving receipt and production discrepancies.
• Perform transactions in SAP to manage material movements and control inventory accuracy.
• Manage slow moving materials to optimize location usage.
• Collaborate with manufacturing to maintain kanban levels and fulfill rush needs to avoid production shutdown.
• Proper labeling and handling of inventory to reduce damage and maintain accuracy.
• Collaborate with shipping coordinator acting as a backup. In this role you will be working with carriers, creating documents required for customs clearance and transacting shipments in SAP
• Ability to use UPS, Fed Ex, Freight Forwarder and LTL carriers software to ship both domestic and export shipment
• Understands incoterms and processes the documentation needed for export shipments.

• Knowledge normally acquired through completion of a one (1) year certificate from college or technical school in general business, inventory control or related field, or equivalent combination of education and experience
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals in order to perform required tasks
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence and memos 
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Ability to key in data using computerized inventory management system (SAP)
• Ability to organize and prioritize work activities to handle multiple assignments, problem solving
• In performing the duties of the job, the employee is regularly required to lift and carry materials weighing up to 50 lbs. 
• Strong customer service skills to effectivley work with customers, carriers and co-workers
• Ability to operate a forklift /reach truck and pallet jacks safely.

Waters Corporation (NYSE: WAT), the world's leading specialty measurement company, has pioneered chromatography, mass spectrometry and thermal analysis innovations serving the life, materials, and food sciences for over 60 years. With approximately 8,000 employees worldwide, Waters operates directly in 35 countries, including 15 manufacturing facilities, with products available in more than 100 countries. Our team focuses on creating business advantages for laboratory-dependent organizations to enable significant advancement in healthcare delivery, environmental management, food safety, and water quality.   

Working at Waters enables our employees to unlock the potential of their careers. Our global team is driven by purpose. We strive to be better, learn and improve every day in everything we do. We’re the problem solvers and innovators that aren’t afraid to take risks to transform the world of human health and well-being. We’re all in it together delivering benefit as one to provide the insights needed today in order to solve the challenges of tomorrow. 

Diversity and inclusion are fundamental to our core values at Waters Corporation. It is our responsibility to actively implement programs and practices to drive inclusive behavior and increase diversity across the organization. We are united by diversity and thrive on it for the benefit of our employees, our products, our customers and our community. Waters is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and is an affirmative action employer. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, gender identity or protected Veteran status.