Inventory Control Clerk

JOB DESCRIPTION

The Inventory Clerk will keep track of the goods and supplies in a store or warehouse and manage orders to facilitate sales or production. Duties include signing off on shipments, counting the number of available products and placing orders for more inventory according to demand.

Inventory Clerks record inventory for a company so that items are accurately stocked and stored where they belong. Some of their daily responsibilities include:

• Ordering inventory from vendors and suppliers and securing shipment arrival times
• Managing inventory by stocking and cataloging products for a business
• Performing quality checks on stored inventory and discarding inventory that does not meet the company's standards
• Updating inventory count and maintaining inventory records to share with management and other stakeholders in the business
• Reporting discrepancies in inventory that indicate theft, such as too little inventory at last count
• Implementing loss prevention programs to prevent theft
• Obtaining estimates and price details from different vendors to compare costs
• Researching the accuracy of product details and testing new products