Parts Specialist​/Material Planner

Parts Specialist/Material Planner – MANCON, LLC.

Parts Specialists/Material Planners provide counter service to MBTA Bus and Light rail employees who need parts/equipment to perform their duties. This hourly position starts at $20.00 and, based on union membership/seniority, can increase to $21.00 – $25.10.

• Provide quality customer service: attention to detail, meet and greet customers, review requisition forms for completeness, answer queries about parts availability, inform customers when requested parts are available, recommend min/max stocking levels, maintain a neat stock room, and perform regular cycle counts.
• Stock Room Responsibilities
  • Understand warehouse storage plans and operations.
  • Perform manual counts and inventory reconciliation with 98% accuracy.
  • Conduct daily cycle counts at a 98% accuracy rate.
  • Verify materials against receiving, shipping, storage and inventory documents, reporting discrepancies and damage.
  • Route materials to prescribed storage locations and stack/palletize materials per prescribed methods.
  • Manage inventory of received, shipped and stored materials daily.
  • Examine stored materials and report deterioration and damage.
  • Remove material from storage to prepare for turn‑in.
  • Process and affix paperwork for receipt, shipment, storage, pick/pack and other reports.
  • Conduct causative research for misidentified, damaged or non‑located material.
  • Operate hand or power trucks and/or forklifts during warehousing duties.
• Parts Pickup: occasionally drive vehicle to designated vendors, provide vendor documentation such as tax‑exempt forms or credit references, review vendor invoices for pricing and quantity accuracy, and return products to MANCON promptly.
• Data Entry: generate customer requisitions in the inventory system, enter vendor receiving documents, receive, stow and catalog inbound inventory.
• Other Requirements: support the MBTA location during emergencies, receive material from the main warehouse and other base locations by 8:00 a.m., adhere to required procedures, wear location‑specific personal protective equipment at all times, and wear company‑provided shirts daily.

Medium work – exerting up to 50 lbs of force occasionally, up to 20 lbs frequently, and up to 10 lbs constantly to move objects.

• Lifting, Reaching, Sitting, Standing, Walking.

• 1 year computer experience.
• Warehouse, stockroom, or inventory management experience.
• Obtain and maintain a forklift license.

• 1 year inventory experience.
• 1 year customer service role.
• Experience with inventory/point‑of‑sale applications.
• Experience with bus or light rail parts.
• Familiarity with automotive, bus, or rail parts.
• Automotive certification programs considered with experience.
• Ability to communicate in English.
• Valid driver’s license.

Entry level

Full‑time

Management and Manufacturing

Transportation, Logistics, Supply Chain and Storage