Inventory Clerk - Bilingual English​/Japanesee

Panasonic Energy Corporation of North America (PECNA) is collaborating with Tesla Motors, Inc. in a large-scale advanced battery manufacturing facility known as the Gigafactory near Reno, Nevada which is known for its quality of life and expansive outdoor adventures.

If you're passionate about sustainability and eager to contribute to the electric vehicle revolution, we invite you to be part of our dynamic team. Join us and make a meaningful impact on the future of energy and transportation.

The inventory clerk position will record and maintain control of various inventory across the facility while ensuring compliance with established internal control procedures. It requires an individual with good interpersonal skills and the ability to multi task in a high-volume production environment.

The hourly rate of pay for this position is $27.41.

This is a Days C-Shift schedule; 6:30am to 7:00pm, Tu/W/Sa/Su & M/Th/F.

• Experience with inventory management and cycle counting
• Data entry relating to inventory receipts, transfers, production and adjustments
• Verifies clerical computation against physical count of stock and adjusts errors in computation or count, or investigates and reports reasons for discrepancies
• Prepares reports, such as inventory balance, safety stock calculations, demand rates, price lists and shortages
• Assist with month-end and year-end physical inventories.
• Communicate cross-functionally to resolve any issues
• Ensure that all inventory/production/shipping/receiving reports are generated and sent timely and accurately
• Perform weekly inventory reconciliations of spare parts
• Enter production into client system, if applicable, to announce new lot codes for finished goods, track products lots used in production, and deduct inventory quantities of component product
• Assist other departments and/or clients with any inventory related questions, requests for information, or issues
• Maintain/Order “other material” for production supplies
• Track cancelled and reduced PO’s for scrapping/recovery for payment on DO’s
• Willing to work overtime and/or weekends as requested by Supervisor

• To ensure the health and safety in the workplace and for the protection of our employees, wearing PPE is a requirement for some roles at PECNA and may include equipment such as a full Tyvek suit, safety shoes, gloves, safety glasses, face mask, bump cap, and a full hazmat suit that includes a respirator.

• Basic/
  
  Required:
  
  High School Diploma or GED
• Preferred:
  Associates Degree in Business

• Bilingual (Japanese) speaking/writing who possesses 2+ years' experience in Inventory.
• Must have working-level knowledge of the English language, including reading, writing, and speaking English
• Must be detail oriented.
• 2+ years of relevant experience required.
• Manufacturing experience preferred.
• Must have ability to create reports in MS Office (Word, Power Point, Excel)
• Must be able to motivate team members, and work in a high performing team environment. Will need to counsel and deliver performance appraisals to operators.
• Must have a safety conscientious attitude.
• In the absence of a supervisor, must be able to make safe, business minded, conscientious decisions when issues arise.
• Alignment to Panasonic’s seven core principles (contribution to society, fairness and honesty, cooperation and team spirit, untiring effort for improvement, courtesy and humility, adaptability, gratitude)

Physical

Activities:

(Percentage of time (equaling 100%) during the normal workday the employee is required to)

• Sit: 40%
• Walk: 30%
• Stand: 20%
• Lift: 10%

Required Lifting and Carrying: (Required frequency is:
Not required (0%), Occasional (1-33%), Frequent (34-66%, Continuous (67-100%

• Up to 10 lbs.:
  Continuous
• Up to 20 lbs.:
  Continuous
• Up to 35 lbs.:
  Continuous
• Team-lift only (over 35 lbs.):
  Continuous

• Health Benefits – Offering medical, dental, vision, prescription plans, plus Health Savings Account and Flexible Spending Account options.
• Voluntary Benefits – Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal,…