Inventory Specialist - Materials

Inventory Specialist

The mission of Aero-Flite is to provide exceptional firefighting aircraft and customer service in support of our ground firefighting partners. Our vision is to continually strive to improve our safety and service while offering greater value to our partner agencies.

KEEP THE PARTS MOVING. SUPPORT THE MISSION. MAKE AN IMPACT.

Aero-Flite is hiring an Inventory Specialist to join our Materials team. Behind every aircraft ready to respond is a team making sure the right parts, tools, and materials are where they need to be — when they need to be. As an Aero-Flite Inventory Specialist, you'll help manage and maintain critical inventory that supports aircraft, maintenance and facility team members.

If you're organized, detail-oriented, comfortable working in a fast-paced environment, and take pride in getting things right, this is an opportunity to put those skills to work supporting an important mission.

Keep our maintenance teams supplied. Keep our aircraft ready. Help Aero-Flite support aerial firefighting operations.

Reporting to the Director of Materials, the Inventory Specialist will assist in daily operations of the Materials department. Assist Materials department to ensure inventory is available when needed in support of aircraft maintenance activities within the hangar and while deployed to field locations.

Specific Responsibilities

• Assist Director of Materials in daily operations.
• Have a working knowledge of the stores department inventory.
• Order and maintain a working stock of inventory.
• Demonstrate required computer and language skills to accomplish day-to-day tasks.
• Demonstrate physical ability for heavy lifting.
• Display skills for operation of AFI maintenance equipment.
• Check and maintain satellite storage hangars.
• Ensure calculations, quantities and part serial numbers correct when entering or pulling inventory.
• Ensure all discrepancies are accounted for and appropriately documented.
• Other duties as assigned.

Required Knowledge,

Skills and Abilities

• Exceptional ability to communicate and convey information, inter/ intradepartmental, via multiple mediums.
• Proactive ability and desire to problem solve in a dynamic environment.
• Superior customer relationship management skills.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality in all matters.
• Determining causes of errors and deciding what to do about it. Use logic and reasoning to identify solutions.

Education and Experience

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent
• Prefer knowledge of U.S. standard sizing hardware fasteners
• Must be able to effectively use software programs to include Microsoft Office and proprietary enterprise resource planning ERP system.

Preferred Education and Experience

• Associate's degree in a related field or,
• One year of experience, OR
• Two years of directly related experience

Competencies

• Expert data entry skills, alpha and numeric, with a high level of accuracy.
• Expert organizational, multi-tasking skills and follow through skills required.
• Expert attention to detail.
• Proficient with Microsoft Office programs and ERP systems.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Dependable, flexible and self-starting.

Supervisory Responsibility

None.

Work Environment

This job operates in an office and hangar environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines. The noise level in the work environment is usually at a typical office level and while in the hangar with frequent periods of moderately loud noises. Exposure to industrial chemical smells, fragrances, animals, etc. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to fumes or airborne particles, moving mechanical parts and vibration.

The employee is occasionally exposed to a variety of extreme outside weather conditions.

Job Knowledge:

English Language
- Ability to read, write and understand the English language.

Accuracy
- This includes meeting quality standards for services, and evaluation of information provided to identify incomplete data and follow through to resolve according to established guidelines.

Mathematics – General knowledge of arithmetic.

Recall
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