MRO Inventory Procurement Clerk

For nearly a century, The Jel Sert Company has focused on creating high‑quality, high‑value foods and beverages that help bring people together. Jel Sert is proud of being awarded the Great Place to Work certification, along with being recognized as a Best Workplace to Work in Chicago and Best Workplace to Work in Manufacturing and Production. We are currently looking for a passionate and dedicated individual to join our team as a MRO Inventory Procurement Clerk
. If you are looking for a work environment that encourages personal growth, responsibility, and a shared vision for creating incredible products that help create lasting memories, then Jel Sert wants you!

• Inventory management including routine cycle counts, annual physical inventory, and maintaining MRO inventory.
• Purchasing of MRO inventory in accordance with food defense and product safety regulations and developed purchasing strategy.
• Reviews and manage inventory levels to evaluate possible elimination of duplicate items as well as reduce inventory levels and identify obsolete items.
• Coordinating vendor managed inventory items with departments and outside vendors by standardizing stock items with Max/Min/Reorder points within system.
• Verify items received against order; deliver to department stock room notifying appropriate party of items arrival and address invoice issues for stock MRO items with Accounts Payable for corrections to receipt quantities, corrections to price changes and/or missing packing lists.
• Communication with vendors in regards to orders, pricing, order issues, repairs, rejected materials and returns, etc.
• Maintain current vendor pricing in EAM.
• Finds and evaluates new/current concepts and technologies to improve Procurement and Inventory methods of maintaining stock parts.
• Creates parts list of all fabricated items including drawings. Evaluates alternative suppliers to reduce lead time and cost of fabricated items.
• Special projects as required.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required.

• Minimum of 1 year of MRO experience required.
• Previous experience in purchasing within a manufacturing environment preferred.
• Knowledge of maintenance parts such as pumps, valves, filters, sprockets, chains, etc. is preferred.
• Must have computer skills including use of personal computers, email software, internet browser and MS Office.
• High school diploma or equivalent is required.

• Good analytical skills: observation, attention to detail, prioritization, and problem solving.
• Capable of working independently as well as in a team based environment.
• Ability to be proactive: take initiatives, make suggestions, follow up with limited supervision.
• Desire to learn, take on challenges and responsibilities.
• Flexibility to adapt to change.
• Excellent interpersonal, verbal and written communication skills, bilingual (Spanish) beneficial but not required.
• Computer skills including experience utilizing MS Office, Internet and ERP (QAD preferred) with the ability to navigate through our vendor's ordering systems.

The Jel Sert Company is committed to pay transparency and will provide further compensation information during the interview process. The minimum compensation for the Distribution Associate is $21.25 per hour. Compensation is determined by a candidate's experience, education, skills, training, and the internal equity within our organization. Actual compensation to be paid will be determined upon an offer. In addition to a competitive compensation package, regular full‑time corporate employees of Jel Sert are eligible for our extensive benefits programs that can be reviewed here.

Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

• Climbing:
  Ascending or descending ladders, stairs, ramps, using feet and legs and/or hands and arms.
• Stooping:
  Bending body downward and forward by bending spine at…