INVENTORY & DISTRIBUTION CLERK - **RESUME REQUIRED**

$49,920 - $54,080/Yr

Pilgrim's Pride - Sauk Rapids, MN

Full-time - Entry Level

Sauk Rapids, MN

10,001+ employees

Merchant Wholesalers, Nondurable Goods

About the position

The Inventory & Distribution Clerk at Pilgrim's is responsible for managing purchasing and inventory control, ensuring accurate data entry of inventory transactions, and performing accounting functions for the St. Cloud Parts Departments and Barn Construction operations. This role involves working closely with vendors, maintaining safety records, and supporting the overall efficiency of the inventory and distribution processes.

Responsibilities

• Create purchase and service requisitions while working with vendors on best price for parts, equipment, vaccine, medications, and new barn construction and remodel projects.
• Receive purchase orders in SAP.
• Submit vendor invoices to accounts payable in a timely manner in correct format, ensuring pricing and quantity matches SAP purchase order.
• Reconcile vendor invoice discrepancies and work with accounting and vendors to resolve any issues including quality, service and delivery.
• Maintain all grower accounts and new barn accounts, including SAP set up; charge parts and labor to appropriate sub jobs, run reports to cross reference parts and invoices to specific jobs and cost centers.
• Maintain all Excel spreadsheets with proper data and formats; weekly journal entries to charge labor hours from parts department staff work on projects and different cost centers.
• Responsible for maintaining accounting functions for barn construction and the barn and parts inventory systems; review final data/reports for new barn construction, making needed journal entries/corrections/adjustments and investigating variances.
• Close barn construction jobs ensuring payments are received and posted to correct accounts.
• Responsible for setup of new vendors with Vendor Management and new or extending existing items with Material Master, including SDS research and submission.
• Responsible for working with chemical management to create and set up new products for medication, vaccine, and disinfectants, setting them up in the stockroom and maintaining these items in the SDA book.
• Research purchase history and invoices on products purchased for Warranty Claims. Fill out proper paperwork to make the claim and track progress to ensure inventory remains accurate.
• Quarterly Cycle Counts on all MRO materials maintained as inventory within SAP to maintain accurate and timely inventory levels in accordance with company policy. Investigate discrepancies and issues as necessary.
• Responsible to work with vendors to manage old or outdated products and their proper disposal.
• Maintains all the safety records; including monthly and quarterly inspections to keep the parts department in compliance with the company policies including keeping the SDS books up to date.
• Participate in annual budget process for the Barn/Parts department.
• Unload freight and put the freight in the proper location. Also hand out the proper parts and supplies to contract growers and servicemen, making sure the proper paperwork is filled out.

Requirements

• High School diploma or equivalent (GED) is required; Associate's degree is preferred.
• Three years of prior experience is required.
• Excellent computer skills in Microsoft Excel are necessary.
• Inventory and cycle count experience strongly preferred.
• Basic Accounting skills preferred.
• SAP experience strongly preferred.
• Effective communication skills, both orally and in writing, are required.
• Good analytical and project management skills are necessary.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to lift 40-50 lbs.

Nice-to-haves

• Experience in inventory management systems.
• Knowledge of safety compliance and record-keeping.

Benefits

• 10 Days of Vacation upon hire
• Personal time off at 60 days of employment, up to 40 hours per year
• Paid sick time
• Benefits at 60 days of employment - including health, dental, vision, life, and much more
• 401K contributions on day 1 of employment
• Flexible day shift hours, Monday through Friday
• 70% off quality Pilgrim's poultry products
• Training provided with a trainer/mentor
• Advancement opportunities
• Better Futures Program - 2 Year Community College tuition assistance for you or your dependents!