STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
HUMAN RESOURCES


CLASSIFICATION:  INVENTORY CONTROL SUPERVISOR

 

Class Code:  5350-14                                         Date Established:  02-12-93           

 

Occupational Code:  1-3-4                                 Date of Last Revision:  12-28-01

 

BASIC PURPOSE:  To supervise workers engaged in the receipt, storage, processing, shipping and inventory control of specialized stock.

 

CHARACTERISTIC DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

 

·        Supervises the receipt, storage and distribution of agency supplies and equipment.

 

·        Keeps inventory control records to maintain the proper level of supplies, including estimating projected inventory and stock requirements.

 

·        Compiles a summary of transactions such as stock in, stock out, and price changes for computer input.

 

·        Determines stock rotation schedule to ensure consistent stock quality.

 

·        Operates equipment as necessary to move materials or supplies.

 

·        Inspects goods received and prepares inspection and reviewing reports or invoices approving delivery, condition of items and payment.

 

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DISTINGUISHING FACTORS:

 

Skill:  Requires skill in recommending routine changes in standardized operating procedures OR in retrieving, compiling and reporting data according to established procedures OR in operating complex machines.

 

Knowledge:  Requires understanding and using business or trades vocabulary or basic arithmetic to perform standard operating procedures.

 

Impact:  Requires responsibility for contributing to agency objectives by ensuring the accuracy of support activities within one or more organizational units.  Errors at this level affect the work of others or have measurable monetary consequences, and require verification and correction in order to complete succeeding work operations.

 

Supervision:  Requires direct supervision of other employees doing work which is related or similar to the supervisor, including scheduling work, recommending leave, reviewing work for accuracy, performance appraisal, or interviewing applicants for position vacancies.

 

Working Conditions:  Requires performing regular job functions in an environment which includes exposure to continuous physical elements or a number of disagreeable working conditions with frequent exposure to minor injuries or health hazards.

 

Physical Demands:  Requires medium work, including continuous strenuous activities such as frequent reaching, bending, or lifting as well as performing work activities which require fine manual dexterity or coordination in operating machines or equipment.

 

 

 

Communication:  Requires explaining facts, interpreting situations, or advising individuals of alternative or appropriate courses of action.  This level also requires interviewing or eliciting information from state employees or members of the general public.

 

Complexity:  Requires a combination of job functions to establish facts, to draw daily operational conclusions, or to solve practical problems.  This level also requires providing a variety of alternative solutions where only limited standardization exists.

 

Independent Action:  Requires a range of choice in applying a number of technical or administrative policies under general direction and in making routine decisions or in recommending modifications in work procedures for approval by supervisor.

 

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

 

Education:  Graduation from high school, G.E.D. or its equivalent.  Each additional year of approved formal education may be substituted for one year of required work experience.

 

Experience:  Four years' experience in stock control work or in warehousing methods, procedures and equipment concerned with the receipt, storage and shipment of merchandise. 

 

License/Certification:  Valid New Hampshire driver's license if required to operate a motor vehicle to perform job functions. 

 

RECOMMENDED WORK TRAITS:  Thorough knowledge of stock control methods and procedures.  Considerable knowledge of the maintenance of inventory and cross records.  Considerable knowledge of transportation and shipping records.  Ability to monitor basic bookkeeping or auditing procedures.  Ability to make arithmetical computations with speed and accuracy.  Ability to operate equipment.  Ability to follow instructions.  Ability to prepare clear and concise reports.  Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with associates, other unit supervisors, vendors and shippers.  Must be willing to maintain appearance appropriate to assigned duties and responsibilities as determined by the agency appointing authority.

 

DISCLAIMER STATEMENT:  This class specification is descriptive of general duties and is not intended to list every specific function of this class title.

 


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