Job Description:

• 1) Supervises and coordinates activities of workers concerned with ordering, receiving, storing, inventorying, issuing, and shipping materials, supplies, tools, equipment, and parts, in stockroom, warehouse, or yard: Plans layout of stockroom, warehouse, and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored.

• 2) Advises employees on care and preservation of items received, stored, and shipped, methods and use of equipment in handling, storing, maintaining, and shipping stock, and related problems.

• 3) Studies records and recommends remedial actions for reported nonusable, slow-moving, and excess stock.

• 4) Reviews records for accuracy of information and compliance with established procedures, and to determine adequacy of stock levels.

• 5) Schedules work for special and periodic inventories.

• 6) Traces history of items to determine reasons for discrepancies between inventory and stock-control records and recommends remedial actions to resolve discrepancies.

• 7) Performs other duties as described under SUPERVISOR Master Title.

• 8) May supervise and coordinate activities of workers engaged in handling of merchandise in stockroom or warehouse of retail store and be known as Head of Stock.