Inventory Specialist/Reconciler

At Actus Nutrition, our focus is to create high-quality ingredients designed to optimize health and nutrition. We are passionate and dedicated people. Each day, we collectively explore new, innovative ways to enhance product performance and value through our broad human and animal nutrition portfolios.

We are currently seeking an Inventory Specialist/Reconciler for our location in Clara City, MN. 

Pay range:  $20 - $25/hr, depending on experience

Essential duties: 

• Create and manage production work orders according to production schedule. Update and release work orders as necessary.


• Monitor and manage Finished Goods inventory to ensure the efficient and timely shipment of the correct products to the appropriate customers.


• Communicate potential shortfalls, overages and delays based on customer requirements, inventory levels, product specifications and the production plan.


• Review current demand/open orders daily and act as liaison between planning, production and sales to help ensure current inventory and future production meets demand.


• Anticipate and prepare all customer deliveries including allocation of inventory to sales orders, document preparation, warehouse coordination, transport coordination and confirmation of timely product shipment.


• Prepare and organize daily pick tickets and customer Bills of Lading for all shipments.


• Acquire Lab Analysis/CoA to include with all shipments.


• Documentation for all export orders. Includes export declarations, certificates of origin and customs invoices.


• Serve as the primary contact for Customer Service and Sales for all outgoing shipments to ensure that sales orders reflect proper products, product specifications, quantities, prices and dates.


• Process orders changes from customers and communicate with appropriate departments.


• Ensure inventory accuracy and minimize adjustments through diligent inventory monitoring.


• Prepare and ship product samples per customer requests. Maintain sample inventories and order supplies as needed.


• Manage process to convert out-of-spec product to rework including inventory identification, warehouse coordination for relabeling and transacting.


• Manage process for shipping product to 3rd party warehouses, including allocation of inventory to transfer orders, document preparation, and confirmation of timely product shipment.


• Coordinate and schedule trucking logistics for Customer Orders and Distribution Orders to other Actus Nutrition plants.


• Analyze frozen/new inventory and move product in sys21 from “quality test hold” to “release for shipment” or “off-spec.”


• Produce production work orders and bring out to production floor.


• Coordinate the printing of all labels for all customer orders, including special label requests from customers.

Qualifications: 

• 3-5 years’ previous inventory management experience


• Detail Oriented


• Self-started and ability to manage multiple priorities simultaneously


• Warehousing and ERP system experience preferred