This position is located in WHITELAND, INDIANA

About the Company

Sugar Foods is a privately owned company with production facilities in Georgia, Massachusetts, California, and Mexico. Our products are sold and distributed throughout the U.S. and Canada. Sugar Foods manufactures and packages croutons, tortilla chips, crispy toppings, as well as cheese-based toppings. Additionally, Sugar Foods packages a variety of items including sugar, sweeteners, powdered creamer, and dried fruits and nuts.

The Sugar Foods Way

At Sugar Foods, the Customer is King, and our team is our Family. The vision of Sugar Foods is for our products to be on every plate and in every cup. We continue to grow our business and adapt to changing business conditions to consistently provide value to our customers, our associates, and our community, by adhering to exacting standards of quality and safety and always acting in a respectful and responsible manner.

Inventory Clerk Position Summary:

In this role, you will perform data entry and clerical duties. Perform duties related to the ordering, receiving, storing, and the issuing of inventory materials (parts and supplies) for the Company’s Inventory Control Department.

Essential duties and Responsibilities:

• Works with a Safety-first mindset and understand safe operation is a primary deliverable.
• Analyze and summarize numerical information and critically examine for accuracy.
• Input and access inventory data through a computerized maintenance management information system. Utilize computer to troubleshoot records for inventory control.
• Perform administrative functions such as typing, filing, and maintaining detailed records.
• Checks the accuracy of computer printouts, reports, and calculations.
• Ensure that work is carried out to specification.
• Compile, classify, collate, and organize information. Maintains electronic, paper records and reports. Maintains inventory control.
• Ensure coordination of activities to meet department objectives.
• Provide clear spoken and written information to leads, supervisors and managers regarding the status of situations or orders. Answer inquiries about the maintenance/inventory management system or procedures.
• Cooperate with peers, leads, supervisors and managers, and operations personnel and act as a liaison between other employees and departments when it comes to physical inventory or parts and supplies.
• Analytical thinker with a strong attention to detail.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualification and Experience:

• Education: High school diploma or equivalent.
• Two (2) years general clerical and inventory record keeping experience.
• Strong computer data entry experience.
• Proficient in MS Office Suite/Excel.
• Ability to communicate orally and in writing.

Skills:

• Language: Ability to read, write, speak, and interpret safety rules, operating instructions, and procedure manuals in English.
• Mathematical Skills: Ability to perform basic arithmetic including addition, subtraction, multiplication, division. basic fractions and interpret graphs.
• Reasoning: Ability to apply common sense and solve problems involving multiple variables.

Working Conditions:

General office and warehouse environment. While performing this job, employee may be exposed to moving mechanical parts or equipment.

Physical Demands:

Frequently required to drive a forklift, stand or walk for entirety of designated shift. Have dexterity and use hands and fingers. Capable of stooping, bending, kneeling, crouching, crawling, climbing and balancing. Vision requirements include close, distance, color, peripheral vision and depth perception.

At the employee request, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of the job.

Sugar Foods Corporation is an E-Verify Company and provides reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with disabilities and disabled veterans in job applicant procedures. "Equal Opportunity Employer: Minority/Female/Veteran/Disabled/Gender Identity/Sexual Orientation"