Inventory & Supply Coordinator

Job Details

Job Title: Inventory & Supply Coordinator
Location: Atlanta, Georgia
Regular/Temporary: Regular
Full/Part Time: Full-Time
Job ID: 298125

About Us

Overview
Georgia Tech prides itself on its technological resources, collaborations, high-quality student body, and its commitment to building an outstanding and diverse community of learning, discovery, and creation. We strongly encourage applicants whose values align with our institutional values, as outlined in our Strategic Plan. These values include academic excellence, diversity of thought and experience, inquiry and innovation, collaboration and community, and ethical behavior and stewardship. Georgia Tech has policies to promote a healthy work-life balance and is aware that attracting faculty may require meeting the needs of two careers.

About Georgia Tech
Georgia Tech is a top-ranked public research university situated in the heart of Atlanta, a diverse and vibrant city with numerous economic and cultural strengths. The Institute serves more than 45,000 students through top-ranked undergraduate, graduate, and executive programs in engineering, computing, science, business, design, and liberal arts. Georgia Tech's faculty attracted more than $1.4 billion in research awards this past year in fields ranging from biomedical technology to artificial intelligence, energy, sustainability, semiconductors, neuroscience, and national security. Georgia Tech ranks among the nation's top 20 universities for research and development spending and No. 1 among institutions without a medical school.

Georgia Tech's Mission and Values
Georgia Tech's mission is to develop leaders who advance technology and improve the human condition. The Institute has nine key values that are foundational to everything we do:
1. Students are our top priority.
2. We strive for excellence.
3. We thrive on diversity.
4. We celebrate collaboration.
5. We champion innovation.
6. We safeguard freedom of inquiry and expression.
7. We nurture the wellbeing of our community.
8. We act ethically.
9. We are responsible stewards.

Over the next decade, Georgia Tech will become an example of inclusive innovation, a leading technological research university of unmatched scale, relentlessly committed to serving the public good; breaking new ground in addressing the biggest local, national, and global challenges and opportunities of our time; making technology broadly accessible; and developing exceptional, principled leaders from all backgrounds ready to produce novel ideas and create solutions with real human impact.

Job Summary

Coordinate the planning, organization, and operations of receiving, checking, storing, transferring, issuing, and disposing of inventory, materials, and equipment.
This position will interact on a consistent basis with: property/inventory control, and GT/GTRI faculty and staff; may also interact with external vendors.
This position will typically advise and counsel: property/inventory control, and GT/GTRI faculty and staff.
This position will supervise: N/A

Responsibilities

Job Duty 1 -
Plan and schedule internal and external inventory/ equipment moves, including determining efficient and effective protocols for moving, overseeing all loading, and delivery operations, and determining availability of moving vehicles.

Job Duty 2 -
Prepare all outgoing shipments, including packing, boxing, labeling, scanning, sorting, storing, and all associated handling; will also process freight shipments in addition to common courier.

Job Duty 3 -
Receive and inspect all incoming shipments (from vendors, government, and GTRI/GT cost centers, etc.), including inspecting for damage, sorting, storing, scanning, and any other associated handling.

Job Duty 4 -
Monitor and track inbound/ outbound shipments during transit.

Job Duty 5 -
Place assets into short-term/ long-term storage; organize via asset scanning and bar code location; and manage/track removal and/or relocation of assets.

Job Duty 6 -
Transfer equipment from department to surplus inventory.

Job Duty 7 -
Manage Internal Parts Management Database, coordinating the process to move received items to inventory personnel; may investigate and respond to inquiries regarding receipt or distribution of materials.

Job Duty 8 -
Provide administrative logistical support, as needed, including creating/ preparing memos and reports, and acting as a unit representative at periodic Asset Management meetings.

Job Duty 9 -
Perform other duties as assigned.

Required Qualifications

Educational Requirements
High school diploma, GED Certificate, or Vocational School Diploma

Required Experience
Three to four years job related experience

Knowledge, Skills, & Abilities

SKILLS
Specialized skills required for this job: Microsoft Word and Excel. Working with ERP software. Good customer service skills. Ability to effectively communicate verbally and in writing. Knowledge of handling surplus goods. Ability to prioritize and record keeping and maintenance skills.