Job Description
Job Description
★ NOW HIRING: Parts Inventory Control Person
At Hunter Truck, our people are the heart of everything we do, and we’re excited to grow our team! Since 1938, our family-owned Peterbilt dealership has built its reputation on integrity, teamwork, and outstanding service across Pennsylvania, West Virginia, New Jersey, and New York. If you’re looking for a place where your ideas matter, your growth is encouraged, and your work truly makes an impact, you’ll thrive here.
Come build your career with a team that invests in you from day one.
POSITION AT A GLANCE
Location: Eau Claire, PA
Position Type: Full-Time
Schedule: Monday through Friday, 8:00 AM to 4:30 PM
Address: 101 East Main Street, Eau Claire, PA 16030
WHAT YOU’LL DO
As a Parts Inventory Control Person, you’ll be responsible for maintaining adequate parts inventory while minimizing obsolescence; maintaining proper reporting and financial controls; and ensuring adherence to all practices and policies that are required to meet these objectives.
Essential duties:
- Meets or exceeds measurable guidelines for effective performance set by the dealership management team and based on generally accepted industry standards, including inventory day’s supply, service level, true turn, stock versus emergency orders, 12-month "no sales," lost sales, special orders, outside purchases, etc.
- Organizes and maintains the parts department in the most efficient layout.
- Establishes and maintains logical locations for all parts and notes location in computer by part number.
- Establishes and maintains a system for aging special order bins.
- Assist in establishing and practicing measures to deter departmental theft.
- Directs an annual physical inventory and maintains a perpetual inventory bin-maintenance system.
- Employ systems to minimize obsolescence.
- Monitors and tracks obsolescence accruals, utilizing all available obsolescence return accruals at time of return.
- Processes obsolete parts returns and core returns on a timely basis, ensuring eligibility of parts prior to return, per supplier requirements.
- Develops, uses, and monitors an efficient stock ordering system.
- Utilize all available discounts without exceeding stocking parameters.
- Tracks lost sales.
- Develops, uses, and monitors emergency order placement system and schedules, and ensures proper information flow to all involved parties.
- Ensure that emergency orders are used primarily to effect service-level goals.
- Tracks, calculates, and logs dollar-volume of emergency orders and resultant lost obsolescence accrual as required.
- Establishes and maintains a special order system and ensures proper information flow regarding special orders to all involved parties.
- Minimize non-standard orders when alternatives exist, respective of service level.
- Ensure proper information flow to accounting on non-system orders.
- Tracks, calculates, and logs non-standard order dollar volume and associated additional cost-of-sales on a monthly basis.
- Develop systems for receiving, shipping, logging, tracking, and controlling all parts and related documentation daily.
- Source/analyze parts management and inventory reports daily.
- Completes inventory reconciliation and forwards copy to accounting at month-end.
- Tracks and monitors all billings, receivables, claims, and credits to verify accuracy.
- Verify accuracy of cost-of-sale additions on outside and/or non-system purchases.
- Provides appreciation/depreciation information to accounting at month-end
- Provides claim information to accounting on timely basis to establish receivables.
- Assists accounting with any claims, credit, or inventory discrepancies as requested.
- Responsible to file and follow through with any discrepancy claims with proper supplier.
- Investigates and resolves any inventory discrepancies by month-end.
- Work with vendors to control proper inventory levels.
- Participate in all training programs that are made available.
- Work in a team environment.
- Maintain professional appearance.
- Attend manager meetings as requested.
- Adhere to and promote all existing health and safety policies in the workplace to reinforce the Hunter culture of a safe work environment
WHAT YOU BRING
◆ Education & Experience: Bachelor's degree (BA) from a four-year college or university preferred. One or more years of related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience preferred. Basic computer knowledge required.
◆ Certifications & Licenses: Valid driver’s license required. ASE or Medium/Heavy Truck Parts Specialist certifications are a plus.
◆ Communication Skills: Able to read instructions and manuals, write basic reports, and clearly communicate with customers and team members.
◆ Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk. The employee is occasionally required to stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 100 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.
WHY WORK WITH US
► Your hard work earns real rewards with competitive pay and bonus opportunities
► Comprehensive benefits package to keep you and your family covered
► 401(k) with company match because your future matters
► Your success is our priority. We offer training, mentorship, and advancement opportunities
► A supportive, team first culture where you’re never just a number
► A legacy of stability in a company that is family-owned and trusted since 1938
READY TO APPLY?
If you want a role where you're valued, supported, and able to grow, this is it.
Apply today and take the next step in your career.
Hunter Truck is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to building an inclusive workplace for all employees.