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Cross train in two additional disciplines.\nAudit transactions to:Review inventory locations with negative on hand quantity.\nVerify empty bin status.\nDiscover failure to process transactions.\nDiscover the root cause of discrepancies.\nIdentify cause of improper receipt/payment, systematic material relief, transfer of goods, or shipment/invoicing of inventory either quantity, location, or both.\n\nWork closely with departments and team members within to correct prior transactions or process additional transactions to correct inventory, quantity, and/or location.\nWork side by side to monitor/train those who input transactions as needed.\nCollaborate with departments and procedure writers to update/improve workflow, processes and procedures to prevent repetition of transaction errors.\nObserve/measure scrap and waste generated by production jobs to compare with loaded system scrap factors, report differences between observed scrap and system modeled scrap levels.\nMaintain detailed records of findings and resolutions and generate related reports.\nLead a group of associates in counting material for annual or other frequency of physical inventory.\nCross train other transaction accuracy team members.\nQualifications\nHigh school diploma\nAssociate degree or equivalent experience preferred\n1-3 years’ experience in manufacturing or warehousing preferred\nIntermediate Microsoft Excel skills preferred. \nERP experience is preferred.\nPhysical inventory experience preferred\nCreative Problem Solver\nExperience with manufacturing and/or warehouse process transactions\nStrong mathematical and analytical skills\nAbility to work alone or as part of a team.\nAttention to detail.\nAbility to communicate effectively with operators, operations leadership, and managers\nAbility to teach/train others\nLift truck or scissor lift experience preferred\nSupervisory Responsibilities\nThis role has no supervisory experience\nPhysical Demands\nWhile performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand for 8 hour shifts. The employee is frequently required to walk, bend, reach and twist. The employee must occasionally operate a fork truck. The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 20 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.\nReasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions.\nSafety Requirements\nAbility to wear required PPE if in any manufacturing area.\nDNP IAM is a 100 percent U.S. subsidiary of Dai Nippon Printing Co., Ltd. (DNP) - the world’s largest manufacturer of dye-sublimation media for photo printers and thermal transfer ribbons and barcode printers. 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