INVENTORY CONTROL CLERK
New Jersey treats Inventory Control Clerk as a competitive-class job, so the gate is an examination and the ranked list it produces rather than a direct offer.
Eligibility comes down to 1 year of relevant experience.
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Inventory Control Clerk is a local service title. It is filled by the counties, municipalities, authorities and other employers that have adopted civil service under Title 11A, not by State departments. Those employers set pay by ordinance or contract rather than from a State salary schedule, which is why most local titles carry no salary range here.
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Official job specification
The text below is the official specification published by the New Jersey Civil Service Commission. The plain-language summary and analysis above are derived from it by NJ Civil Service Navigator. Source: the official specification page at NJ CSC.
Definition
Under direction, compiles and records information on the receipt, distribution, and balance of materials, equipment, and supplies on hand for an agency or jurisdiction; does other related duties as required.
Examples of work
- Maintains numerical and alphabetical coding of stocked materials.
- Compiles records concerned with ordering, receiving, storing, and issuing materials, equipment, and supplies.
- Posts information in ledgers or other records from requisitions, purchase order receipts, shipping papers, or other documents.
- Compiles information on receipt and distribution of goods and computes inventory balance.
- Prepares reports of inventory balance, depleted items and shortages, and prepares purchase requisitions.
- May substitute inventoried stock for requested items.
- Based on inventory records, makes recommendations on stock levels to be maintained, replenishment needs, or disposition of excess stock.
- Contacts vendors to expedite deliveries.
- Compares, corrects, and updates nomenclature and specifications on requisitions.
- Maintains records of disposition of all invoices, receipts, and requisitions received.
- Will be required to learn to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
Experience
One (1) year of experience in preparing, maintaining, and editing inventory control records.
License
Appointees will be required to possess a driver's license valid in New Jersey only if the operation of a vehicle, rather than employee mobility, is necessary to perform essential duties of the position.
Knowledge, skills and abilities
- Knowledge of record keeping methods and procedures.
- Knowledge of arithmetical computations.
- Ability to understand, remember, and carry out oral and written directions.
- Ability to prepare statistical and other reports.
- Ability to utilize various types of electronic and/or manual recording and information systems used by the agency, office, or related units.
- Ability to read, write, speak, understand, and communicate in English sufficiently to perform the duties of this position. American Sign Language or Braille may also be considered as acceptable forms of communication.
- Persons with mental or physical disabilities are eligible as long as they can perform the essential functions of the job after reasonable accommodation is made to their known limitations. If the accommodation cannot be made because it would cause the employer undue hardship, such persons may not be eligible.
Note
The definition and examples of work for this title are for illustrative purposes only. A particular position using this title may not perform all duties listed in thi job specification. Conversely, all duties performed on the job may not be listed.