Inventory & Logistics Coordinator (at Poursteady)

Salary: $55-60k + benefits

Company
Poursteady is a growing, Brooklyn-based manufacturer of commercial equipment for the specialty coffee industry. We are seeking a highly competent person to help manage the inventory and logistics of our small and growing business. An ideal candidate is a developing professional with true interest in our product, our culture, and the growth of our company.
We are looking for an energetic, self-motivated, and detail-oriented person who can help improve our inventory tracking systems. Some aspects of the role would include weekly inventory counts, inventory ordering and coordination, receiving, database management, domestic and international shipping, etc. This person would report directly to the Director of Operations and would gain experience in operating and working in an expanding company.
An ideal candidate has previous experience managing inventory and will help us reduce our inventory costs over time and set up automations that improve our systems and impact the whole business.

Key Tasks & Responsibilities

Inventory Tracking & Management

• Improve our inventory tracking through our current database (SOS Inventory Tracking)
• Account for inventory on a weekly basis
• Communicate out inventory needs and lead times to affected departments
• Work with Operations, Manufacturing, and Sales Teams on ordering efficiently while keeping a lean inventory
• Receive all inventory onto shelves and into database
• Balance manufacturing needs with lean inventory principles

Quality Control

• Set up and manage a QC process
• Quality check all incoming parts for damages upon arrival
• Perform quality tests on electronic components
• Occasional Machine Testing

Logistics

• Some customer-facing tasks like sharing tracking numbers, confirming shipments, etc.
• Manage, maintain, and enhance relevant spreadsheets and systems
• Manage shipping logistics for small and large orders, including preparing basic sub-assemblies, pack machines and palletize orders
• Set up and manage barcode scanning & relevant tracking
• Make and ship SD Cards and other spare parts to customers autonomously, manage spare parts requests autonomously
• Improve our logistics systems with automation

Other

• General computer literacy. Comfortable with GSuite is a must. Please list databases you’ve worked with in your reply.
• Ability to lift 50 lbs from ground to table, and 25lbs from table to shelf while standing on a step ladder, without assistance.
• Knows how or willing to learn how to use a pallet jack

Who you are

• Extremely competent. If you don’t know how to do all the items listed in this job description, but you love inventory, are energetic, enthusiastic, and willing to teach yourself new skills, then please apply.
• A quick study, able to understand and retain details
• You enjoy problem solving and don’t get frustrated when answers/solutions are hard to come to
• You work well with a team, and you’re also comfortable working and owning projects autonomously
• Able to meet deadlines while juggling multiple priorities
• You consider yourself to be an emotionally intelligent person and expect your coworkers to be the same
• Have a positive attitude and willingness to take the time to fix problems, document the details, and brainstorm solutions
• Have excellent communication skills and emotional intelligence, values tolerance, and expects the same from the people you work with
• Lives in NYC and can reliably commute to Gowanus
• Likes coffee is a big plus!

Who we are
Located in Gowanus, Brooklyn, Poursteady is a small team of artists, engineers, designers, and professionals making products without compromise that serve the growing international specialty coffee industry. Our brand and design philosophy focus on the needs of all the stakeholders-from the customer to the barista to the shop owner and coffee roaster, as well
as those of our own employees, our distributors, and the technicians that service our products in the field.

Working at Poursteady

• 30-day trial period before full benefits are offered
• Salary: $55,000 – $60,000
• This is a full-time position slated for 40 hours/week. Our business is open 10am-6pm Monday-Friday
• Paid time off, sick leave, and personal time off
• 401K benefits available right away with 4% company matching
• Paid Family Leave for all employees eligible through New York State
• Company equity offered
• Kind and respectful workplace
• Free coffee all day, everyday!
• Deadline: January 20, 2025

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