Senior Parts Storekeeper - Fleet Management

Job Description
1931 Senior Parts Storekeeper is distinguished from 1929 Parts Storekeeper by the prior’s supervisory responsibility. It is further distinguished from 1935 Principal Parts Storekeeper in that the latter is a second-level supervisor and responsible for the operations of a large storeroom. The Parts Storekeeper series (1929 Parts Storekeeper, 1931 Senior Parts Storekeeper, and 1935 Principal Parts Storekeeper) is also distinguished from the Storekeeper series (class 1932 Assistant Storekeeper, 1934 Storekeeper, and 1936 Senior Storekeeper) in that the former performs storekeeping duties specifically related to automotive, transit, and other vehicle parts and related materials.
Essential functions of the classification include:
Plans, assigns, supervises, reviews and evaluates the work of subordinate personnel engaged in ordering, receiving, inspecting, rotating, storing, inventorying, and issuing of automotive and/or transit parts and related materials.
Coordinates storeroom operations with inventory control staff of a materials management system, purchasing and user departmental personnel and vendors to maintain established levels of inventories;
plans and coordinates the storage and issuance of inventories and insures proper rotation of stock.
Initiates orders to replenish inventories or to acquire as needed non-inventoried parts and related materials;
contacts vendors regarding specifications, prices, and delivery particulars, and places orders as authorized;
arranges for the disposal of obsolete or surplus inventories.
Oversees the receipt and inspection of automotive and/or transit parts and related materials from vendors;
ensures conformance with ordered specifications and receiving documents;
coordinates with vendors, freight carriers, technicians, and purchasing and inventory control personnel to resolve discrepancies;
coordinates the return of defective or repairable inventories to vendors or other facilities.
Assists inventory control staff in the periodic and as-required inventorying of storeroom stocks and in the validating of stock location records.
Ensures the safety, orderliness, and security of storeroom inventories, facilities and equipment.
Oversees the maintenance of required files in the storeroom and the proper distribution of stores documents such as requisitions, purchase and delivery orders, packing slips, bills of lading, freight bills, shipping and issue documents, and materials safety data sheets.
Trains storeroom personnel in general storeroom practices, automotive and/or transit parts and related materials, support operations, facilities and equipment safety, and hazardous materials handling.
Supervises and trains storeroom personnel in the use of an automated materials management system.
Operates light vehicles and related materials handling equipment in the performance of assigned responsibilities.
Knowledge, skills, and abilities:
Knowledge of:
the methods, procedures, systems and equipment used in modern storekeeping and warehousing operations.
Ability and Skill to:
assign, supervise and inspect the work of subordinates;
read and interpret manufacturers' parts catalogs and related publications;
carry out oral and written instructions;
use a computerized inventory management system;
and communicate both orally and in writing.