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Control Specialist

Essential Job Duties

• Take primary responsibility for electronic and paper records of donor transactions, and records of driver-generated Agency Orders, ensuring that entries are posted in a timely and accurate manner. Ensure prompt filing of records.
• Perform electronic inventory control, physical inventory audits, cycle counts, reporting and research including reconciliation of variances as requested by the Chief Operating Officer or Chief Financial Officer.
• Create and or utilize existing product item cards to identify specific products for proper inventory controls, ensuring correct product description, weight, pack size, nutritional values, and program, etc.
• Work cooperatively with the Warehouse Receiving and Inventory Associate to coordinate inventory receiving paperwork, daily product movement plans, inventory item cards and general inventory controls.
• Meet all inventory reporting requirements for CSFP, TEFAP, FDPIR, CACFP, SFSP, Feeding America and other programs as assigned.
• Create timely acknowledgments for all food donations. Work closely with the Development and Communications Department to ensure that food donors are recognized and acknowledged appropriately.
• Meet all Food Bank of Alaska Donation Order inventory reporting requirements, as well as produce donor reports, including those for local donors as well as for Feeding America.
• Assist the Warehouse Manager(s), Logistics Manager, Driver Manager and Chief Operating Officer in maintaining other required documentation for the AIB Food Safety program, Driver and Fleet records, Food Bank of Alaska Leasing files, as well as Standard Operating Procedures as required.
• Crosstrain in other functional areas to develop a complete understanding of procedures for incoming and outgoing inventory, cycle counts, financial record keeping and reporting to Feeding America and other government agency programs.
• Work closely with all Food Bank of Alaska staff to promote a culture of philanthropy.

Other Job Duties

1. Assist the Chief Operating Officer as requested.
2. Participate as part of the Operations team.
3. Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications & Skills

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience. Food industry or non-profit experience a plus.
• Basic knowledge of accounting, inventory, controls, operations, practices, procedures, and standards
• Strong organizational skills, including demonstrated capacity to create systems. Able to work with data, spreadsheets, reports, and schedules.
• Ability to successfully pass a criminal background check as required.
• Friendly, outgoing, dependable, consistent, a team player willing to help wherever it is needed.
• Good communication skills, both written and oral.
• Good interpersonal and public relations skills.
• Good math skills.
• Must be 21 years or older with a valid Alaska Driver’s license and clean driving record.
• Two years of experience in database programs; experience with inventory management software a plus. Solid computer skills in all office software, including Microsoft Word, Outlook and Excel.
• Commitment to our organizational mission to end hunger.

Physical Demands

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel and talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, sit, and reach with hands and arms. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, depth perception, and ability to adjust focus.