Stockroom Lead

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Alamo Group’s Petersen Industries in Lake Wales, FL is hiring a Stockroom Lead for full‑time onsite work overseeing stockroom operations for grapple trucks. You will supervise clerks, maintain ERP/MRP inventory, optimize material flow, and ensure safety. Duties include team leadership, cycle counts and audits, staging and labeling, forklift operation, and collaborating with production, purchasing, shipping and QA. Requirements: high school diploma or GED, 5+ years in warehouse or inventory control in heavy equipment manufacturing, ERP/MRP and Microsoft Office proficiency, ability to lift up to 30 pounds, and tolerance for a noisy plant. Preferred: supervisory experience, forklift certification, OSHA 10, First Aid/CPR. To apply, tailor your resume to show leadership and inventory accuracy with ERP/MRP impact, and quantify improvements.

Petersen Industries LLC located in Lake Wales, Florida is looking for a Stockroom Lead. Petersen Industries LLC offers competitive compensation and a variety of benefits including Health, Dental, Vision Insurance, 401k Retirement Plan and Paid Time Off.

Petersen Industries is accepting applications to fill a Stockroom Lead position at its facility in Lake Wales, FL.

The Stockroom Lead oversees the daily operations of the stockroom, ensuring the accurate receiving, storing, and issuing of materials used to manufacture grapple trucks, knuckle boom loaders, and related equipment. This role drives production efficiency by helping a team of clerks, maintaining strict inventory control, optimizing material flow, and upholding safety standards.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Team Leadership: Coordinate daily stockroom activities, train new staff, and assign tasks to ensure timely material distribution to production.
• Inventory Management: Oversee ERP/MRP transactions, conduct cycle counts, perform physical audits, and investigate discrepancies to maintain high accuracy.
• Material Flow: Supervise the receiving, stocking, and staging of parts, ensuring materials are readily available for production schedules.
• Quality & Safety: Ensure materials are labeled, packaged, and stored according to company and OSHA requirements.
• Equipment Operation: Safely operate material handling equipment (forklifts, pallet jacks) and maintain forklift certification.
• Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner with production, purchasing, shipping, and quality departments to resolve shortages and optimize warehouse organization.

Required Qualifications

• Education: High school diploma, GED, or equivalent.
• Experience: Minimum of 5 years of warehouse, inventory control, or material handling experience in a heavy equipment, fabrication, or industrial manufacturing environment.
• System Skills: Proficiency with ERP/MRP systems and Microsoft Office applications.
• Physical & Environmental: Ability to frequently lift/carry up to 30 pounds, stand and walk for extended periods, and work in a manufacturing environment with noise, dust, and varying temperatures.

Preferred Qualifications

• Prior leadership or supervisory experience in a warehouse setting.
• Current Forklift Operator Certification.
• OSHA 10-Hour General Industry Certification.
• First Aid/CPR certification.