Storekeeper III

The Department of Utilities is seeking qualified candidates for a Storekeeper III position in our Water Production Division. The person in this role will be responsible for performing warehouse, inventory and administrative management; providing customer service and material issuance; controlling stock and managing personnel. Essential functions include but are not limited to: - Performs warehouse management by identifying and reviewing customer requirements, ensuring adequacy of available supplies, obtaining best price quotes and delivery from vendors, monitoring vendor performance, ensuring vendor compliance with contract specifications and city codes and standards and planning, coordinating and organizing the receipt, storage and distribution of supplies. - Performs inventory administrative management by preparing reports showing cost, depreciation and inventory value, setting default levels on stock, formulating the price agreement drop off system coordinated with the custodial contract and compiling bills to be paid. - Provides customer service and material issuance by filling customers requirements, processing requisitions, assisting customers in identifying parts, supplies and services and providing technical support. - Controls stock by maintaining inventory records, using a computerized inventory management system, managing the security and movement of materials, determining optimum inventory investment levels, performing quality control checks, processing receipt documents in the system, identifying and cataloging new materials and establishing inventory records. - Manages personnel by directly supervising and training subordinates, performing quality control checks on employee performance, monitoring, counseling and reviewing employee performance, writing performance reviews and providing around the clock emergency availability while functioning as duty standby storekeeper. Work requires knowledge of a specific vocational, administrative, or technical nature which may be obtained with six months/one year of advanced study or training past the high school equivalency. Junior college, vocational, business, technical or correspondence schools are likely sources. Appropriate certification may be awarded upon satisfactory completion of advanced study or training. Five years experience in parts operations. Valid Driver's License **Work Hours**: Monday through Thursday, 6:30 AM to 4:00 PM, and Friday, 6:30 AM to 10:30 AM **Work Location**: 6040 Waterworks Road, Norfolk, Virginia 23502 **This position is designated as an 'Essential' position and you may be required to work extended, rotating, on call, nights, weekends, and/or holidays in response to emergencies or severe weather.**