Stores Supervisor, Senior

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Under the general supervision of the Director of Mail, Document, and Distribution Services, incumbent is responsible for managing operations and planning the budgeting needs of the Cylinder Management department located in at the Center for Health Sciences (CHS) main loading dock at 650 Charles E. Young Drive A-Level. The annual budget for operations that include the sale and rental of compressed gas cylinders, research alcohol, and supplies is in excess of $800,000. The position is responsible for managing a staff of three whose job functions include receiving and verifying inbound cylinder shipments, ordering stock and tracking movement of cylinders, preparing and executing deliveries, end-user support such as connection of cylinder tanks, obtaining signatures on the daily delivery route sheet, picking up empty cylinders for return and accounting for their movement, taking orders from customers, placing orders with vendors, and follow-up with outstanding issues. Special projects often include cylinder inventory verification and customer inquiry investigation. The incumbent is specifically responsible for daily operations; planning budgetary needs; software and database management; human resource management including hiring, employee evaluations, and corrective action; space and staffing requirements; determining appropriate stock control methods; stock selection and procurement; inventory management; approving payments; operating policies and procedures; organization; customer service to academic, medical , and research clients; vendor relations; timekeeping functions for staff; and oversight of safety programs.Specialty knowledge of compressed gas cylinder industry is required including use of industry specific software especially in large University setting. Use of an electric pallet jack is required for some deliveries. Audit responsibilities include financial control, inventory control, Hazardous Material Management compliance, OSHA compliance, UCLA Fire Compliance, and EH&S Safety Program Compliance.