3051 - Inventory Management Specialist

Summary

Inventory Management Specialists perform various duties within logistics chain management to include receiving, inspecting, locating, storing, rotating (first in-first out), safekeeping, issuing, preparing, shipping, material return, and disposal of materiel and equipment.

These clerks maintain automated or manual locator systems in order to conduct inventories, maintain records of issued durable goods, and monitor shelf-life items; separate and handle hazardous material according to its classification and as indicated by material safety data sheets; input data entry transactions, and retrieval of historical records.

They utilize and maintain handheld optical character recognition scanners, devices, and multimedia retrieval systems.

These Marines are licensed to operate material handling equipment (MHE) in both garrison and deployed environments as well as operate bulk and small parts conveyer systems used in automated warehousing operations.

Marines assigned to this occupational field receive, sort, document, and store inventory as well as prepare, pack, and issue inventory in open, enclosed, and hazardous material storage areas.

They will use detailed technical data for the development and execution of a care and storage requirements to include the development of storage space requirements, per weight, cube, and clearance factors by categories of supply.

Prerequisites

Must possess a CL score of 95 or higher.

Security requirement: requires favorably adjudicated NACLC.

Must have a valid civilian motor vehicle operator’s license in order to be assigned the 3051 MOS.

No convictions by court-martial, civilian courts, or non-judicial punishment of any act involving larceny or theft.

In accordance with MANMED Chapter 15, Section 107: the following medical requirements must be met: Has distant visual acuity of at least 20/40 with or without corrective lenses.

First perceives a forced whisper in the better ear at not less than 5 feet with or without the use of hearing aid.

Has no impairment of: A hand or finger which interferes with prehension or power grasping.

An arm, foot, or leg limitation which interferes with the ability to perform normal task associated with operating CMV (or equivalent).

Requirements

Complete the Inventory Management Basic Course (M03SCM1) at the MCSSS, Camp Lejeune, NC.

POI CID

M03SCM1

Duties

The following are the related duties the specialty is most likely to perform in a general sense at the following assigned activities.

For a complete listing of duties and tasks, refer to reference (r), Supply Chain and Materiel Management Training and Readiness Manual.

Retail Consumer Level Activities and Units.

Executes the receipt, storage, and issue of equipment, repair parts, and general supplies.

Prepares, maintains, and controls organizational key supporting documents pertaining to receipts and issues in manual and automated systems.

Computes space for storage requirement, determines effectiveness of safety programs, and operates basic garrison and field MHE.

Inspects shipping and receiving documents and separates shipping discrepancies for resolution.

Coordinates customer issues and deliveries.

Retail Intermediate Level Activities and Units.

Operates and utilizes pallet racking, vertical lift, horizontal carousel, and vertical carousel storage systems.

Picks and handles order selections by piece pick, broken case pick, split-case pick, over-pack and pick/pack to be placed in carton, pallet, tote, or other shipping containers.

Utilizes warehouse management systems to direct and track material for receiving, storage, or cross-docking operations.

Rotates and issues stock based on first in first out or first in last out criteria.

Formal Training Schools.

This occupational specialty draws upon its own experience and expertise of mid-level management to train entry-level Marines in the duties they will perform.

Marines from this occupational specialty assigned to formal schools apply adult learning techniques in knowledge transference to the student utilizing the systems approach to training modeled after the analysis, design, development, implementation, evaluation process of training development.

Marines assigned to formal schools and/or curriculum developers are performing an additional related standard occupational classification of 13-1151, Training and Development Specialists.

Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks 43-5071.

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 43-5081.

Warehouse Supervisors 929.137-022.

Data entry Clerk 203.582.054.

Inventory Clerk 222.387.026.

Entry level Marines (Sgt to Pvt) holding entry level ranks perform the duties and tasks comparable to the following classifications: Shipping, Receiving, and Traffic Clerks 43-5071.

Warehouse Clerk 43-5081.

Stock Clerks and Order Fillers 43-5081.

Mid-level Management Marines (GySgt to SSgt) holding mid-level management ranks perform the related duties from the entry level ranks with the following additional classifications: First-Line Supervisors of Helpers, Laborers, and Material Movers 53-1021.

First-Line Supervisors of Transportation and Material-Moving Machine and Vehicle Operators 53-1031.

Senior-level Management Marines (MGySgt to MSgt) holding senior-level management ranks perform the related duties from the previous classifications with the following classifications: General and Operations Managers 11-1021.

Transportation, Storage, and Distribution Managers 11-3071.

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