Materials Specialist
- Employer
- Lee College
- Location
- Baytown
- Salary
- $37,044.80 - $38,934
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- Employment Type
- Full Time
- Institution Type
- Community College
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Job Details
Materials Specialist
Salary: $37,044.80 - $38,934
Job Type: Full-Time
Job Number: FY2300732
Location: Main Campus - Baytown, TX
Division: Finance & Administration
Position Overview
Starting Salary Range is $37,044.80 - $38,934. The initial salary offer is commensurate with education and related work experience.
The Materials Specialist provides operational and financial support for the Instructional Materials Office and myBooks program. This position assists with inventory, distribution, purchasing, budget tracking, vendor documentation, and student instructional materials. The position works with students, faculty, staff, publishers, and vendors to support the daily operations of the department.
Essential Duties & Responsibilities
- Maintain inventory records and assist with receiving, stocking, organizing, distributing, and returning textbooks, kits, and instructional materials.
- Work with students to check books and kits in and out and maintain accurate distribution and return records.
- Assist students, faculty, and staff with routine myBooks, VitalSource, textbook, and instructional materials questions.
- Maintain myBooks student records, opt-out information, and holds related to non-returned instructional materials.
- Communicate with publishers and vendors regarding orders, returns, invoices, product information, and other routine inquiries.
- Obtain and compile quotes from publishers and vendors for review.
- Obtain and maintain required cooperative purchasing documentation from publishers and vendors.
- Track delayed orders, backorders, returns, and RMAs and follow up as needed.
- Maintain and verify purchase orders, invoices, vendor documentation, and other purchasing records.
- Enter and maintain departmental budget transactions and monthly shadow-budget tracking records.
- Assist with reconciliation of budget and purchasing transactions and research discrepancies as needed.
- Assist with audits by gathering and organizing requested purchasing, budget, and inventory documentation as needed.
- Compile purchasing, inventory, enrollment, and usage information to assist with forecasting and future orders.
- Assist with ordering textbooks, instructional materials, supplies, and items needed for student kits.
- Maintain inventory information in WASP, Excel, and other applicable College systems.
- Assist with assembling and distributing student kits and instructional materials.
- Assist with training part-time and student employees on routine inventory, myBooks, and materials distribution procedures as assigned.
- Maintain an organized and safe office and materials storage area so they are identified quickly.
Additional Duties & Responsibilities
- Provide operational support during peak instructional materials distribution and return periods.
- Perform other duties as assigned.
Minimum Education, Experience, Knowledge, Skills & Abilities
- High school diploma or equivalent (G.E.D.).
- One (1) year of related experience in purchasing, bookkeeping or accounting support, inventory, materials distribution, office administration, or a related area.
- Demonstrated organizational and recordkeeping skills with attention to accuracy and detail.
- Ability to maintain purchasing, budget, inventory, and transactional records.
- Ability to perform routine mathematical calculations and assist with reconciliation of financial transactions.
- Knowledge of modern office practices, procedures, and equipment, including personal computers and standard office applications.
- Ability to learn and use College systems related to inventory, purchasing, student records, and instructional materials.
- Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with students, faculty, staff, publishers, and vendors.
- Ability to organize and prioritize multiple assignments and meet deadlines.
- Must be available to work evenings and weekends as needed.
- Must be able to lift, carry, pull, and push objects or loads of up to fifty (50) pounds.
- Position may require periods of standing, walking, bending, reaching, lifting, unpacking, shelving, and moving instructional materials.
- Associate's (or higher) degree
Lee College does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity and sexual orientation), national origin, age, disability, veteran status, genetic information or any other basis protected by law.
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Organization
The College and the Community
Established in 1934, Lee College is a comprehensive community college offering university transfer programs, career and technical education, corporate and continuing education, and academic development.
Lee College is a vibrant, continuously evolving, mid-sized institution serving an industrial community. The college is located in Baytown, Texas, approximately 30 miles east of Houston. The third largest city in the Houston metropolitan area, Baytown has a diverse population of more than 60,000. It is a prosperous community that offers a competitive cost of living, a variety of employment opportunities, and a strong tax base provided by corporations such as ExxonMobil, Chevron Phillips, and Bayer.
Lee College at a Glance
- Fifth in the U.S. for associate degrees awarded in science and technologies
- Fourth in the U.S. For associate degrees awarded to Hispanic students
- Achieving the Dream Leader college
- Ranked among top 10 percent of community colleges in the nation by the Aspen Institute for two consecutive years
- More than 130 degrees and certificates offered
- 30 student organizations in 2012-20123
- Nationally recognized honors program
- First community college in the nation to receive Kresge Foundation Grant
- 2012-2013 NJCAA Region XIV men’s basketball champs
- Clinton Climate Initiative college
- The ExxonMobil Process Technology Program
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