Become a Materials and Stores Specialist

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This series specification describes five classes which perform storekeeping and warehousing duties in a redistribution or point-of-use warehouse or supply room.

Materials and Stores Specialist

This is the advanced journey level in the general storekeeping series. A Materials and Stores Specialist may either (1) lead lower level staff in the receipt, storage, issuance, and shipping of a volume of varied supplies requiring moderately complex storage practices in a redistribution or point-of-use warehouse or supply room; or (2) have charge of stores in a small State institution or agency; or (3) assume equivalent duties and responsibilities in assisting a higher grade warehouse supervisor.

This classification is eligible for the following pay:

$3,762 - $5,357 Base Salary (paid every month)

In addition to the above pay items, employees are eligible for medical benefits (health, dental, vision) and may be eligible for other pay differentials.

Benefit information can be found on the CalHRExternal Link website and the CalPERSExternal Link website. 

Minimum Qualifications

Experience
Either I
One year of experience performing the duties of a Stock Clerk or Warehouse Worker in California state service.

Or II
Two years of experience in a supply room or warehouse in work involving the receipt and issuance of a large volume of varied commodities. (Experience in California state service applied toward this requirement must include at least one year at a level of responsibility at least equivalent to that of Stock Clerk.)

Knowledge and Abilities

Knowledge: 
Modern warehousing methods and practices, including the keeping of, receiving, shipping, and inventory records; freight rates and classifications; Office of Procurement specifications; regulations involved with consolidated freight shipments, stock array systems; freight claim procedure; inventory and quality control.

Ability to: 
Read and write English at a level required for successful job performance; perform heavy physical labor; operate motorized material handling equipment; estimate possible future demands of various supplies based upon past needs; work independently; work and communicate effectively with those contacted in the work; direct the work of others; keep accurate records and prepare reports of work done; analyze situations accurately and take effective action.

Additional Desirable Qualifications
Education equivalent to completion of the twelfth grade; completion of college-level work in the fields of accounting and/or business administration.

Special Personal Characteristics
Strength, good physical agility, and willingness to do heavy manual labor.

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