Inventory Control Specialist

Description

1. Demonstrate alignment with the company's mission and core business values;
2. Collaborate with key internal/external resources.
3. Participate in ongoing self-development.

Essential Functions

• Models, promotes, and reinforces the consistent use of HOLT’s Values Based Leadership (VBL) tools, models, and processes to ensure alignment with our Vision, Values, and Mission.
• Maintains and communicates rental fleet and attachment status using boards, charts, spreadsheets, and presentations (e.g., Monday board, Excel, PowerPoint).
• Manages outbound inspections and documentation when cranes/attachments deploy to customer sites; confirms configuration, attachments, and readiness.
• Manages inbound inspections when units return from rent; documents condition, verifies attachments, and initiates next-step actions to restore readiness.
• Documents and communicates damages and repair needs to customers and internal partners; coordinates with Service to ensure repairs are completed and invoiced accurately.
• Tracks preventive maintenance (PM) services due while equipment is on rent; communicates requirements to Service and customers and supports scheduling completion.
• Conducts periodic inspections for long-term rentals and supports compliance with annual inspection requirements.
• Works alongside personnel involved in rental invoicing by ensuring inspection documentation, damage detail, and configuration information are timely and accurate.
• Partners with Product Support and Service teams when equipment requires repair to improve turnaround time and fleet utilization.
• Performs monthly yard audits and physical inventory verification of cranes and attachments; reconciles variances and supports inventory integrity.
• Maintains key fleet essentials (e.g., hours, location, readiness status, service needs) and organizes service history so it can be communicated to internal stakeholders and prospective buyers.
• Assists transportation coordination by providing crane/attachment expertise and developing load plans as needed to support safe, compliant moves.
• Works safely always and adheres to all applicable safety policies; complies with all company policies, procedures, and standards.
• Performs other duties assigned.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to work safely around heavy equipment and to learn crane operations for the various models represented.
• Working knowledge (or the ability to learn) of crane components, inspections, preventive maintenance requirements, and damage documentation practices.
• Effective verbal and written communication skills for internal coordination and customer-facing updates; ability to present to small groups.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office (Excel, Word, PowerPoint) and scheduling/tracking tools; adaptability to learn and use ERP and inventory systems.
• Strong organization, attention to detail, and follow-through in a fast-paced environment with changing priorities.
• Ability to travel within the territory and work independently while coordinating across departments.

Requirements

• High school diploma/GED required; additional specialized/technical training or some college preferred.
• Typically 2–5 years of related experience in equipment rental/fleet coordination, yard operations, inspections, logistics, service coordination, or inventory processes (or equivalent combination of education and experience) is preferred.

• None

• Up to 60% travel may be required within the territory (often 2–3 days per week depending on residence); occasional overnight travel may be necessary.

• Ability to safely climb on/off cranes and access equipment at varying heights; ability to safely work in equipment yards and at customer sites.
• Ability to perform physical audits of cranes/attachments, including walking yards, climbing, bending, and working outdoors in varying conditions.
• At times required to move or lift items weighing up to 50 lbs.
• This position involves a combination of desk work and frequent movement in yards/field environments.

• Combination of office work and frequent yard/field presence; exposure to weather extremes when working outside (inclement weather, heat, cold, humidity).
• Frequently works at a fast pace with unscheduled interruptions.
• May perform work in cramped spaces, awkward positions, and/or around hazardous equipment or high places.