Organized Play and Warehouse Specialist

The Organized Play and Warehouse Specialist will be primarily responsible for managing all aspect of our internal and external warehouses. He/she must work closely with several cross-functional teams including Marketing, Sales, Organized Play, R&D, Facilities, and Production to achieve or exceed overall corporate goals and ensure inventory levels are maintained and products are shipped out on schedule. The ideal candidate should have experience managing inventory and shipping.

Department: Card Business or Human Resources

Reports To: Director of Organized Play

RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Handle receiving of shipments into our warehouse.
• Working with the various teams in Card Business and Digital Publishing to get prizing and support items shipped out in a timely manner
• Maintain accurate inventory of all Marketing, Organized Play, Digital, and Event items utilizing the WASP inventory system.
• Keep warehouse in order and work with Associate Director of HR and Facilities to make sure proper shipping supplies are on hand to cover outgoing shipments.
• Communicate inventory levels to appropriate team members for replenishment with enough lead time to facilitate approvals, production time, and delivery of needed items.
• Work with our external fulfillment warehouses to ensure products are shipped out on schedule
• Monitor and review inventory levels at external fulfillment warehouses to ensure any extra product is being used in a timely manner so we do incur unneeded storage fees.
• Work with internal and external teams to get required art assets, have designs created and approved to our vendors to ensure all event prizing is produced and in house or at distribution center at least 4 weeks prior to first usage.
• Help accurately data enter and process North American Tournament Paperwork as we work toward digital only reporting.
• Process internal requests for the OP team, including but not limited to Vendor Payment Requests, Expense Reports, and Sample Requests.
• Make sure all materials being used at in person events and conventions for OP, Marketing, Digital and Sales are properly inventoried and ready to ship out prior to the events.
• Work with external partners to get these materials delivered to the events on time and within budget.
• Receive all returning shipments from events and restock each kit as needed working with the appropriate team members so we are prepared for the next event.
• Monitor and report on Organized Play activities on established and new Trading Card Games
• Work with Organized Play team to ensure event reports are completed in a timely fashion
• Other duties as assigned

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Ability to lift at least 50lbs.
• Knowledge and passion for gaming and gaming communities
• Should demonstrate the ability to work under pressure.
• High sense of confidentiality.
• Experience with Microsoft Excel, Word, and PowerPoint, experience with pivot tables and creation of infographics ideal.
• Ability to accurately process and data enter information.
• Must be detail-oriented and demonstrate ability to multi-task.
• Proven ability to work with various personality types and work styles in a multicultural environment.

Please send resumes to kdehr@konami.com