Job Description

Position Summary:

Employees in this position are responsible for performing material handling, receiving, shipping and warehousing operations to support manufacturing scheduling requirements.

Primary Responsibilities:

Material Handling

• Removing finished goods from work centers and providing empty pallets upon request.
• Shrink wrapping pallets of finished goods, labeling them for identification purposes, and placing them in designated staging areas as needed.
• Using RF scanners to perform sub inventory transfers of finished goods.
• Removing cardboard from recycling receptacles and discarding it properly into the cardboard compactor.
• Supporting the identification and implementation of cost-savings efforts for the material handling process.
• Completing Operator’s Checklists daily, submitting the weekly totals to the Materials and Warehouse Manager at the end of the week.

Receiving

• Unloading carrier trucks once the Truck/Dock Safety Procedure has been initiated.
• Verifying accuracy of delivered items and quantities against the suppliers’ packing lists prior to receiving them into Oracle.
• Applying receiving labels to products prior to internal distribution.
• Using RF scanners to perform sub inventory transfers of items from receiving to their designated staging locations.
• Communicating shortages, quality issues, and other pertinent information to impacted departments when discovered (email, white board, etc.).
• Correcting inventory discrepancies as they are discovered.
• Supporting the identification and implementation of cost-savings efforts for the receiving process.
• Completing Operator’s Checklists daily, submitting the weekly totals to the Materials and Warehouse Manager at the end of the week.

Shipping

• Printing pick lists for customer sales orders as needed.
• Prioritizing pick lists in order of International/Truck/Parcel/Outside Process shipments.
• Using RF scanners to perform sales order pick transactions.
• Labeling and identifying items correctly prior to packing (cartons/envelopes/pallets).
• Using Oracle and Ship Exec to ship confirm sales orders.
• Documenting any shortages or backorders on the sales order pick lists.
• Ensuring all necessary shipping documentation (shipping labels, packing lists, bills of lading, commercial invoices, etc.) are accurate and accompany all outbound shipments.
• Scheduling carrier pick-up for completed customer sales orders ready for pickup.
• Loading carrier trucks once the Truck/Dock Safety Procedure has been initiated.
• Communicating shortages, quality issues, late shipments, and other pertinent information to impacted departments when discovered (email, white board, etc.).
• Correcting inventory discrepancies as they are discovered.
• Supporting the identification and implementation of cost-savings efforts for the shipping process.
• Completing Operator’s Checklists daily, submitting the weekly totals to the Materials and Warehouse Manager at the end of the week.

Warehousing

• Organizing materials throughout the warehouse to maximize efficiency while maintaining an ergonomically safe workplace.
• Pulling parts’ requests for VLM replenishment and communicating important information back to the requestor as needed.
• Communicating shortages, quality issues, and other pertinent information to impacted departments when discovered (email, white board, etc.).
• Correcting inventory discrepancies as they are discovered.
• Supporting the identification and implementation of cost-savings efforts for the material handling process.
• Completing Operator’s Checklists daily, submitting the weekly totals to the Materials and Warehouse Manager at the end of the week.

Key Knowledge/Skills/Abilities:

• Demonstrates a keen sense of safety, especially when operating equipment and encountering pedestrians.
• Builds and manages collaborative relationships.
• Operates with high ethical standards, openness, and trust.
• Willing and able to learn Oracle, email and other software as needed.
• Demonstrates a strong sense of accuracy and attention to detail.
• Stays on task when encountering frequent interruptions.
• Operates RF scanners, programmable scales, and other equipment that supports their job responsibilities.
• Must be able to work overtime, when required.

Education/Experience:

• At least 3 years certified forklift operator experience preferred.
• Must be willing to be trained in material handling, receiving, shipping and warehousing operations.
• Must be 18 years of age or older and have legal status to work in the United States.
• Must possess High School Diploma or GED.
• Must have an active driver’s license in good standing.
• Must be able to obtain forklift certification and maintain it while in the role (renewing periodically).

Physical Demands:

• Ability to stand for the entire shift, with exceptions to break and lunch period.
• Ability to lift up to 50 lbs. intermittently throughout the shift.
• Bending and reaching, using arms/legs to keep loads within the power zone as often as possible.
• Grasping and manipulation, using both hands to grip and lift items.

Work Arrangement: Onsite

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