**Material Handler - Receiving Warehouse**

at Hightower High Point, North Carolina, United States **A growing company with fresh perspectives**

Since 2003, Hightower has provided bold, unexpected, beautiful pieces aimed at improving functionality for workspace, hospitality, and educational settings all across North America. Family-founded and operated who continually pursues the most sought-after designs in contract interiors, setting up clients to stand out in their field. Learn more at . Hightower inspiration via Instagram or Pinterest @hightowergroup.

**Position:** **Material Handler** - **Receiving** **Warehouse**

**Schedule:** M-T 7am - 4:30pm, F 7am - 11am (OT as required)

**Job description:** The **Material Handler** role reports directly to the Warehouse Manager and is a hands on position which will be responsible for the incoming flow of parts and raw materials into assigned staging areas to transfer to manufacturing. The Material Handler will count and inspect all parts being staged for production at the warehouse and will communicate any exceptions to the Warehouse Manager. Proactive exception management is a critical function, identifying and providing solutions to any and all exceptions.

Responsible for activities such as:

* Pull and stage materials for production, presenting kitted parts in an organized and neat fashion

* Process all Non-Conforming Material (NCM).

* Inspect in-coming materials, or products

* Determine if inventory quantities are sufficient for needs, ordering more materials.

* Review production schedules, work orders, to determine materials requirements or material priorities.

* Requisition and maintain miscellaneous inventories of supplies.

* Confer with department managers or other team members to assess progress and discuss needed changes.

* Reviews production schedules when required due to material shortages, backlogs, or other interruptions, collaborating with management, production, or engineering.

* Provide cross functional back up in areas within the Warehouse Managers scope

* Travel occasionally to the Fraley Rd location.

**Required skills and experience:**

* 2-4 years working in a manufacturing material handling or inventory capacity

* Communicate via E-mail, Slack across organization.

* Navigate Netsuite (Computer ERP System)

* Attention to Detail, Ability to follow up on details

* Ability to organize

* Work with production managers to plan daily/weekly flow of parts and materials

* Provide feedback to Inventory and Receiving Manager concerning all material interruptions

* Be able to lift up to 50Ibs several times per day.

* Climb ladders, crouch, bend, push and pull on a frequent basis

* Operate Forklift and material handling equipment.