What are the responsibilities and job description for the Maintenance Parts Associate position at Foremost Farms USA?
Position Overview:
The Parts Associate is responsible for administration and routine operation of the parts storerooms. They will contribute to the organization's success by ensuring storerooms are properly stocked and organized with maintenance parts needed to successfully run the facility.
Key Accountabilities:
Maintain parts inventory:
- Order, issue and receive maintenance parts ensuring use from an approved list of vendors.
- Issue parts received to open work orders and place parts in proper location within parts rooms.
- Ensure inventory is ready and available for use.
- Communicate with stakeholders and participate in cycle counts of parts.
- Collaborate with the maintenance technicians ensuring proper parts availability and issue parts for use.
Perform data entry and analyze reports:
- Utilize the maintenance software system to enter data to generate reports and track parts usage.
- Assigned parts received to open work orders.
- Maintain inventory control documents.
Establish and maintain vendor relationships:
- Verify shipments and quantities received.
- Collaborate with suppliers regarding late deliveries.
- Secure vendor quotes for parts.
- Issue purchase orders.
This role adheres to the requirements of and supports the need for monitoring and/or verifying of control points and maintaining the related required documentation. For example, Critical Control Points(CCP), Preventive Controls(PC), Critical Quality Points(CQP), Hazard Analysis Critical Control Points(HACCP), and Safe Quality Food(SQF) plans. This is not an all-inclusive list.
Minimum Qualifications:
- High school diploma or GED.
- 1-3 years of job-related experience
- 1 or more years of experience with inventory accounting: write offs, purchasing orders, etc.
Preferred Qualification:
- Warehouse inventory control experience.
- Microsoft Office Suite; emphasis on Outlook and Excel.
BENEFITS:
Because you and your family matter, Foremost Farms offers some of the best benefits in the area! Our comprehensive medical plan includes health, vision, dental, and prescription insurance. You can choose to enroll in a single or family plan with low monthly premiums and low annual deductibles ($250/$500). Other benefits include:
- 401(k) with a generous company contribution (100% match on up to 8% deferral)
- Paid time off, starting at 200 hours (25 days)
- 10 Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave (6 weeks paid at 100%)
- Flexible spending accounts – for medical and dependent care (childcare) expenses
- Life and disability insurance
- Employee Assistance Program
- Referral program
- Advancement opportunities!
Don’t meet every single requirement? At Foremost Farms we are dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive workplace, so if you’re excited about this role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every qualification in the job description, we encourage you to apply anyway. You may be just the right candidate for this or other roles.
