Material Handler

TITLE: Material Handler

DEPARTMENT: Logistics

REPORTS TO: Logistics Supervisor

JOB SUMMARY:

Coordinates and executes movement of inventory throughout the facility to support manufacturing, shipping, receiving and inventory control functions as directed. Load and unload trucks. Record all appropriate transactions into ERP/MRP system to maintain accurate inventory counts & records. Assist with all phases of picking, packaging, and shipping of customer orders. 

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

• Thoroughly understand and adhere to the department's goals, objectives, and strategy 

• Establish and maintain credibility throughout the organization as an effective developer of solutions 

• Present and maintain positive morale among employees

• Load and unload trucks, sort as necessary and process documents as directed

• Pick material and deliver to workstations or staging areas

• Pick and pack customer orders

• Put away and replenish inventory and supplies in appropriate locations

• Maintain inventory accuracy and adhere to cycle count schedule

• Identify and label material with correct part number and descriptions

• Weigh scrap containers, log as necessary, load on truck 

• Assist with receiving material as directed and record transactions into the ERP / MRP system on a timely basis

• Prepare shipments of material for outside operations, and issue corresponding work orders as directed

• Complete daily inspections of equipment as directed prior to use

• Other tasks and functions as assigned by supervisor

QUALIFICATIONS:

• Minimum 1 year experience preferred working in a manufacturing or warehouse environment. 

• Certified with forklift and powered pallet jack operation within 6 weeks of hire date

• Flexible, energetic, forward-thinking, and creative with high moral and ethical standards

• Strong work ethic, good judgment, and strong operational focus

• Well-organized and self-directed

• Able to relate to people at all levels of the organization in a positive fashion

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills; working knowledge of computer applications

• Working knowledge of ERP / MRP and inventory location system necessary

• Capable of high attention to detail and transaction accuracy

• Ability to identify all S&S products and identify visual quality concerns

PHYSICAL AND PPE REQUIREMENTS:  

Employee is regularly required to:

• Use hands to manipulate objects, tools, or controls

• Talk and hear

• Stand, walk, stoop, crouch, bend and reach above shoulders

• Frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds unassisted and up to 100 pounds with assistance

• Close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision and depth perception

• Must comply with safety equipment standards; safety glasses, hearing protection, steel toed shoes