Position Description:
Perform material handling and inventory activities to support safe, accurate, and efficient flow of raw materials, components, supplies, work-in-process, and finished goods throughout manufacturing operations. Receive, store, stage, kit, issue, move, and track materials to maintain production schedules and inventory accuracy.
Essential Duties & Key Responsibilities:
- Material Movement & Production Support
- Move, stage, and deliver raw materials, components, supplies, work-in-process, and finished goods between receiving, storage, production, staging, and shipping areas to support manufacturing schedules and operational requirements.
- Review production orders, work orders, pick lists, bills of materials (BOMs), and other material requirements to identify, pick, and deliver the correct materials and quantities to production areas.
- Remove finished goods, unused materials, scrap, and other materials from production areas and route to appropriate storage, staging, disposition, or shipping locations.
- Operate forklifts, pallet jacks, carts, hand trucks, and other approved material handling equipment to safely transport materials throughout the facility.
- Coordinate with manufacturing, planning, purchasing, quality, shipping and receiving, and other teams to prioritize material movement based on production and operational needs.
- Storage & Material Identification
- Identify, label, sort, and store materials in designated inventory locations using established storage, handling, and material identification requirements.
- Report damaged, incorrect, missing, or unidentified materials and assist appropriate teams with resolving discrepancies.
- Maintain organized storage, staging, production support, and material handling areas to support efficient material flow and accessibility.
- Inventory Control & System Transactions
- Verify part numbers, quantities, locations, lot or other identifying information prior to material movement and system transactions.
- Maintain accurate physical and electronic records of material locations, quantities, movements, and status.
- Assist with performing cycle counts and support physical inventories; research inventory discrepancies and communicate findings to appropriate team members.
- Identify misplaced, excess, obsolete, damaged, or discrepant inventory and support disposition and corrective actions as directed.
- Kitting, Staging & Order Fulfillment
- Pick, organize, and stage materials and components required for manufacturing operations in accordance with production schedules, work orders, and material requirements.
- Verify staged materials for correct part identification, quantity, condition, and destination prior to delivery to production.
- Pick and stage finished goods or other materials for internal transfer or outbound shipment as required.
- Package, wrap, palletize, label, or otherwise prepare materials for movement, storage, production use, or shipment.
- Communicate shortages, missing components, incorrect materials, or other conditions that could affect production schedules and escalate priorities as appropriate.
- Material Control, Safety & Continuous Improvement
- Perform required pre-use inspections of forklifts and other material handling equipment; identify and report damage, defects, or unsafe operating conditions.
- Follow established safety, quality, inventory control, material handling, and equipment operating procedures.
- Maintain clean and organized material storage, staging, and production support areas in accordance with established housekeeping and workplace organization standards.
- Utilize inventory and material movement information to identify discrepancies, recurring shortages, inefficient material flow, and opportunities to improve material availability and inventory accuracy.
- Contribute recommendations to improve material handling, storage, inventory control, workplace organization, and production support processes.
- Other activities, duties, and responsibilities as assigned.