The Material Handler/Assembly Associate is responsible for filling customer orders, delivering them to the delivery platform, and loading products onto trailers in a manner that meets safety and productivity standards. The Inventory Control Specialist maintains and updates materials inventory records, processes physical inventory, and ensures proper material sign-out and return.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:
Although these are the essential functions, the specific duties listed with each are a brief summation. Loading and Unloading: Material Handlers oversee the loading and unloading of various transport items, ensuring safe and efficient movement.
Inventory Management: They record inventory statuses, verify the accuracy of incoming deliveries, and label products appropriately.
Stock Maintenance: Material Handlers maintain an up-to-date account of stock and inventory.
Returns Handling: They process returns by completing technical documentation and other necessary communication.
Equipment Maintenance: Material Handlers ensure that all material handling equipment is well-maintained through regular inspections.
Collaboration: They work closely with internal departments to locate missing packages, rectify incorrect deliveries, and replace damaged products.
Supply Flow Management: They control the flow of supplies and equipment, ensuring efficient distribution.
Inventory Tracking: Inventory Specialists track and analyze inventory maintenance, ensuring accurate stock levels.
Loss Mitigation: They develop protocols to minimize loss and discrepancies.
Purchase Orders: Specialists create and process purchase orders.
Material Sign-Out and Return: They manage material sign-out and return processes.
Receiving Shipments: Inventory Specialists receive shipments of materials and stock inventory.
Job Requirements:
Education:
- High School Diploma required.
- Strongly Preferred: Experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience:
- Required: 2 to 3 years’ experience
- Required: Computer Proficiency: Proficiency in MS Office: including Excel and Word
- Required: prior work in a warehouse, distribution center
- Required: Valid driver’s license to drive on company’s behalf to vendor locations
- Required: Familiarity with handling materials, loading/unloading and inventory management is essential
- Proven vendor/customer service
- Strongly Preferred: Operation of overhead crane
- Experience with logistics and international experience would be strongly preferred.
- Tracking, stock, and ensuring accurate counts.
- Received shipments, and managed material sign-out and return,
- Fork truck experience required.
- Vendor relations maintain positive relationships.
Skills:
- Integrity in our word; saying what we will do and doing what we said by when we promised.
- Proven mechanical/technical ability.
- Able to schedule trucks for project shipments in accordance with budgets.
- Recommend and develop improved systems, policies, and procedures for the purchasing department.
- Meticulous attention to detail, clean, neat file/data management, able to multi-task well and able to prioritize to complete projects on time.
- Requires hands on cleaning and maintenance along with organization and interpersonal skills to coordinate with others and outside waste disposal vendor.
- Proven “customer-focus” attitude, demonstrates ability to follow up and keep promises – reliable
Working Conditions:
- Current manufacturing facility is located in Saginaw, Michigan
- Drug-free, non-smoking environment. Pre employment Physical and Drug Screen are required.
- Using a computer for long periods of time may require sitting or standing at a station. Answering phones and talking with vendors, truck drivers is required.
- Lifting up to 50 lbs., bending, stooping, and kneeling are required for packaging, cribbing machines etc.
- Walking and standing on average for 90 % of day is required
- This position will work indoors and outside as needed and must be able to work in all types of weather/temperature conditions. Able to work in all climates and conditions in varying manufacturing environments.
- Duperon Corporation provides an excellent business opportunity for an individual who is dedicated and looking to establish a career. There is potential for a person who wishes to grow with the business. These opportunities can be realized if the ability and desire to drive one’s personal development is present to meet the corporate strategic objectives.
- Duperon is a dynamically paced company with a fast-growth strategy – which means that often protocols and processes that were appropriate a year ago are no longer valid. An individual should examine their personal style and preferences to determine if this would be a suitable environment.
Other Requirements:
- Must be appropriately and professionally attired to business standards and practice good hygiene.
