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POSITION SUMMARY:
The Material Handler is primarily responsible for storage and movement of finished products in safe and efficient manner.
DESCRIPTION OF ESSENTIAL DUTIES:
- Prepare finished goods products for final shipment by verifying information on internal document is correct, properly labeled, in correct packaging and box sizes, and route shipping transactions through operating system to prepare items for invoicing.
- Be responsible for verifying packages and shipments and complete applicable paperwork including enter information in ERP system.
- Manage Kanban shipping operations by verifying proper documentation (Kanban cards) are included with product that is transferred to shipping dock and route proper documentation to production schedulers to build further product requirements.
- Manage finished goods inventory and overstock items.
- Understand and follow the SOP's pertaining to the specific area.
- Understand and follow the Work Instructions pertaining to the specific area.
- Suggests improvements to reduce safety hazards.
- Other duties as assigned.
DESCRIPTION OF MARGINAL DUTIES:
- Observe and promote Company standards and policies on safety, quality and productivity.
- Assist with locating sample items per requests from customer service and/or sales teams.
- Assist with year-end inventory.
HIRING GUIDELINES:
- Successful completion of four-years of high school, or equivalent, plus some additional specialized training.
- Up to and including three months of experience, or any combination of education and experience that provides equivalent knowledge, skills and abilities.
- Previous shipping and/or receiving experience (preferred)
- Experience in a manufacturing environment with significant exposure to a fast-paced environment (preferred)
- Finished medical device company experience (preferred)
- Experience with QAD or other ERP system (preferred)
PHYSICAL DEMANDS:
This physical demand level for this job is considered medium with constant lifting between 10-25 pounds and occasionally lifting up to 50 pounds. Exposure to lifting more than 50 pounds is rare.
The employee may frequently be subject to push/pulling, knuckle to shoulder lift/lower, sustained bending, use foot/feet to operate machine and reach above shoulders, with constant exposure to dynamic standing/walking and use hands to finger/handle/touch. Employee may occasionally be exposed to static standing/sitting, floor to knuckle lift/lower, shoulder to overhead lift/lower, climb/balance, stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl and repetitive bending or squatting.
The following vision requirements apply: close vision.
WORK ENVIRONMENT:
The employee will rarely (if ever) exposed to travel on company business, working near moving mechanical parts, risk of electrical shock, wet humid conditions, working in high precarious places, fumes or airborne particles, extreme cold or heat, outdoor weather conditions, toxic or caustic chemicals. The noise level is considered moderate (business office, computer printers, light traffic).
The employee will be required to wear appropriate Personal Protective Equipment such as: safety glasses in the designated areas, hairnet/beard net, gloves when handling hot objects or solvents, jumpsuit, earplugs (when needed) on production floor.
TOOLS/EQUIPMENT/COMPUTER SOFTWARE:
The employee will constantly use QAD (or similar ERP system) and occasional use various web-based websites (such as UPS, customer provided purchase order portals) and PC with Microsoft Office Products. Operate machinery (manual and electric pallet jack and fork lift).
The above statements reflect the general details necessary to describe the principle functions of the occupation described and shall not be construed as a detailed description of all the work requirements that may be inherent in the occupation
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If you're interested in the position, we encourage you to apply. Lubrizol is always looking for candidates who embody our cultural beliefs in everything they do. If you're All In, Lead Decisively, Take Action, Think External, and can Be Courageous, Lubrizol could be the place for you.