Distribution Material Handler

Oregon Tool • Kansas City, KS

1d • Onsite

About The Position

Responsible for supporting shipping functions at the NADC including safety, quality and productivity through knowledge around Oregon Tool’s systems. This role involves operating forklifts for order picking and packing, efficiently picking customer orders for shipment, ensuring the correct number and type of product is packaged, and using computer systems like SAP to document product movement. The position also includes transporting orders, assembling products for shipment, tagging and labeling orders, investigating shipment discrepancies, matching product quantities to purchase orders, and ensuring outbound shipments are accurate. The Material Handler must work diligently to meet schedules and deadlines, seek leadership when questions arise, support leadership by following direction, and provide training to team members as needed. Collaboration with supervisors/leads from previous/next shifts is essential for determining priorities and ensuring proper workflow. Maintaining open communication through formal and informal documents is also a key aspect of the role. Additionally, the position requires maintaining a clean work area, identifying and reporting safety hazards, following emergency procedures, understanding and applying hazard communication standards, and using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE). Proper bending, lifting, pushing, and pulling techniques, along with adherence to motorized equipment and pedestrian safety, are mandatory.

Requirements

• High School diploma or nationally recognized regionally accredited equivalent required
• Minimum of six (6) months experience operating: Stand-up narrow -aisle reach truck
• Order selector
• Computer-based warehouse management system experience required, SAP preferred
• Ability to lift 50lbs repetitively
• Must be able to work effectively and communicate with others in a team environment
• Must be able to take initiative, seeking and acting on opportunity to improve the organization's performance
• Familiarity with Lean manufacturing concepts
• English fluency for safety, training and documentation purposes
• Able to complete responsibilities in a timely, professional and quality manner
• Solve problems analytically; search out relevant information and gauge its importance when making decisions
• Effective written and oral communication skills; able to express oneself clearly and in technical and nontechnical terms
• Creative thinker
• Collaborative and effective team player and able to work with teams who are globally dispersed
• Set a good example of personal integrity
• Demonstrate ability and willingness to learn; seek out development activities to improve skills and increase knowledge; learn from other team members and own mistakes
• Take initiative, seek and act on opportunities to improve organization performance
• Ability to translate specific goals into action and follow through to achieve goals

Responsibilities

• Operate forklifts in performance of order picking and packing
• Efficiently pick customer orders for shipment, ensuring correct number and type of product is packaged for shipment
• Using computer and SAP to document produce moved
• Transport order to consolidation using forklift
• Assemble various products in most efficient manner for shipment
• Tag, label or mark orders as required
• Investigate and assist in resolving shipment discrepancies
• Match product quantity to purchase order
• Pack orders in a manner as to not damage parts during shipment
• Ensure outbound shipments are accurate
• Work diligently to meet work schedules and deadlines
• Seek leadership when there are questions, and support leadership by following direction
• Provide training to team members as needed
• Work with supervisor/lead from previous/next shift to determine priorities and ensure proper work flow
• Maintain open communication through conversation and both formal and informal documents
• Clean and remove trash to designated areas of work and throughout daily duties
• Identify and report safety hazards
• Follow evacuation / emergency procedures
• Understand and apply hazard communication standard, lockout/tag-out, machine guarding, blood borne pathogens and confined spaces as applies to position
• Understand and use correct gloves, safety glasses, steel toe shoes and hearing protection when required
• Follow proper bending, lifting, pushing, and pulling techniques
• Adhere to motorized equipment usage and pedestrian safety

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Benefits available on day one (no waiting period)
• 401k matching (100% of first 3%, 50% of next 3% = 4.5% match on 6% contribution)
• Retirement Savings Plus Plan
• Earn up to 120 hours vacation during your first year of service
• Paid holidays
• One paid Community Involvement Day available per calendar year
• Tuition reimbursement program
• Global company with small company feel
• Safety shoes reimbursed at $120 per year

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Entry Level
• Education Level: High school or GED