Distribution/Production Hybrid

Advanced Filtration Systems Inc.• Champaign, IL, US, IL

16h•$23 - $25•Hybrid

About The Position

This is a full-time, non-exempt position in the Supply Chain department. The role involves working in a safe manner, following all safety policies and procedures, and reporting any accidents or unsafe conditions immediately. Responsibilities include managing shipping and receiving schedules, ensuring accuracy and completeness of outgoing shipments, determining space requirements for containers and trucks, and inspecting fork trucks for defects. The position also involves directing the movement of shipments, communicating with Customer Service Representatives about shipping status, coordinating LTL shipments, affixing shipping labels, verifying incoming shipments against records, reporting shortages and damaged goods, and ensuring materials are moved to proper locations. The role requires investigating problems to find root causes and develop solutions, planning warehouse layouts, processing outbound shipments (small packages, truckload, air), unloading inbound materials, loading finished goods, re-warehousing when necessary, staging and loading outbound materials, entering data into the computer system, cleaning the work environment, inventorying materials, escalating issues, removing waste, weighing materials, and utilizing a wireless tablet for material moves in JDE. The position also requires maintaining daily move reports for WIP movements or movements not completed in JDE. Other duties as assigned.

Requirements

High school diploma or general education degree (GED)
3 -5 years related experience and/or training preferred.

Responsibilities

Works in a safe manner, following all safety policies and procedures while keeping in mind other’s safety as well.
Reports any accidents and potentially unsafe conditions or unsafe acts immediately to appropriate supervisor.
Fills out shipping notices, bills of lading, orders, and other records to determine transportation carrier, work, and shipping methods required to meet shipping and receiving schedules.
Reviews all outgoing shipping activities to assure accuracy, completeness, and proper shipping condition.
Determines space requirements and position of shipment in containers and trucks and lays out position of shipment.
Inspects his/her own fork truck for defects and notifies maintenance personnel or contacts outside service facility for repair.
Directs movement of shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage and work areas.
Informs the Customer Service Representative when shipping is completed and part numbers for any open tags.
Communicates future needs and solutions to potential shipping bottlenecks.
Coordinates and loads/unloads less than truckload (LTL) shipments.
Affixes shipping labels on packed cartons or stencils identifying shipping information on cartons.
Compares identifying information and counts, weighs, or measures items of incoming shipments to verify information against bills of lading, invoices, orders, or other records.
Reports on shortages and notifies appropriate person concerning damaged goods.
Assures movement of materials to proper delivery locations, storage and work areas.
Operates fork truck or uses hand truck to move, convey, or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.
Investigates problems to determine root causes and then develop and implement solutions.
Identifying opportunities for improvement.
Works with the Distribution Supervisor to plan layout of warehouse, and other storage areas, considering turnover, size, weight, and related factors of items stored.
Process outbound small packages, truckload and air shipments.
Unloads inbound materials.
Loads finished good materials.
Re-warehouses when necessary.
Stages and loads outbound finished good materials in full truckload ad mixed truckloads loads of product.
Enters material movement information into computer system.
Cleans and maintains work environment
Inventories materials on work floor, and supplies workers with materials as needed.
Escalates issues related to production, inventory, warehouse, or other relevant areas to appropriate AFSI personnel in a timely manner.
Removes empty pallets and cardboard from line areas and delivers to designated location(s).
Keeps Dumpsters empty.
Weighs materials or products and records weight on appropriate paperwork.
Utilizes wireless tablet to review product and location information and compete all material moves in JDE.
Keeps accurate material handler daily move reports for WIP movements or movements that cannot be completed in JDE.
Other duties as assigned.