Material Associate I - 1st Shift
About The Position
The Material Associate I role is assigned to personnel working the packing bench within the shipping department. This role involves reviewing shipping documentation, preparing orders for shipment, ensuring parts are adequately packaged to prevent damage, applying proper packaging and marking methods, processing shipments in the company SAP system, creating customer portal entries, and managing inventory of shipping supplies. The position also includes daily 5S and cleaning activities. Quality assurance responsibilities involve ensuring product and paperwork accuracy, performing inspections, and verifying documentation. Customer service aspects include maintaining short lead times, handling special requests, supporting sales and On-Time Delivery (OTD) objectives, and meeting customer requirements for expedited shipments while maintaining quality. Communication responsibilities involve interacting with other functional groups, maintaining a positive attitude, communicating professionally, and fostering teamwork.
Requirements
- Typically requires HS diploma (or equivalent) or vocational/ technical education in related discipline
- U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, or granted refugee or asylee status)
Nice To Haves
- Previous shipping experience is preferred
- SAP knowledge is preferred
Responsibilities
- Review shipping documentation for packaging instructions to properly prepare order for shipment
- Ensure parts are adequately packaged to prevent damage while in transit
- Apply proper packaging and marking methods as prescribed or determined to prepare, protect and identify items during handling and shipment
- Process shipments in company SAP system
- Create customer portal entries as required
- Inventory shipping supplies daily, and order as needed
- Daily 5S and cleaning activities
- Perform necessary inspection tasks to ensure paperwork and parts are correct
- Ensure required documentation for each order is present
- Responsible for proper storage of material and filing of documentation
- Capable of maintaining short lead times and handle special requests
- Support company Sales and OTD objectives
- Ability to meet customer requirements and expedited shipments while maintaining quality
- Capable of working extended hours or weekends as needed
- Interact with other functional groups to update, inform, acknowledge, or resolve problems related to business issues
- Maintain positive attitude in all communications
- Ability to communicate professionally with all levels of the organization
- Communicate to foster teamwork
- Ability to work within a teamwork environment
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Three weeks of vacation for newly hired employees
- Generous 401(k) plan that includes employer matching funds and separate employer retirement contribution, including a Lifetime Income Strategy option
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Student Loan Repayment Program
- Life insurance and disability coverage
- Optional coverages you can buy pet insurance, home and auto insurance, additional life and accident insurance, critical illness insurance, group legal, ID theft protection
- Birth, adoption, parental leave benefits
- Ovia Health, fertility, and family planning
- Adoption Assistance
- Autism Benefit
- Employee Assistance Plan, including up to 10 free counseling sessions
- Healthy You Incentives, wellness rewards program
- flexible work schedules
- paid time off
- holidays
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
Education Level
High school or GED
