Material Handler

Avantor • Paris, KY

21h • Onsite

About The Position

Warehouse material handlers are responsible for accurate receiving, storing, picking, and shipping of products to meet Avantor standards of productivity, quality, safety, and customer service. This position is based in an industrial warehouse setting and is a position that is flexible to a wide array of duties within warehousing.

Requirements

• High School education or GED
• Must be able to use proper techniques to lift up to 50 pounds.
• The ability to follow directions with emphasis on safety is extremely important.
• Must be able to handle stress caused in meeting deadlines with tight scheduling requirements.
• Must be able to shift priorities easily.
• Must be able to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.
• Must have responsible work habits.
• Familiar with warehouse systems (SAP)
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOP’s, coverage, documents, and regulations.
• Ability to write reports and business correspondence.
• Ability to effectively establish rapport, present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers and the public.
• Skill and ability to meet people and listen.
• Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.
• Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance.
• Skill and ability to type.
• Skill and ability to operate a computer.
• Skill and ability to organize and prioritize work.
• Skill and ability to meet deadlines and operate office equipment.
• Skill and ability to use Microsoft office tools and company software.
• The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day.
• The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull.
• Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance.
• Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Nice To Haves

• OSHA Forklift and HAZMAT certification a plus
• Computer skills a plus
• Understanding of metric system measurements is beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Unload trucks, trailers, containers of freight, counting products, compare to manifest to check all shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates.
• Report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on appropriate forms. Also be able to sign for inbound shipments when necessary.
• Move inbound shipments safely to storage locations to be efficiently stacked as store merchandise.
• Ensure that the correct product number, quantity and type (lot, batch, serial number) of product are picked.
• Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms with material handling equipment such as but not limited to fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks.
• Label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.
• Maintain equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion.
• Operate equipment safely and efficiently.
• Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
• Keep accurate records and reports.
• Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts.
• Ensure proper stock rotation.
• May key inventory adjustments in computer.
• Repair and consolidate damaged goods as required.
• Operate shrink-wrap machine.
• Charge forklift battery as needed; stack and or separate good from bad pallets when necessary; clean trailers, and truck docks, bays as requested.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Benefits

• Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.
• We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success.

What This Job Offers

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