Material Handler

Becton Dickinson Medical Devices•Sumter, SC

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Material Handler transports, organizes, supplies, and sustains accurate inventory levels for components and materials supporting production. The role supports production execution by moving materials and finished goods, maintaining inventory and transaction records, and completing required quality, safety, and environmental procedures. The position also supports production lines with necessary materials, performs inventory counts and confirmations, prepares and moves pallets, and handles specified batch-related tasks involving biological indicators (BIs), production forms, labels, and held or scrapped product. The work takes place on the production floor, where steel-toe, non-slip shoes are required and restrictions apply to smoking, jewelry, false eyelashes, and press-on fingernails.

Requirements

High school diploma or GED if hired after June 1, 2000; internal transfers are exempt.
Proficiency with Microsoft PowerPoint, Outlook, Excel, Word, and Access.
At least 2 years of manufacturing experience.
Competent mathematical skills to calculate production-order information, including quantities to assign to and remove from production orders.
Ability to handle and comprehend multiple tasks at once.
Ability to communicate and work effectively with others.
Ability to maneuver forklifts safely in tight areas.
Steel-toe, non-slip shoes are required on the production floor.

Nice To Haves

At least 3 years of manufacturing experience.
Proficiency in SAP.

Responsibilities

Operate a hand truck or forklift to supply materials to production areas and move materials within production areas.
Perform forklift safety checks and complete the daily safety checklist.
Follow safety and environmental procedures and Quality System Requirements (QSR).
Complete Kanban milk runs as required to supply SLBCS, FGL, and PBBCS PAH production lines, as directed by production planning and department leadership.
Maintain production-order integrity for received, transferred, and returned materials using SAP and Apriso.
Remove empty containers to the trash area, put trash in the trash compactor, and operate the compactor.
Maintain a clean work area.
Requisition materials from the warehouse using SAP and/or Apriso.
Check delivered materials for accurate LPs, item, count, and condition before accepting them.
Store incoming materials in Kanban according to the storage plan.
Perform partial and final confirmations for finished goods.
Move finished-goods pallets into the pre-sterile area or finished-goods warehouse as appropriate.
Prepare pallets by strapping them and installing corner posts.
Move finished goods from production to the rework area and case-pack area as needed.
Verify good and waste quantities for each reworked pallet and complete the required transaction before transferring pallets from manufacturing.
Follow applicable V specs, SPPs, and departmental procedures, and support other department operations.
Perform cycle counts and physical inventories using Apriso and SAP.
Provide break relief as necessary.
Create bar code labels using the Zebra Printer System and fill out component lot sheets.
Retrieve BIs from the BI Storage refrigerator in VMS at the beginning of each batch, count them, verify there are 26 per bag, and give them to line stacker PAs.
Maintain current-revision production form copies for each area and verify that 26 BIs were used on each batch.
When product is placed on hold or scrapped, record the batch number, PO number, reason, quantity, and destination in the Hold Book located on the Material Handler’s table.
Perform miscellaneous duties as required by the supervisor.