Materials & Distribution Associate

HP•Plainfield, IN

20h•Onsite

About The Position

This role is responsible for a wide range of inventory control tasks, including shipping, receiving, maintaining materials and supplies, supporting complex transactional processes independently, providing specialized reports, and expediting non-standard shipments. The role leads analytical and design activities for inventory and materials improvements, monitors supplier performance, and identifies and resolves complex process anomalies. The role facilitates communication between functional teams, monitors task execution by lower-level employees, and offers troubleshooting and problem-solving support.

Requirements

High School Diploma/General Education Diploma (GED)/Higher Secondary education or commensurate work experience or demonstrated competence.
Typically has 6-8 years of related work experience, preferably in procurement, supply chain, or a related field.
Continuous Improvement Process
Data Analysis
Enterprise Resource Planning
Finance
Inventory Control
Inventory Management
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs)
Lean Manufacturing
Material Requirements Planning
Materials Management
Process Improvement
Procurement
Production Planning
Purchasing
SAP Applications
Supply Chain
Supply Chain Analysis
Supply Chain Management
Supply Chain Planning
Warehousing
Effective Communication
Results Orientation
Learning Agility
Digital Fluency
Customer Centricity

Responsibilities

Performs varied and general tasks involved in controlling inventory, shipping, receiving, storing and distributing materials, parts, supplies, and equipment (e.g. movement of materials through the use of pallet jacks, daily collection of appropriate statistics, routine maintenance, etc.).
Supports complex-level transactional processes for specialized job assignments with minimal supervision.
Serves as a primary data resource for exempt-level employees by delivering specialized reports, typically in a consultative manner.
Leads analytical and design activities using proven technologies and vested approaches and methods, especially for inventory reductions and strategic materials improvements.
Monitors supplier performance and keeps affected personnel informed of existing or potential problems.
Identifies complex level functional process anomalies and leads the process-oriented tasks to resolve the issues.
Monitors the execution of process-oriented tasks of other individual contributors in lower level roles.
Provides troubleshooting and problem-solving support of basic- to complex level problems related to function.
Provides training and mentorship support to lower-level employees, and contributes to their growth in the organization.

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Long term/short term disability insurance
Employee assistance program
Flexible spending account
Life insurance
Generous time off policies, including; 4-12 weeks fully paid parental leave based on tenure
13 paid holidays
15 days paid time off