Shipping & Receiving Handler

Flex•Buffalo Grove, IL

6d•Onsite

About The Position

The Shipping & Receiving Handler moves materials to prepare for operations, performs inventory transactions, improves inventory accuracy, ships and receives products, and fills in at different positions as needed. The role is located in Buffalo Grove, Illinois, and follows an 8:00 a.m.–4:30 p.m., Monday–Friday schedule. The handler prepares shipments, receives and stores materials according to FIFO procedures, maintains accurate shipping and receiving documentation and lot traceability tags, tracks shipping containers, and operates a forklift. The role also includes following EHS policies and procedures, performing month-end inventories, understanding material flow and stocking locations within the plant, and loading production material for assigned production lines. The position requires basic functional competency and process knowledge. Depending on the duties, the handler may use telephones, data-entry equipment, forklifts, electronic scales, pallet jacks, and staple guns, and may perform cycle counting and kitting.

Requirements

Demonstrate functional skills and basic competency related to the function.
Read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
Write simple correspondence and effectively present information one-on-one and in small-group situations to other employees.
Add, subtract, multiply, and divide using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
Apply common-sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions.
Deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.
May need the ability to operate telephones, data-entry equipment, forklifts, electronic scales, pallet jacks, and staple guns, and to perform cycle counting and kitting.

Responsibilities

Physically prepare all shipments.
Receive material and store it correctly using FIFO procedures.
Maintain accurate receipt and shipping documentation with correct lot traceability tags.
Track and maintain shipping containers.
Operate a forklift truck.
Follow all EHS policies and procedures.
Perform accurate month-end inventories and understand part flow in the plant and where parts should be stocked.
Load all production material for assigned production lines.
Fill in at different positions when needed.
Participate in functional processes and apply basic functional process knowledge.