Title: Material Handler

Purpose:

A Material Handler orders and does manual confirmations of materials for production orders as it comes through production. Verifies materials and supplies coming into their locations from vendors and warehouses. Maintain inventory in their own work centers as it comes in and out by placing reservations and doing cycle counts. Help maintain the Bom with parts that are not pulling correctly to help get a more efficient cost on units.

 

Responsibilities/Essential Duties:

Planning and Operational Duties

• Reports and queries for production and/or vendors
• Sales Order changes, deviations and substitutions communicated throughout their area.
• Review emails relating to changes in master data that are pertinent to their area.
• Review Obsolete Parts List (weekly) and respond as needed if stock exists in area.
• Review Material Adjustment Report (weekly) respond to questions as needed.
• Review Inventory Reports (monthly) and investigate issues.
• Maintain Reservation Templates for Warehouse and/or Tool Room and updated as needed.
• Communicate with Engineering on design changes, materials required, drawing updates, etc.

• Organize stock in each storage location area and assign “bin” identifier in SAP as needed.

Production Execution Duties

• Confirm operations in each order as production is completed throughout the day.
  • Communicate & document discrepancies in order data (components, etc.)
  • Create a Request for Engineering Services (RES) for the item as needed.
• Update and resolve goods movement errors in COGI (daily) as they occur.
• Facilitate and communicate rework and/or parts shortages to be installed later with production.
• Ensure that goods are issued to orders that are physically installed in them.

Goods Receipts and Stock Transfer Duties

• Create Warehouse and Tool Room reservations per requirements of the area.
• Verify and receive Travelers into stock upon each delivery from the warehouse.
  • Track shortages and hot orders as needed.
  • Update reservations due to over-picking from the warehouse
  • Follow-up activities due to missing or late travelers
• Verify and receive Purchase Orders items into stock upon delivery.
  • Communicate discrepancies with Purchasing agent, notify of substitutions, etc.
  • Turn in paperwork (STO/Packing Slip) to Accounting – sign, date, and material doc#
  • Correct any receiving testing failures from Accounting department
• Transfer stock to other areas/plants as needed.
• Ensure that all material movements that happen correspond to movements in SAP.