Material Coordinator I (Onsite - Kennesaw, GA)

Company Overview:

Headquartered in suburban Atlanta, Georgia, Artivion, Inc. is a medical device company focused on developing simple, elegant solutions that address cardiac and vascular surgeons’ most difficult challenges in treating patients with aortic diseases. Artivion’s four major groups of products include: aortic stent grafts, surgical sealants, On-X mechanical heart valves, and implantable cardiac and vascular human tissues. Artivion has over 1,600 employees worldwide with sales representation in over 100 countries. The Company has manufacturing facilities located in Atlanta, Georgia, Austin, Texas and Hechingen, Germany. Additionally, it has sales and distribution offices in various countries throughout Europe, Asia, and South America. For additional information about Artivion, visit our website, www.artivion.com.

Position Overview:

The Material Coordinator will assist with the daily tasks and responsibilities of properly handling, receiving, transporting, storing, and transacting materials at and/or between both warehouses and the Receiving dock. Ensure transactional accuracy, maintain appropriate stock rotation, and keep an organized workspace.

Responsibilities:

Warehouse Responsibilities

• • Use and navigate systems and applications utilized by Material Control (SAP, Outlook, Microsoft, IBM Notes, etc.).
  • Accurately pull and transact daily supply orders utilizing appropriate stock rotation methods (FIFO/FEFO).
  • Transfer raw materials (physically and electronically) to and from the offsite warehouse.
  • Assure compliance to all standard operating procedures.
  • Manage both the offsite and main warehouses in an organized and orderly fashion, storing materials to preserve their integrity.
  • Ensure approved raw materials are removed from the quarantine area and put away in their designated warehouse location in a timely fashion.
  • Maintain the accuracy of the inventory through periodic physical counting of the materials.
  • Own routine housekeeping tasks and document completion using current good documentation practices.
  • Operation of powered forklift.
  • Driving of company insured vehicles.

Receiving Responsibilities:

• • Receive and verify product per PO into SAP.
  • Receive and re-stack product per SOP.
  • Ensure all product is labeled per procedure (in-receipt/quarantine)

Qualifications: 

• High school diploma or equivalent.
• Good team working skills.
• Good verbal and written communication skills.
• Detail oriented and organized.
• Ability to lift 65lbs several times a day.
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Office.
• Working knowledge of SAP or other material management software preferred.
• Must meet Artivion’s requirements to be insured for driving company insured vehicles.