What are the responsibilities and job description for the Material Handler position at Miele USA?
Responsibilities
- Lift truck certification required. Operates standard industrial lift truck, tuggers, electrical and manual pallet jacks, battery charges, and other forms of material handling equipment on the factory floor.
- Ability to operate very narrow aisle forklifts (Swing Mast).
- Operates cyclic replenishment systems like milk run trains.
- Follows written or oral instructions to ascertain materials to be moved
- Conveys materials from storage to designated workstations.
- Loads and unloads materials onto or from pallets, trays, racks and shelves by hand without damaging ensuring quality of parts.
- Lifts heavy objects by hand within specified limit or with handling equipment, responsible for the cleanliness of his work area and equipment.
- Safely operates tools and follows all rules regarding Personal Protective Equipment.
- Interacts with SAP (narrow scope) to order materials from main warehouse, to confirm receipt of material provision as well as receiving printed documents
- Loading and unloading of trailers and containers on the shipping/receiving dock.
- Put up of incoming product as well as pulling of parts from warehouse.
- Perform all other duties as assigned.
- High School diploma or GED
- 0-2 years warehouse experience
- Ability to work without constant supervision and the ability to think and act independently.
- Ability to use packaged software on PC based computer system (data entry).
- Ability to safely operate various kinds of material handling equipment (forklifts, pallet jacks, dock levers, etc.)
- Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
- Demonstrable understanding of material flow and inventory control
- PC, telephone, calculator,
- Must be able to lift a minimum of 50 lbs