Material Handler

Alpla; Kansas City (MO); On-site; USD 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading packaging company is seeking a Material Handler to ensure efficient material supply management in compliance with safety and quality standards. This role includes responsibilities like monitoring inventory, maintaining equipment, and assisting the maintenance team, suitable for candidates with manufacturing experience.

Benefits

Health and Wellness Care Program

401K Retirement Plan with matching

Education assistance program

Paid vacation and holidays

Qualifications

• Experience in a manufacturing environment is required.
• Material Handler experience preferred.

Responsibilities

• Ensure material availability and accurate inventory.
• Maintain cleanliness of regrind and label rooms.

Skills

Attention to detail

Efficiency

Education

High School Diploma or equivalent

Job description

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oral, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

What Can You Expect From ALPLA

• Health and Wellness Care Program- Benefits
• Child Care Benefits
• Dependent Care Cost Savings Program
• Recognition programs; Promotional opportunities
• 401K Retirement Plan and excellent Matching Plan
• Education assistance program / tuition reimbursement
• Short term, long term and life insurance paid by ALPLA
• Paid vacation; paid holidays

What You Will Enjoy Doing

Main Purpose of the Job :

To perform all activities needed to maintain material supplies in an efficient, careful,

attentive way, observing good manufacturing practices and production, quality and

safety standards. Maintaining machines and equipment to ensure correct volumes and

quality of raw material.

Main Responsibilities :

• Ensures material availability and accurate inventory
• Ensures delivered materials are stored in the correct location, including labels
• Ensures silo's capacities are checked at shift start and finish to guarantee machines

do not run out of material

• Checks with Supervisor at the beginning of shift for any pending color changes
• Ensures a correct and accurate inventory is taken, as requested
• Reports to Production Manager any anticipated shortages of colorants
• Ensures regrind waste is kept to a minimum and that any waste is recorded
• Ensures any regrind that can be returned to the machines is returned as soon as possible
• Ensures all correct procedures are followed during a color change
• Ensures materials no longer being used are returned to the correct area
• Ensures material hoses are hooked up correctly
• Ensures cleanliness of regrind room, label room and mezzanine
• Assists Maintenance and Mold Change Team

Requirements

What Makes You Great

Performance Measurements :

• Color change done in a timely fashion
• Machines are not down for lack of material
• Regrind waste at a minimum

Education / Experience :

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience in manufacturing environment
• Experience as Material Handler preferred