Material Handler

Avantor; Melbourne (FL); On-site; USD 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor in Melbourne, FL is seeking a Material Handler to accurately receive, store, pick, and ship products, ensuring safety, quality, and on-time delivery. This full-time role operates Monday–Friday 7:30am–4:00pm with some flexibility.

Responsibilities include unloading inbound shipments, performing accurate order picking, coordinating outbound shipments, maintaining equipment, and assisting with inventory control.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required or desired.
• At least 1 year of warehousing and material handling experience.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office (Excel) and warehouse systems.
• MRP/Inventory systems experience (SAP) preferred.
• Physical ability to lift up to 75 pounds; safety-focused and detail-oriented.

Responsibilities

• Inbound: unload shipments, check against manifest, report shortages or defects.
• Order Picking: verify product numbers, quantities, lot/serial numbers, and move to shipping.
• Outbound: ensure accuracy of shipments and sign for outbound as needed.
• Equipment: operate and maintain equipment safely; follow OSHA standards.
• Inventory: keep accurate records; assist physical counts and cycle counts.
• Other Duties: re-pack, repair damaged goods, operate shrink-wrap, assist with duties as assigned.

Skills

Detail oriented

Organizational skills

Communication skills

Problem solving

Team player

Self-starter

Education

High School diploma or GED

Tools

SAP

Excel

Job description

The Opportunity

Avantor is seeking a Material Handler to be responsible for the accurate receiving, storing, picking, and shipping of products to meet Avantor standards of productivity, quality, safety, and customer service. This is a full-time position based out of our Melbourne, FL location. Work Schedule: Monday-Friday, 7:30am-4:00pm with some flexibility.

How you will thrive and create an impact

• Inbound: Unload trucks, trailers, containers of freight, counting products, compare to manifest to check all shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates. Material handlers must report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on appropriate forms. Also be able to sign for inbound shipments when necessary. All inbound shipments are moved safely to storage locations to be efficiently stacked as store merchandise.
• Order Picking: Ensure that the correct product number, quantity and type (lot, batch, serial number) of product are picked. Transport orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms with material handling equipment such as but not limited to pallet jacks, etc. Materials handlers must be able to label, stencil, tag, mark orders, band, bundle, wrap, over-pack, and palletize as required.
• Outbound: Compare quantity, labeling and address with order to ensure out-going shipments are complete and correct. Assign signature for outbound as necessary. Efficiently move product, cartons and or pallets into trailers, rail cars or containers.
• Equipment: Maintain equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion. Operate equipment safely and efficiently. Comply with company standards and OSHA requirements.
• Inventory: Keep accurate records and reports. Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts. Ensure proper stock rotation. May key inventory adjustments in computer.
• Other Duties: Repack or re-box cases per customer instructions. Repair and consolidate damaged goods as required. Operate shrink-wrap machine. Charge forklift battery as needed; stack and or separate good from bad pallets when necessary; clean railcars, trailers, and truck docks, bays as requested. Performs other duties as assigned.

What we’re looking for

• Education: High School diploma or GED desired.
• Experience: 1+ years related warehousing and material handling experience.
• Additional Qualifications: Proficient in Microsoft Office (i.e. Excel) and familiarity with warehouse systems. Experience with MRP/ Inventory systems preferred (i.e. SAP). Must be able to use proper techniques to lift up to 75 pounds. The ability to follow directions with emphasis on safety is extremely important. Must be able to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements. Detail oriented with excellent organizational and communication skills. Self-starter with proven ability to problem solve and prioritize work. Ability to work in a fast paced work environment and be a team player. Ability to use general office equipment.

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT

The work environment characteristics and physical effort described here are representative of those an associate encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the associate is exposed to an industrial warehouse environment. The associate works near moving mechanical machinery and noise level in the work environment is usually loud. The job may require working in heights, exposure to changes in temperature, driving equipment, and maybe exposed to dust, fumes, or gases. The associate is required to stand and walk for the majority of the working day. The physical requirements of the job are for associates to talk, hear, bend/stoop, squat, crawl, climb height, reach above shoulder height, crouch, kneel, balance, and push/pull. Furthermore, the job requires associates to lift/carry/push or pull up to 75 pounds with or without assistance. Associates use both hands for repetitive actions such as grasping and manipulating as well as both feet for repetitive movement operating foots controls. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science. The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor. We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world.

EEO Statement

Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law. If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [e-mail] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address. For more information about equal employment opportunity protections, please view the Know Your Rights poster.