Material Handler, Fragrance Manufacturing

Osmo; Elizabeth (NJ); On-site; USD 35,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in digital olfaction is looking for a diligent and detail-oriented Material Handler to join their fragrance manufacturing team. In this role, you will be critical in managing materials throughout the production process, ensuring accuracy and efficiency from receipt to packaging.

Benefits

Medical

Dental

Vision

401K

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in material handling or inventory control.
• Forklift certification required.
• Basic computer proficiency for data entry.

Responsibilities

• Accurately receive, inspect, and document incoming raw materials.
• Maintain inventory records and perform regular cycle counts.
• Operate filling and packaging machinery for fine fragrances.

Skills

Attention to detail

Organizational skills

Time management

Education

High School diploma

Tools

Forklift

Job description

Who we are at Osmo:

Osmo is a digital olfaction company, on a mission to give computers a sense of smell to improve the health and wellbeing of human life. Why? Our sense of smell both enriches and saves lives, and has a deep and direct connection to our emotions and memory. This foundational understanding of smell's impact has directly informed the development of our latest innovation: Generation.

Generation is a new kind of fragrance house powered by Olfactory Intelligence (OI) to blend AI with world-class perfumery. It will help brands create emotionally resonant scents faster, more accessibly, and with greater creative clarity. Our technology allows us to explore vast scent possibilities, discover novel ingredients, and design fragrances informed by both data and artistry.

Beyond fragrance, Olfactory Intelligence has applications across industries including manufacturing, security, medicine, and more. We believe in the power of automation and thoughtfully applied AI/ML to solve problems beyond the reach of human intuition alone. Osmo is headquartered in New York, NY, with a new facility in New Jersey, and offices in Somerville, MA.

Osmo is looking for a diligent and detail-oriented Material Handler to join our fragrance manufacturing team. In this role, you'll be instrumental in ensuring the smooth flow of materials throughout our production process, from receiving to final packaging. If you're a highly organized individual with a strong work ethic and a commitment to accuracy, we encourage you to apply.

Key Responsibilities

• Goods Receiving: Accurately receive, inspect, and document all incoming raw materials, packaging components, and supplies.

• Inventory Management: Maintain inventory records for all materials, performing regular cycle counts and reconciling discrepancies to ensure data accuracy.

• Raw Material Tracking: Implement and maintain a tracking system for all raw materials, ensuring traceability from receipt through to production.

• Bulk Fragrance Packaging: Safely and efficiently transfer bulk fragrances into appropriate containers, ensuring accurate measurements and proper labeling.

• Fine Fragrance Bottle Filling & Packaging: Operate filling and packaging machinery for fine fragrances, ensuring quality control and adherence to production schedules.

Secondary Responsibilities

• Material Inbound Processing: Unbox and receive incoming materials, verifying contents against purchase orders.

• Material Decanting: Carefully decant inbound materials into appropriate storage containers as needed.

• Inventory Counting: Conduct routine counts of materials and consumables in inventory to maintain accuracy.

• Internal Package Delivery: Distribute packages and materials to various labs and departments daily.

• Lab Consumables Ordering: Manage and place weekly orders for essential lab consumables, such as vials and pipettes.

• Shipping Assistance: Provide ad-hoc support to the manufacturing and commercial teams with shipping outgoing packages.

• Packaging Support: Assist with making boxes, stickering, and packaging bottles for large manufacturing orders.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a material handling or inventory control role, preferably with 2+ years of experience in a chemical manufacturing environment

• High School diploma required.

• Strong attention to detail and a high degree of accuracy in all tasks.

• Ability to lift and move packages and materials as required.

• Forklift certification is required.

• Good organizational and time management skills.

• Basic computer proficiency for inventory tracking and data entry.

• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.

• Prior experience in a fragrance or cosmetic manufacturing setting is a plus.

Benefits: Medical, Dental, Vision, 401K, and more.

If this role inspires you we’d encourage you to apply. We are committed to recruiting, developing, and retaining an incredible team optimized for a diversity of thought, background, and approaches. All employment decisions and responsibilities are determined based on current ability and your ability to grow, without regard to race, color, gender identity, sex, sexual orientation, religion, age, marital status, physical, mental, or sensory disability, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Recruitment & Staffing Agencies: Osmo does not accept unsolicited resumes from any source other than candidates. The submission of unsolicited resumes by recruitment or staffing agencies to Osmo or its employees is strictly prohibited unless contacted directly by the Osmo Talent Acquisition team. Any resume submitted by an agency in the absence of a signed agreement will automatically become the property of Osmo and Osmo will not owe any referral or other fees with respect thereto.