Material Handler - Inventory Control

Avantor; Town of Henrietta (NY); On-site; USD 25,000 - 33,000; Full time

Job summary

Avantor is seeking a Material Handler with inventory experience to join our team in New York. The role supports material movement, pulls and delivers materials, and ensures safe operation of equipment on the production floor. Candidates should have forklift experience, basic computer skills, and 0–1 year warehouse experience with familiarity in WMS SAP and RF units.

Weekend shifts may be required. Strong safety focus and the ability to work under supervision are essential.

Qualifications

• High School Diploma or GED required.
• OSHA forklift experience required.
• HAZMAT certification a plus.
• Basic computer skills required for collaboration tools.
• 0–1 year warehouse with inventory experience.
• Familiar with warehouse systems, WMS - SAP, RF units.
• Ability to lift up to 75 pounds.
• Able to shift priorities easily.
• Willingness to work shifts and occasional weekends.

Responsibilities

• Inventory: keep accurate records and reports; assist in cycle counts.
• Inbound: unload shipments; report damages or shortages; sign for inbound when needed.
• Order Picking: ensure correct product and quantity; move orders to shipping platforms.
• Outbound: verify shipments; prepare for dispatch; label and palletize as needed.
• Equipment: operate and maintain warehouse equipment per safety standards.
• Other Duties: repack or re-box; repair damaged goods; operate shrink-wrap.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Forklift operation

Inventory experience

WMS SAP

RF units

Basic computer skills

Stress management

Shift work

Safety awareness

Education

High School Diploma or GED

HAZMAT certification

Job description

The Opportunity:

The Opportunity:
Avantor is looking for a Material Handler with Inventory experience to join our team.

The Material Handler works under close supervision, expedites the movement of parts and material between production areas by listing or otherwise moving raw materials and/or parts. Prepares and coordinates schedules for pulling and delivering materials to control the flow of goods and regulate production floor space. Safely operates appropriate equipment (forklifts, hoists, crane, etc.) required to move materials along production floor. Follows all safety rules and practices.

What we’re looking for

• Education: High School Diploma or GED required

• OSHA Forklift experience required

• HAZMAT certification a plus

• Collaboration Tool: Basic Computer Skills

• Experience: 0-1 year Warehouse with Inventory experience

• Familiar with warehouse systems, WMS - SAP, RF units.

• Able to handle stress caused in meeting deadlines with tight scheduling requirements.

• Able to shift priorities easily.

• Able to use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.

• Must have responsible work habits.

• Available to work shift and occasional weekend.

• Able to use proper techniques to lift up to 75 pounds.

• The ability to follow directions with emphasis on safety is extremely important.

LANGUAGE SKILLS:
Ability to read, analyze, and interpret SOP’s, coverage, documents, and regulations. Ability to write reports and business correspondence. Ability to effectively establish rapport, present information and respond to questions from managers, clients, customers and the public. Skill and ability to meet people and listen.

MATHEMATICAL SKILLS:
Ability to add and subtract two digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10’s and 100’s. Ability to perform these operations using units of American money and weight measurement, volume, and distance. Understanding of metric system measurements is beneficial.

REASONING ABILITY:
Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed and uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

OTHER:
Skill and ability to type. Skill and ability to operate a computer. Skill and ability to organize and prioritize work. Skill and ability to meet deadlines and operate office equipment. Skill and ability to use Microsoft office tools and company software.

How you will thrive and create an impact

Warehouse material handlers’ essential duties are to perform various tasks in the warehouse such as but not limited to:

• Inventory: Keep accurate records and reports. Assist in physical inventories and cycle counts. Ensure proper stock rotation. May key inventory adjustments in computer.

• 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 fork trucks, cherry pickers, or pallet jacks. 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.

• 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.

ENVIRONMENTAL WORKING CONDITIONS & PHYSICAL EFFORT (Under Typical Positions)
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 requires 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