Material Specialist 4

Allegion Canada Inc.; Cincinnati (OH); On-site; USD 48,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Allegion Canada Inc. is seeking a Material Specialist IV to support material flow in the Cincinnati area.

The role entails moving products into and out of the facility, delivering materials to production zones, and ensuring accurate receipt and documentation in the company system. The candidate will use scanning devices and a warehouse system to verify quantities, perform daily cycle counts, and resolve material discrepancies with suppliers.

Qualifications

• Experience handling material flow and inventory in a warehouse environment.
• Ability to operate forklifts and scanners while following safety rules.
• Familiarity with cycle counting and receiving procedures.

Responsibilities

• Move product into and out of the facility to support material flow.
• Deliver purchased material to production areas and small parts to the lines.
• Verify and document material against BOL and packing lists.
• Receive material into the system within 24 hours and maintain accurate counts.
• Perform staging, put-away, issuing, and warehouse processing of received material.
• Run reports to measure KPIs and conduct daily cycle counts.

Skills

Forklift operation

Inventory control

Cycle counting

Material handling

Safety compliance

Tools

Barcode scanning

Warehouse management system

Job description

Material Specialist IV

The Material Specialist IV will support material requirements by moving product into the facility, moving manufactured product out of the facility, delivering purchased material to the production areas, and delivering small parts (both purchased and manufactured) to the production areas.

Responsibilities

• All activities performed are to follow documented Standard Work.
• Verifies delivery of material to documentation (Pack lists & BOL).
• Responsible for verifying damaged material from carrier prior to signing BOL. Damaged material must be documented, and individuals notified (Manager, Buyer, and Quality Control).
• Receive material into the company business system to meet a 24‑hour period.
• Responsible for accurate count and receipt of material.
• Responsible for accurate staging, put‑away, issuing, and processing of material received into the warehouse.
• Run reports in the business system to measure and perform to KPIs.
• Perform daily cycle counts and record/report results.
• Understand how to navigate through the company business system.
• Use scanning devices to enter data into the company business system.
• Understand how to resolve material discrepancies with supplier deliveries and inventory errors.
• Count material accurately using counting methods and scales.
• Identify aged inventory (OSMI).
• Operate forklift, pallet jacks, and other manual or motorized equipment as required to support material movement.
• Safely load/unload box trucks, vans, flatbeds using forklifts or other material movers.
• Understand safety requirements when operating machinery.
• Lifting, bending, stooping, climbing, and standing for long periods of time.
• Maintain organization and cleanliness of the work center.
• Verify pull signal reporting and quantity pulled are correctly scanned or entered into the business system.
• Verify all material is packaged following Standard Work, protecting from damage, and satisfying customer requirements.
• Prepare and load shipments, verifying all material is available, not damaged, and correctly packaged; execute all steps to validate the material is processed and assigned to the proper shipment load.
• Stack, serpentine band, checkerboard floor spots, air bag and other dunnage as required.
• Maximize load cube, even weight distribution, and follow Standard Work for secure arrangement of the freight load for transport.
• Photograph loaded shipments clearly and accurately to avoid inconclusive evidence in case of claims.
• Stage material and bundles for sweep trucks for delivery to off‑site warehouse.
• Unload material and bundles from sweep trucks for proper storage within the warehouse.
• Accurately verify material being shipped and match it to manifest and sweep truck.
• Accurately verify material being unloaded and match it to manifest and sweep truck.
• Verify return sweeps are cleared and utilize new sweep number for record purposes; ensure safety precautions when loading and unloading.
• Document shipments properly.
• Request cycle count reports.
• Understand inventory material issues and reconcile them.
• Other duties as required.

EEO Statement

We Celebrate Who We Are! Allegion is committed to building and maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace. Together, we embrace all differences and similarities among colleagues, as well as the differences and similarities within the relationships that we foster with customers, suppliers and the communities where we live and work. Whatever your background, experience, race, color, national origin, religion, age, gender, gender identity, disability status, sexual orientation, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law, we will make sure that you have every opportunity to impress us in your application and to give your best at work, not because we’re required to, but because it’s the right thing to do. We are also committed to providing accommodations for persons with disabilities. Allegion is an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer.