Materials Coordinator & Kanban Specialist

ITW Food Equipment Group; Fort Worth (TX); On-site; USD 22,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

ITW Food Equipment Group in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Warehouse Material Handler to support production lines with raw materials and components. The role emphasizes safe operation and accurate material movement, including receiving, stocking, and issuing items per production schedules.

You will manage kanban replenishment, conduct inventory checks, and coordinate with production and purchasing to ensure timely availability of parts. A certified forklift operator license is required.

Qualifications

• Ability to follow verbal and written instructions.
• Ability to read and follow work orders.
• Ability to perform basic computer operation tasks and capable of learning programs used in kanban and production areas of the company including ERP Software, spreadsheets, and email.
• Possess a certified forklift operator license and a minimum of one-year experience. OSHA trained.
• Familiarity or ability to learn lean flow manufacturing concepts.

Responsibilities

• Follows all company safety rules and policies.
• Orders and releases raw materials.
• Liaises between production and purchasing.
• Conducts inventory and cycle counts and investigations.
• Reads work orders, production schedules or follows visual and oral instructions to determine materials to be moved, what parts are to be retrieved from receiving and where on the production line to position the specific parts for use by production employees.
• Knows, or can learn, manufacturing processes, receiving and production floor parts inventory procedures.
• Owns the kanban replenishment process, including maintenance of kanban bins/locations, visual parts, setup, and proper replenishment requests.
• Removes and delivers damaged parts off the production floor to the proper site.
• Operates forklift in a safe productive manner.
• Works cooperatively and congenially with co-workers to achieve cohesive and productive work processes and work environment.
• Performs additional tasks as assigned by management or as the situation requires.

Skills

Forklift operator license

OSHA trained

Follow verbal and written instructions

Read work orders

Lean flow concepts

Tools

ERP Software

Spreadsheets

Email

Job description

ITW Food Equipment Group in Fort Worth, TX is seeking a Warehouse Material Handler to support production lines with raw materials and components. The role emphasizes safe operation and accurate material movement, including receiving, stocking, and issuing items per production schedules.

You will manage kanban replenishment, conduct inventory checks, and coordinate with production and purchasing to ensure timely availability of parts. A certified forklift operator license is required.