Samples Coordinator

Westlake Chemical; Lenexa (KS); On-site; USD 17,000 - 25,000; Full time

Job summary

Westlake Chemical is seeking a materials handler to stock sample materials, assist with shipping, and use a table saw, drill, and other tools to cut shingles and prepare orders. The role requires attention to inventory and accuracy in processing customer requests.

The position emphasizes reading schedules, maintaining organized work areas, and recording materials movement. Physical endurance and basic math are helpful in daily tasks and shipping duties.

Qualifications

• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence.
• Ability to add and subtract two-digit numbers and to multiply and divide with 10's and 100's.

Responsibilities

• Ensures samples department sends out quality products every day.
• Keeps area stocked, cleaned, and organized; helps with shipping and ensures correct products are shipped.
• Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to identify items to move or distribute.
• Conveys materials from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.
• Sorts materials by size, type, style, color, or product code and places on racks or bins.
• Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or directs to packing or shipping.
• Marks materials with identifying information; opens containers; records amounts received or distributed.
• Uses computer to enter records; prepares parcels for mailing; maintains inventory records.
• Quality control of samples being sent out.

Skills

Reading & writing

Basic math

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

Less than high school or equivalent

Tools

Table saw

Drill

Band saw

Staple guns

Staplers

Router

Job description

Westlake offers you the potential to enrich your work life and career experience in an entrepreneurial environment. We work together to enhance peoples' lives through our products and presence in the communities in which we operate.This position is primarily responsible for ensuring that sample materials are stocked and area is clean and organized. This position also helps with shipping sample orders and uses the table saw to cut shingles, staplers, and drills by performing the following duties.ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:Core duties and responsibilities include the following. Other duties may be assigned.Ensures that samples department is sending out quality products each and every day.Keeps area stocked, cleaned, and organized.Helps with shipping product and ensures products that are shipped are correct.Reads production schedule, customer order, work order, shipping order, or requisition to determine items to be moved, gathered, or distributed.Conveys materials and items from receiving or production areas to storage or to other designated areas.Sorts and places materials or items on racks, shelves, or in bins according to predetermined sequence such as size, type, style, color, or product code.Assembles customer orders from stock and places orders on pallets or shelves, or conveys orders to packing station or shipping department.Marks materials with identifying information.Opens bales, crates, and other containers.Records amounts of materials or items received or distributed.Uses computer to enter records.Prepares parcels for mailing.Maintains inventory records.ACCOUNTABILITY:Quality control of samples being sent outSUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:This job has no supervisory responsibilities.EDUCATION AND/OR EXPERIENCE:Less than high school education; or up to one-month related experience or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience.LANGUAGE SKILLS:Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, and memos. Ability to write simple correspondence. Ability to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.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.REASONING ABILITY:Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.SPECIALIZED EQUIPMENT:1 hour/dailyTable saw - Cutting shinglesDrill - Attaching sample boardsBand - Cutting shinglesStaple GunsStaplersRouterPHYSICAL DEMANDS:The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform 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 employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel. The employee is frequently required to walk; reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. The employee is occasionally required to sit; climb or balance and stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl.The employee must regularly lift and /or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.Specific vision abilities required by this job include color vision.While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently exposed to outside weather conditions. The employee is occasionally exposed to moving mechanical parts.The noise level in the work environment is usually loud.WORK ENVIRONMENTThe employee should possess the ability to:Be exposed to sounds or noise levels that maybe uncomfortable.Ability to work around heat environment, chemicals, and other substances, and in various environmental conditions.This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. All duties and responsibilities are essential job functions and requirements and are subject to possible modification to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities or may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an \"at will\" relationship.Westlake is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to any characteristics protected by applicable legislation.If you are an active Westlake employee (or an employee of any Westlake affiliates), please do not apply here. You will apply via the Jobs Hub application in Workday.