Associate Warehouse Technician

Overview

Job Title: Associate Warehouse Technician
Job Duration: 6 Months contract
Location: Athens, GA 30601
Pay Range: $20-$22.22/hour on W2
Work Schedule: Full time
Shift: 1st shift (Hours 40 hours, 7am-4pm, Monday-Friday)
Full-time conversion: Yes – possibility of conversion to a full-time role

Duties:

• Operates the inventory management and control systems to receive, supply, transfer, take inventory, record cycle counts and store materials and/or products while maintaining accurate inventories both physically and systemically.
• Prepares expired and/or obsolete inventory for destruction.
• Receives and inspects raw materials, packaging materials, semi-finished and finished products from suppliers, purchase orders or production orders and/or transfers using inventory control and management systems and mechanical equipment such as forklifts, order pickers, electric and manual pallet jacks, etc., as well as auxiliary materials for the operation, respecting accurate real-time data entry into SAP.
• Performs accurate real-time data entry into SAP to receive inventory items and capture inventory-related transactions; ensures adherence to First Expiry-First Out (FEFO) policy, manages expired materials, and debits requesting departments as directed by supervisor or SR Technician.
• Identifies materials and products received by affixing labels, performs proper packaging of each pallet, box or shipping vessel/container, and delivers materials to the corresponding warehouse. Includes service quality requirements for sampling (request for materials to be sampled).
• Orders supporting materials such as additional materials including, but not limited to, labels and packing materials.
• Prepares and transfers products or materials (shipment to production, export, external warehouse) from approved inventories to local intercompany cost centers or storage locations, including logging and preparing required documentation including signatures, following GDPs.
• Responsible for service quality requirements for sampling (request for materials to be sampled).
• Navigates the SAP system to learn all relevant screens applicable to the warehouse position (including material inventory queries, bin-to-bin transfers, TO and TR orders, and basic data entry adjustments to warehouse inventory). Uses barcode scanners, printers, and label printers.
• Keeps the work area (all warehouse locations, coolers, freezers) clean and tidy (everything in place) at all times.
• Stays trained and current in quality systems (LOS).

• High School diploma or GED. 3-5 years of warehouse or relevant manufacturing / production / material handling experience.
• Understanding of the fundamentals of metric system measurement.
• Strong communication skills to respond to internal quality check and audit findings and to carry out day-to-day customer service.
• Intermediate knowledge of SAP, WCS or similar ERP storage system.
• Intermediate Microsoft Office Suite (MS Word, Excel, Outlook).
• Skilled in operating electric and manual pallet jacks, forklifts, and other order-picking equipment with forklift certification.
• Written and verbal communication skills and ability to follow procedures.
• Organized with attention to detail and a teamwork mindset.
• Basic 5S knowledge preferred.
• Inventory counting skills.
• Ability to lift 50 pounds unaided.
• Yellow belt desirable.
• Ability to work at least one weekend per month on an "On Call" basis.