Purchasing Assistant Warehouse - Rotating Shift Job Plainwell Michigan USA,Warehouse

Position: PURCHASING ASSISTANT WAREHOUSE - 12 HR ROTATING SHIFT 6AM - 6PM
Location: Plainwell

Purchasing Assistant: AM 8 Hours

Serves under Purchasing Supervisor.

Key Responsibilities

Retrieving, issuing, and documenting parts and materials as they are received and dispersed.

Receiving and taking delivery of parts and materials.

Delivering parts and materials.

Operating a forklift:

Load and unload product placing bales of cardboard, chemicals, machinery, etc. away in warehouses and overhead storage racks.
Unloading freight and chemicals from incoming deliveries.
Dumping 2 cu yd dumpsters filled with trash, production residue, hide sludge and other waste materials into open-top trash dumpsters and trash compactors.
Retrieving chemicals from chemical storage and racking and delivering to various departments.

Additional Inventory Duties

Taking daily or cyclical inventories.

Verifying on‑hand inventories.

Verifying incoming shipments of materials.

Posting receivers on computer system.

Issuing materials from inventory on computer system.

Filing paperwork and documents by combination of company name and numerical sequence.

Handling handwritten issue slips and inventories requiring:

Legible penmanship.
Ability to read and interpret details of labels and placards on materials.
Ability to write twelve (12) digit number sequences without transposing numbers.

Finding parts and materials in the computer database for maintenance and other departments:

Checking on‑hand computer balances.
Finding locations and warehouses where parts are stored.
Researching order histories including:
- On order quantities.
- Requisition s and details including for whom the materials were ordered.
- Receiving histories.
- Issue histories.
- Return and repair histories.
- Handling repairs and returned parts and materials.

Qualifications

Individuals must have strong work ethic, be dependable, able to work independently (often without direct supervision) and possess a strong cooperative attitude.

Preferred Experience

Ability to speak and/or write Spanish.
Strong computer skills.
Familiarity with mechanical parts and materials.
Maintenance experience.
Experience with packaging materials.
Experience in handling chemicals.
Warehouse or stockroom experience.

Schedule

Day – 10:00am to 6:30pm M-F

EEO Statement

EOE/Vets/Disability

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