Material Specialist; Strider; Standup Forklift

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At Allegion, we help keep the people you know and love safe and secure where they live, work and visit. With more than 40 brands, 14,000+ employees globally and products sold in 130 countries, we specialize in security around the doorway and beyond.

Additionally, Allegion is proud to be recognized with the 2026 Gallup Exceptional Workplace Award (GEWA) for the third consecutive year, earning distinction in both the employee engagement and strengths categories. This year, Allegion also received Gallup’s With Distinction honor — a designation reserved for a select group of organizations that go above and beyond in building exceptional workplace cultures.

Allegion is seeking a Material Specialist (Strider) to fulfill a full-time position in Snoqualmie, WA at our Technical Glass Products facility. The Material Strider is responsible for verifying the correct materials and quantities are supplied to the machining team to keep production flowing efficiently and on-time.

You will work independently to maintain an organized raw material (long metal extrusions) area and provide continuous flow of materials to manufacturing.
Standup forklift experience is required
. Additional responsibilities will include physical and administrative tasks involving inventory control, daily data entry, inventory, labeling, storing and distributing materials parts and supplies.

Schedule: Monday – Thursday 5:00 AM – 3:30 PM, overtime as needed

What You Will Do:

• Primary responsibility is to pick and stage inventory for machining using standup forklift
• Perform timely and accurate data entry daily to allocate inventory against Pick Lists and other usage
• Provide accurate inventory cycle counts, update inventory locations and ensure material is correctly identified
• Take the initiative to research and resolve material related problems
• Communicate, monitor and expedite shortages
• Print part labels, Pick Lists and BOM (Bill of Materials) and other key documents
• Offload material from containers, trucks and or other vehicles and move to appropriate locations for further processing
• Unpack, label and stock materials and consumables in accordance to storage requirements
• Complete all necessary documentation pertaining to inventory movement and transactions
• Maintain work areas according to 5S principles daily
• Fulfill assigned specific daily and weekly job assignments as outlined by supervisor that meet departmental and company goals
• Visually inspect materials and follow disposal standard operating process.
• Support inventory, picking, cycle counting, and other material distribution in the facility as needed.
• Assist in the development of Standard Operating Procedures to support machining activities.
• Understand and comply with all appropriate safety and work safety regulations.
• Continuously maintain a clean work area including the cleanup and disposal of trash, production scrap, and material drop-off. Assist in cleaning common areas.
• Ensure all opened profile bundles are securely strapped.
• Other duties as assigned

What You Need to Succeed:

• Standup forklift experience is required
• 2+ years of experience in material distribution, inventory, supply chain, or manufacturing preferred
• Data entry and computer navigation skills
• Ability to navigate Material Resource Planning / Enterprise Resource Planning type systems (MRP/ERP)
• Strong organizational skills with close attention to detail and prioritizing multiple tasks along with meeting deadlines
• Ability to read, analyze, and interpret inventory data and reports
• Excellent Customer Service Skills; display a professional ‘can do’ attitude
• Consistently demonstrate independent judgment and initiative; driven self-started dedicated to continuous process improvement
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