PHYSICAL AND VISUAL ACTIVITIES:
- Disassemble and re-assemble equipment in congested areas and awkward positions.
- Hose down machines, conveyors, floors, etc.
- Climb stairs and ladders.
- Ability to visually differentiate items of color, up close and in the distance.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
- Ability to wear personal protective equipment and/or clothing.
- Stand/walk 8 or more hours per day.
- Constantly bend, reach, twist/turn, talk/hear and taste/smell.
- Constantly use eye/hand and eye/hand/foot coordination to use tools and operate machinery.
- Frequently squat and grip/grasp buckets, hoses and brushes.
- Frequently handle/finger and fine motor tasks to remove equipment, plastic wrap, tools and operate CIP program.
- Frequently lift less than 5 lbs from floor to overhead and carry 100 feet.
- Occasionally kneel/crawl and climb stairs/ladders.
- Occasionally lift up to 100 lbs from floor to waist.
- Occasionally carry up to 100 lbs 25 feet.
- Occasionally carry up to 50 lbs 100 feet.
- Push carts of chemicals requiring 30 lbs of force 50 feet.
- Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, and color vision.
ENVIRONMENTAL/ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS:
- Constantly work in damp, wet, humid and slippery environments.
- Constantly work near moving equipment with fumes or airborne debris.
- Constantly work with toxic or caustic chemicals.
- Constantly work in extreme heat/cold (68-80 degrees).
- Constantly work in high noise levels requiring hearing protection.
- Frequently work in high places.
Education/Certification:
Bachelor’s degree in materials/logistics management, accounting, or business from an accredited college or university
Experience:
7-10 years of relevant work experience in purchasing, expediting, transportation, and logistics in an automated manufacturing environment. Supervisory experience.
Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
Knowledge of (B/basic; J/journey; E/expert):
- Order processing concepts and techniques (E)
- Inventory procedures (J)
- Manufacturing concepts and techniques (J)
- Regulatory policies and procedures (OSHA, AIB, HACCP, DOT) (J)
- Computer-based inventory control systems (J)
- PC word processing/spreadsheet software applications (J)
- Supervisory concepts and techniques (J)
- PC word processing/spreadsheet software (J)
- Quality assurance concepts and techniques (B)
- Shipping and receiving (B)
- General accounting principles and practices (B)
- Employee relations concepts and generally accepted practices (B)
Skill and ability to:
- Maintain optimal inventory levels
- Negotiate effectively with vendors
- Lead a diverse workforce of up to 20 employees
- Manage and motivate employees in a team-based environment
- Interpret purchasing or inventory anomalies and identify appropriate solutions
- Communicate and coordinate effectively with internal and external customers verbally and in writing
- Read and process written information with a high degree of accuracy
- Work effectively in a general business environment, with a focus on high levels of quality and customer service
- Act in accordance with GSF’s Values and Creed