Materials Support - Full-time / Part-time

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Sensus, a Xylem brand, helps a wide range of public service providers - from utilities to cities to industrial complexes and campuses - do more with their infrastructure to improve quality of life in their communities. We enable our customers to reach farther through the application of technology and data-driven insights that deliver efficiency and responsiveness. We partner with them to anticipate and respond to evolving business needs with innovation in sensing and communications technologies, data analytics and services. Learn more at sensus.com and follow @SensusGlobal on Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter.

The Role: Sensus, a Xylem brand, seeks to hire a Materials Support person, as a member of the Materials team in DuBois, PA. Responsibilities include monitoring and maintaining inventory accuracy, processing inventory transactions to support inventory movement throughout the warehouse and production areas, and physical movement of materials including the use of powered industrial trucks. This position will also work cross-functionally and (in limited capacity) with suppliers to maximize revenue, Working Capital and EBITDA realization, while concurrently maximizing internal and external customer satisfaction.

Essential Duties/Principal Responsibilities:

• Maintain inventory levels and accuracy through executing transactions of inventory movement inside and outside the warehouse and cycle counting to approved program standards (including root cause analysis and corrective/preventive action implementation)
• Provide accurate perpetual balance records and transaction history detail of Customer-Owned Property movements
• Work with Production departments, Quality, Engineering and Finance on nonconforming material discovery, quarantine, return and reimbursement activities to ensure financial recovery
• Support Receiving and Shipping activities as assigned
• Physically move materials with self and/or manual or powered industrial trucks. *Certification by onsite instructor is required for powered truck usage.
• Support Service Parts revenue realization through pulling, packing and shipping daily sales orders.
• Participate in company or department meetings, as necessary
• Participate in annual Physical Inventory and its preparation activities

Minimum Qualifications: Education, Experience, Skills, Abilities, License/Certification:

• Above average attention to detail, due to the transactional nature of the position
• 1-3 years of industry and/or manufacturing and warehouse experience is preferred
• Ability to clearly communicate and resolve inventory accuracy issues are a must.
• Safely operate hand truck / fork truck and other material handling equipment is required.
• Proven working knowledge of MS Office programs
• Stocking production lines and keeping the warehouse organized.
• Work in a team environment.

Physical 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.)

• Regularly required to sit or stand, reach, bend and move about the facility

Work Environment:

(The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.)

• Manufacturing/Warehouse environment includes lifting not to exceed 40 lbs.
• Standard weekly job hours: 40 hours

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