Senior Material Handler

1-year contract, potential for extension or conversion

Day Shift: 7:30 - 4 pm (w/ .5 hour lunch) or 7:30 - 4:30 pm (w/ 1 hour lunch)

5 days a week onsite in Menlo Park, CA

Responsibilities:

• Responsible for receiving and processing incoming material, securely and safely storing materials, issuing material to work orders and other uses, ensuring that all necessary transactions are completed in the ERP system, performing cycle counts, analyzing inventory discrepancies and other duties as assigned.
• Perform assigned duties in a timely and accurate manner.
• Ensure all inventory control activities are executed to meet company business schedules and budgets.

Position Requirements:

• A minimum of 3 years of warehouse material handling experience.
• Experience in receiving, stockroom, material handling, and inventory analysis roles.
• Experience in a life science environment along with shipping cold chain temperature-sensitive materials including shipping dangerous goods.
• Proficiency with SAP for inventory management and material handling transactions required.
• A self-starter and a team player that will thrive in an entrepreneurial environment.
• Possess the flexibility to take on work as required and use experience to respond creatively to evolving challenges.
• Experience in implementing, executing, and improving cycle count programs, KANBAN systems, etc.
• Large- and small-company experience, ideally in a rapid-growth manufacturing environment.
• Proven track record in successfully executing job duties accurately and efficiently and contributing to process improvements.
• Excellent customer service skills.
• Excellent interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills.
• Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills.
• Routinely engages in independent thought and judgment in analyzing problems and recommending methods and techniques for executing job duties in a more cost-effective manner.