PO Receiver

Job Description

IPEX LLC is a manufacturer of the industry’s highest quality plastic pipe, with a comprehensive product offering, featuring PVC, CPVC, PE and PEX, with innovative production facilities. IPEX is known as an industry leader, focusing on innovation, timely delivery, and personalized service.

We currently have an excellent opportunity as a PO Receiver! This role is based at our facility in Huntsville, Alabama. The hours for this position will be Monday-Friday 7am-3:30pm.

Summary:

The PO Receiver will handle and process deliveries to the Plant. Duties include, but are not limited to, verifying that contents are accurate and that no items are damaged and maintaining an efficient flow of merchandise, which involves documenting, storing, stocking, locating, and distributing stock in the plant. These activities are to be conducted while ensuring and enhancing safety and housekeeping.

Key Responsibilities:

·       Safety: maintain a safe work environment through training, policy adherence, and housekeeping.

·       Verify items received are accurate in quality and quantity, advise appropriate personnel of any non-conformances and/or discrepancies, receive the items into the inventory system, and distribute items to accurate personnel.

·       Required to be familiar with all stock items and their location at the plant and DC; also, the part number system.

·       Complete knowledge & utilization of the RF system and Infoflo.

·       Meet department safety, quality, and efficiency standards.

·       Required to receive the product with limited supervision accurately.

·       Perform cycle counts as vital.

·       Required to be reasonably familiar with all plant receiving and shipping operations and their relationship with other departments.

·       Required to assist in keeping the plant area neat, clean, and orderly.

·       Requires good mobility - work involves considerable routine walking, bending, lifting a minimum of 50 lbs. or more, crawling, climbing ladders and equipment, and housekeeping activities such as sweeping.

·       Responsible for receiving shipments in a reasonable amount of time, ensuring safety and accuracy.

·       Other duties as delegated.

Skills, knowledge & requirements

·       Experience in an industrial or manufacturing environment is an asset.

·       1-2 years of receiving or inventor control experience preferred.

·       Must be self-motivated to work independently under minimal direction and have good written and verbal communication skills

·       Able to interpret instructions and directions diligently.

·       Computer skills including but not limited to, Microsoft Office.

·       SAP experience preferred.

·       Must be a good communicator with strong organizational skills

Regularly encounters problems that involve multiple-choice options, but through prior exposure, experience, and established procedures/policies, can resolve most appropriate course of action. Work involves both routine and non-routine tasks within well-defined standards.

Physical requirements

·       The ability to lift at least 50 pounds.

·       Ability to stand, lift, and perform for long periods.

·       The ability to wear all required PPE, including but not limited to safety glasses and hearing protection.

·       Ability to perform repetitive motions

Working Conditions:

The physical effort required is considerable due to heavy physical activities of various kinds. The physical environment is considered moderate due to exposure to various substances or equipment; this includes but is not limited to, moving machinery, repetitive motions, noise, and powered industrial equipment. Regular work is performed in a non-controlled temperature environment. These exposures could produce discomfort and/or moderate accident risk or ill health. Sensory attention is considered moderate due to often requiring increased demand on two or more senses at a time. Mental stress is considered moderate due to regular pressures from deadlines, quotas, and accuracy.

Benefits & Pay:

·       Starting hourly rate of $24.09/hour

·       401(k) matching

·       Dental insurance

·       Employee assistance program

·       Flexible spending account

·       Health insurance

·       Life insurance

·       Paid time off

·       Referral program

·       Tuition reimbursement

·       Vision insurance

IPEX is committed to providing accommodations for people with disabilities throughout the recruitment process and, upon request, will work with qualified job applicants to provide suitable accommodation in a manner that takes into account the applicant’s accessibility needs due to disability. Accommodation requests are available to candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process for IPEX jobs. To request an accommodation, please contact HR.