Shipping/Receiving Operator-1st Shift - Entry-US

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With over 85 years as an industrial technology leader, Kennametal Inc. delivers productivity to customers through materials science, tooling and wear-resistant solutions. Customers across aerospace and defense, earthworks, energy, general engineering and transportation turn to Kennametal to help them manufacture with precision and efficiency. Learn more at kennametal.com. Follow @Kennametal: Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn and YouTube.

Shipping/ Receiving Associate

Purpose: Acts as an experienced operator within a warehouse: Receives, tracks materials, resolves issues as related to tasks, trains entry level operators, inventories stock, pulls, picks, and ships orders.

Key Job Responsibilities: 

• Execute final packaging and distribution of products to appropriate destinations.
• Receive material from external operations in SAP.
• Follow instructions on delivery notes for shipments to distribution centers and customers.
• Independently packs orders for shipment.
• Receives daily products from stock transfers and outside vendors.
• Re-orders supplies such as boxes, bags, labels, and packing tubes.
• Works with planners to resolve shipping or receiving issues.
• Performs tasks with little to sometimes moderate supervision.
• Maintains / completes certifications.
• Performs transactions / resolves transaction discrepancies in the SAP / ERP system required to process material movements.
• Responsible for maintaining and ensuring workplace organization programs (5S, EHS) are adhered to for the assigned area.

Education, Work Experience, Skills, Certificates:

• High school diploma or equivalency
• 3-5 years of relevant work experience
• Does not require vocational training nor a university degree
• Works with clearly defined / sometimes ambiguous methods and tasks that are described in detail.
• Contributes directly to specific unskilled tasks or processes.
• Has some discretion to vary from established procedures with supervision input.
• Contributes indirectly to specific unskilled tasks or processes.
• Previous forklift operating experience.
• Self-driven initiative and adaptability to solving problems autonomously. 

 Kennametal Inc. is an Equal Employment Opportunity employer.