Material Handler - Grand Rapids, United States - Leggett & Platt

Leggett & Platt

Verified Company

Grand Rapids, United States

3 weeks ago

Posted by:

Mark Lane

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Description

We make life more comfortable.

Leggett & Platt's overall mission is a commitment to enhance lives - by delivering quality products, offering empowering and rewarding careers, and doing our part in bringing about a better future.

Leggett & Platt's inventive heritage and leadership in the residential products industry span more than 130 years.

As _The Components People_, we are the leading supplier of a wide range of products and components for all areas of life, including mattress springs and carpet cushion, as well as bedding machinery and erosion-control products.

From aerospace tubing and fabricated assemblies to flooring underlayment and carpet cushion, Leggett & Platt has divisions that design, manufacture, and sell a variety of products.

Our reliable product development and launch capability, coupled with our global footprint, make us a trusted partner for customers in the aerospace, hydraulic cylinders, flooring, têxtile, and geo components industries.

Furniture
A Leader in the Upholstered Furniture Industry

In our Furniture Components business, we design, manufacture, and distribute a wide range of components and finished products that enhance comfort, motion, and style in upholstered furniture, including recliner mechanisms, seating support systems, and sofa sleeper units.

With a global footprint that includes international manufacturing, product development, distribution and sales, we are strategically positioned to support upholstered furniture manufacturers around the world.

Workplace Furniture Solutions

Leggett & Platt is North America's leading independent manufacturer of office furniture components and mechanism. Our Work Furniture business produces task and finished components, as well as select lines of private label finished seating.

From surface-critical bent tube assemblies and molded plywood components to chair mechanisms, bases, arms, seats, and backs, Work Furniture brings diverse world-class manufacturing capabilities together in the production and assembly of high-quality contract furniture products.

Learn more about Furniture components:
Furniture

Learn more about Work Furniture:
Work Furniture

Leggett & Platt, Incorporated is looking for someone to be a Material Handler at our Genesis Seating location in Grand Rapids, Michigan.

HOURS:
Hours depend on shift

SUMMARY:

The Material Handler will be responsible for receiving, un-packing/packing material, palletizing, cycle counting, shipping, quality control, and data entry.

Duties include pulling material to production area(s) for scheduled jobs, cycle counts, receiving stocking, shipping and maintaining accurate records on material movements.

What you will be doing:

Transports various material including fabricated and vendor parts, scrap, finished goods, etc.
Receives, stores, delivers and maintains inventory records of parts and materials to the production lines and other areas as required.
Safely loads and unloads trucks and containers of materials, parts or products including steel and other items from trucks and makes delivery of material to the proper delivery point.
Maintains a minimum stock in the production area to ensure continuous production and reports any part shortages.
Complies with proper PPE guidelines. Follows rules for safe operation with fork truck with regard to pedestrian, factory property, the fork truck and material being transported or handled.
Performs necessary transactions in ERP/MRP to maintain accurate quantitybylocation inventory control system.
Performs safety and maintenance checklists on all equipment.
Participate on Lean and Kaizen events and training.
Other duties as assigned by manager or supervisor.

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

A few things you will need.

Solid work history including related material handling experience.
Must possess fork truck operation experience and/or certification and the ability to use all types of material handling equipment.
Ability to read and interpret production schedule, inventory reports, packing lists and checkin incoming material and sign for same.
Must demonstrate a good attention to detail and the ability to communicate effectively both verbally and in writing.
Ability to exhibit good judgment related to safety, quality, cost and delivery of parts, processes and product.
Basic math, computer and keyboarding skills to work within the ERP/MRP system.

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