Material Handler

ALPLA is a global family-owned, privately held company that makes innovative, customized, recycled packaging for top companies such as P&G, Unilever, L'Oréal, Pepsi, and more. ALPLA values their employees, work-life balance, personal growth, compensation and sustainability.

Main Purpose of the Job:

To perform all activities needed to maintain material supplies in an efficient, careful,

attentive way, observing good manufacturing practices and production, quality and

safety standards. Maintaining machines and equipment to ensure correct volumes and

quality of raw material.

Main Responsibilities:

• Ensures material availability and accurate inventory

           -Ensures delivered materials are stored in the correct location, including labels

           -Ensures silo's capacities are checked at shift start and finish to guarantee machines

            do not run out of material

           -Checks with Supervisor at the beginning of shift for any pending color changes

           -Ensures a correct and accurate inventory is taken, as requested

           -Reports to Production Manager any anticipated shortages of colorants

• Ensures efficient material usage

            -Ensures regrind waste is kept to a minimum and that any waste is recorded

            -Ensures any regrind that can be returned to the machines is returned as soon as possible

• Color Changes

             -Ensures all correct procedures are followed during a color change

             -Ensures materials no longer being used are returned to the correct area

             -Ensures material hoses are hooked up correctly

• Ensures cleanliness of regrind room, label room and mezzanine
• Assists Maintenance and Mold Change Team

Performance Measurements:

• Color change done in a timely fashion
• Machines are not down for lack of material
• Regrind waste at a minimum
• Accurate inventory

Education/Experience:

• High School Diploma or equivalent
• Experience in manufacturing environment
• Experience as Material Handler preferred

Qualifications/Skills:

• Able to lift up to 50 pounds
• Able to operate Forklifts

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. While performing the duties of this job:

• The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with hands and arms and very occasionally to climb or balance.
• The employee is frequently required to use hands to finger, handle, or feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl and talk or hear.
• The employee is occasionally required to sit.
• The employee must regularly lift and/ or move up to 10 lbs., frequently lift and/or move up to 30 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move more than 50 lbs.
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision.