Logistics Associate

Federal Applicant Rights - English

Federal Applicant Rights - Spanish

Essential Responsibilities

• Coordinates and processes daily orders.
• Receives incoming inventory as well as other items, logs and records them properly (including as applicable inspection/testing).
• Coordinates pickup of outgoing shipments via common carriers.
• Distributes incoming items to proper in-house department or logistics location.
• Ensures rotation of stock following FIFO guidelines.
• Repackages/labels all items leaving the service department.
• Follows all logistics policies, processes and procedures.
• Assists in training new employees and in providing ongoing training to existing ones.
• Ensures that logistics is clean and well-organized and helps ensure daily checks of all logistics-related IT equipment occur.
• Performs routine maintenance of building; supports light bulb replacement, minor repairs, painting, cleaning or other duties as needed.
• Processes all returned equipment and delivers to service department decontamination room.

Supervisory Responsibility

This position is an individual contributor and has no direct supervisory responsibility.

Work Environment

This position operates in a professional office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as computers, phones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and fax machines.

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. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. The employee frequently is required to stand, walk, and stoop; use hands to finger, handle or feel; and reach with hands and arms. The employee frequently is required to lift and/or carry up to 50 pounds. For more information, please refer to the Position Analysis/Physical Activities Checklist on file in Human Resources.

Position Type and Expected Hours of Work

This is a full-time position. Days and hours of work are Monday through Friday, 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Occasional evening and weekend work may be required as job duties demand.

Travel

This position requires no measurable travel.

Required Education and Experience

• High school diploma or equivalent required; post-secondary education of any type is a definite plus.
• 1-3 years’ experience in materials management, shipping & receiving or other logistics functions required; strong preference for medical device or other regulated healthcare industry experience.
• Must be able to operate and maintain certification for company forklift and cherry-picker device.
• Safe driving record required.

Position Requirements

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required.
• Must be highly organized and possess strong interpersonal skills.
• Must be computer literate with strong preference for those that have MS Office experience as well as familiarity with shipping/receiving and inventory control systems.
• Must be deadline-oriented and work well with other departments in a high volume environment.

Competencies

• Problem Solving/Analysis.
• Results Driven.
• Detail Orientation.
• Customer Focus.
• Communication Proficiency.

Additional Eligibility Qualifications

None required for this position.

Work Authorization/Security Clearance

Employees must be legally authorized to work in the United States. Employees must not be specifically barred from working with Federal contracts, government entities or otherwise listed on excluded parties list as maintained by the Federal government.

AAP/EEO Statement

Erbe employees and applicants for employment are protected by federal laws, Presidential Executive Orders, and state and local laws designed to protect employees and job applicants from discrimination on the bases of race, religion, color, sex (including pregnancy, gender identity, and sexual orientation), parental status, national origin, age, disability, family medical history or genetic information, political affiliation, military service or other non-merit-based factors. These protections extend to all management practices and decisions, including recruitment and hiring practices, appraisal systems, promotions, and training and career development programs.

Other Duties

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

At-Will Employment

This position description does not constitute a contract or guarantee employment for any specified time. The company may exercise its employment-at-will rights at any time.