Lead Material Handler - job 1 of 2

Working at Watlow
Are you looking for an opportunity to make a great living and be part of a thriving cross functional community? Watlow is a global technology and manufacturing leader who provides world class engineering expertise through innovative thermal products and systems, enabling our customers to thrive. We are making a positive impact every day as our solutions enrich the lives of people everywhere. We have been providing breakthrough thermal solutions for nearly a century. Our corporate values guide us uncompromisingly to always do the right thing, continually learn and improve, respect everyone and lead with service and humility.

About the Role
As the Lead Material Handler, located at our Austin, TX warehouse (Lake Travis Area), you will have an opportunity to partner with internal team members as well as experience customer relations as flow leader for the material handling team that issues and delivers materials to our field services team, production floor, keeps track of inventory, and ships and receives material to ensure proper flow. Ensures safe and effective movement of material within a warehouse or storage facility. The ideal candidate will be able to work individually as well as in teams.

Your Key Responsibilities will include:

• Directs the organization’s purchasing and inventory management of raw material receipts, material flow, and distribution of finished goods.
• Communicates freight transportation information to customers and suppliers, using transportation management, electronic logistics marketplace, or electronic freight information systems, to improve efficiency, speed, and quality of transportation services.
• Delivers continuous improvement through making recommendations on change and how to implement.
• Provides support to production scheduling on all material flow issues to meet production schedules and customer requirements.
• Issues and delivers correct materials to production floor, keeps track of inventory, ships, and receives materials to ensure proper flow.
• Resolves problems concerning transportation, logistics systems, imports, exports, and customer issues.
• Understands processes, knowledge of tools and techniques, and can apply them in multiple work areas, including an ability to train others.
• Receives and verifies the quality and quantity of shipments of incoming materials.
• Builds packaging, packs, checks product quality, weighs, organizes and verifies paperwork of shipments, loads and unloads materials.
• Establishes and implements processes to ensure the timely disposition of obsolete and excess materials.
• Trains shipping department personnel in roles or responsibilities regarding global logistics strategies.
• Demonstrates capabilities in material management, continuous improvement, MRP, pull systems, flow, and implementation of lean concepts.
• Develops strong relationships and provides effective communication, prioritization, and alignment across value streams, sites, business units, and functions.
• Demonstrates capability for engaging with external business partners to provide seamless linkage of supply chain processes.
• Follow-up as required with all teams to expedite flow of materials and documents to meet production schedule and customer expectations.
• Navigates software platforms used for shipping and receiving.

Desired Skills & Experience:

• Shipping materials through primary carriers Fedex, UPS, and secondary carriers Expeditors, DW Morgan and YRC
• Shipping materials via motor (LTL) and air freight
• Knowledge of Harmonized Tariff System (HTS) codes and how to apply them
• Creating Bills of Lading (BOL) and Shipper Letters of Instructions (SLI)
• Exporting products from U.S. to various countries
• Knowledge of U.S. Census Bureau's Automated Commercial Environment System (ACE)

Preferred Qualifications:
Two-year degree or Technical Certificate or related experience (3-5 years).
Leadership training

Required Qualifications:
High school graduate/GED certificate or equivalent.

Benefits: The Watlow Total Compensation Plan
The health, well-being and financial stability of you and your family is a high priority to us. The Watlow Total Rewards Plan includes competitive compensation and a full range of life and career enhancing benefits:

• Annual Achievement Award
• 401(k) plan that includes a company match on your contribution and an annual company contribution that is tied to company performance
• Onsite wellness clinic
• Wellness incentives
• Employee Personal Assistance Program
• Dental, medical, vision and short-term and long-term disability insurance
• Paid holidays, personal time, and vacation
• Parental leave
• Tuition reimbursement

Diversity & Inclusion
We proactively embrace diversity in all its dimensions across our company and cultivate a culture of inclusion and forward thinking that respects and reflects each team member’s individual strengths, views, and experiences. Watlow takes pride in being an inclusive equal opportunity employer and considers for employment qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability or protected veteran status.

Please let us know confidentially if you need or require any special accommodations to participate in our recruiting process by emailing us at accommodations@Watlow.com.