Material Handler I

Job Description

As part of the Thermo Fisher Scientific team, you’ll discover meaningful work that makes a positive impact on a global scale. Join our colleagues in bringing our Mission to life every single day to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. We provide our global teams with the resources needed to achieve individual career goals while helping to take science a step beyond by developing solutions for some of the world’s toughest challenges, like protecting the environment, making sure our food is safe or helping find cures for cancer.

How will you make an impact?

The Material Handler I is responsible for ensuring all daily outbound shipment requirements are completed on-time and that all necessary documentation is filled out accurately and completely to meet shipment requirements.

Successful performance of these job duties significantly impacts the timeliness and quality of customer shipments. The ability to reduce costs in scrap activities contributes to the overall corporate cost-saving initiative.

Shift schedule: Monday - Thursday. 9 AM – 6 PM.

Friday: 8 AM – 2:30 PM

What will you do?

• Assists in the daily processing of all outbound shipments to ensure on-time shipments to all destinations.

• Assists in the coordination of deliveries of material from outside warehouses.

• Observe all LEAN and 5S initiatives and related procedures within the distribution environment

How will you get here?

• 0 -1 year of related training and/or experience in distribution or receiving-related business operations is ideal, but not required for this position.
• Minimum of a high-school diploma is required.
• Must be able to prioritize daily work activities to ensure shipment requirements are aligned and accomplished.
• Must be able to clearly communicate requirements to vendors, marketing and customer service through both verbal and written communication.
• Build good working relationships with suppliers and external departments.
• Ability to help solve practical problems related to transportation activities and deal with a variety of situations where there is no clear precedent for action.
• Ability to interpret a variety of instructions furnished in written, oral, diagram, or schedule form.
• This person will use their analytical skills to identify where deviations from standard procedures are warranted and to support one’s position for corrective action.
• Ability to wor in a fast-paced, deadline-based environment with a high degree of accuracy and accomplishment.
• Extra hours may be required to stay until all daily shipment paperwork is completed, especially at the quarter-end of each accounting period.
• Requires good oral and written presentation skills to communicate ideas and procedures to management and peers. Good organizational skills.
• Competency in Word, Excel, and Oracle E1 applications is a plus. Valid Power Lift Equipment License, WHMIS and IATA certification is a requirement.

Physical Requirements:

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 frequently required to stand and walk. The individual may be required to move boxes up to 30 lbs. in weight. They will spend considerable time at a computer keyboard, composing receiving paperwork, spreadsheets, and handling e-mail. This position requires standing for a period of 8 hours during a 10 hour shift. Operation of power lift equipment is required to move material throughout the warehouse. The ability to pick orders in multiple temperatures is essential. The temperatures range from ambient, 2-4 degrees Celsius and minus 20 degrees Celsius.

Our Mission is to enable our customers to make the world healthier, cleaner and safer. Watch as our colleagues explain 5 reasons to work with us. As one global team of 100,000 colleagues, we share a common set of values - Integrity, Intensity, Innovation and Involvement - working together to accelerate research, solve complex scientific challenges, drive technological innovation and support patients in need. #StartYourStory at Thermo Fisher Scientific, where diverse experiences, backgrounds and perspectives are valued.

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