Material Handler - Shift 4

Portland, OR

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Job Description

With a career at Western Graphics & Data, you’ll play a significant role in an exciting growth industry while working with some of the most dedicated professionals around. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment that’s both challenging and rewarding, we’d like to learn more about you!

As a Material Handler with Western Graphics & Data, you will be responsible for maintaining inventory accuracy of productions and raw materials throughout the facility. The incumbent will schedule and coordinate the efficient distribution of products and raw materials, in order to support production and meet customer requirements. The incumbent will aslo be responsible for assisting with loading and unloading trucks and moving material within the warehouse to and from the loading platform. The position requires the operation of hand trucks, forklifts, hoists, computers, and scanners.

This full time position will be expected to work 4:00 p.m. - 4:00 a.m., Wednesday - Friday with alternating Satrudays.

Key Responsibilities

Works with a small team; must be flexible on coverage, if required.
Responsible for the integrity of products and ray materials throughout the facility.
Ensure customer requirements for inventory management are being adhered to.
Enter record of material being moved in and out of the warehouse into inventoy software on a daily basis.
Operate forklift and power jacks safely observing all safety rules, utilizing horns and maintaining proper speeds.
Complete daily updates, cycle counts, and adjustments of inventories.
Stage all raw materials for orders at production equipment in a timely manner.
Maintain regular and frequent communication with Production Supervisors to ensure necessary raw materials and product are available for shift.
Perform shipping and recieving functions, as needed; wrapping and banding pallets, loading and unloading trucks, preparing appropriate shipping documents and enter receipts into inventory.
Shred damaged cards following established guidelines and prepare Certificates of Destruction for customers.
Oversee shredding by contracted vendors.
Manage and protect customer data according to established guidelines.
Cross train for shipping activities to provide adequate back-up for shipping staff.
Develop, review, and revise written procedures and work instructions.
Audit inventory paperwork for accuracy.
Comply with all safety, DOT, HAZMAT, and environmental policies and procedures.
Use all designated Personal Protective Equipment, as required.
Behave in accordance with Travel Tags, Inc. Core Values.

Skills/Requirements

Education

Required: High School Diploma or equivalent
Desired: Associate's Degree in Business or related field

Experience

One (1) year in warehouse and/or shipping role, preferably in a manufacturing environment
Radio Frequency Scanner (RFS) system (preferred)
UPS Worldship and/or Fed Ex ShipManager software (preferred)

Other Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

Ability to become certified on a forklift
Strong verbal and written communication skills.
Strong attention to detail, process oriented and organized.
Interact constructively and effectively with all plant employees.
Ability to work in a team environment toward a common goal.
Reacts to change productively and is able to handle other tasks as assigned.
Maintains a pattern of regular and predictable attendance.
A service-oriented individual with a high energy, positive and friendly demeanor.
Ability to respond to continually changing priorities and coordinate multiple projects.
Computer skills (Outlook, Excel, Word, PowerPoint, internet research).
Ability to read, write, speak and comprehend English.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or national origin.

About Travel Tags

We value a work-life balance and the overall well-being of our employees. You will see that reflected in our comprehensive benefits package. We offer a competitive benefit package including health, dental, vision, and life insurance, 401(k) plan, profit sharing, PTO (Paid Time Off), Holiday pay, and other benefits that help inspire our employees to stay and grow with us.

Travel Tags was founded in 1973 as a manufacturer of luggage tags and travel accessories. We produced our first gift card in 1999, entering what is now a $100 billion growth industry. Today, we are known as the preeminent solutions provider in the ever-changing stored-value market, and we ship hundreds of millions of gift cards throughout the world each year.

Our turnkey solutions include design, eCommerce, card manufacturing, data management, secure packaging, and a broad range of specialty print technologies that help create lasting impressions for some of the world’s most prominent brands. Our world-class solutions have earned us the most coveted industry accolades, including the International Card Manufacturer's Élan Award, People’s Choice Award, Judges’ Choice Award, and Best Gift Card of the Year.