Material Handler

The Opportunity:

Avantor, a Global Fortune 500 company is looking for a dedicated Material Handler for our Distribution & Warehouse Operations organization.

This Mississauga, CAN role is full-time on-site, Monday through Friday 10:00 am- 6:30 PM.

Minimum Education Requirement

• High School diploma/ GED.

Required Experience (1+ yr):

• Warehouse systems (IE: SAP).
• Collaboration skills. (IE: Microsoft Teams/ Outlook).

Preferred Experience:

Inbound:

• Unload trucks, trailers, containers of freight, counting products, compare to manifest to check all shipments for damage, infestation, or production code dates.
• Report shortages, damages, and mis-shipments on appropriate forms.
• Sign for inbound shipments
• Moving inbound shipments safely to storage locations to be efficiently stacked as store merchandise.

Order Picking:

• Ensuring that the correct product number, quantity and type (lot, batch, serial number) of product are picked.
• Transporting orders to shipping locations or delivery platforms with material handling equipment such as fork trucks, cherry pickers and/ or pallet jacks.
• Stacking / separating good from bad pallets
• Cleaning railcars, trailers, truck docks and bays.
• Repacking/ re-boxing cases per customer instructions.
• Labeling, stenciling, tagging, marking orders, banding, bundling, wrapping, over-pack, and palletizing

Equipment:

• Maintaining equipment in a neat, clean and orderly fashion.
• Operating equipment safely and efficiently.
• Forklift/ HAZMAT certification.
• Operating shrink-wrap machine
• Charging forklift batteries
• Complying with company standards and OSHA requirements.

Inventory:

• Keeping accurate records and reports.
• Assisting in physical inventories and cycle counts.
• Repairing and consolidating damaged goods.
• Ensuring proper stock rotation.
• Keying inventory adjustments via a PC.

Outbound:

• Comparing quantity, labeling and address with order to ensure out-going shipments are complete and correct.
• Assigning signature for outbound shipments
• Moving product, cartons and or pallets into trailers, rail cars or containers.

• Reading, analyzing, and interpreting SOP’s, coverage, documents, and regulations.
• Writing reports and business correspondence.
• Presenting information
• Responding to questions from managers, clients, customers and the public.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

How you will thrive and create an impact:

Avantor® is a leading life sciences company and global provider of mission-critical products and services to the life sciences and advanced technology industries. A distribution facility, the Mississauga, Ontario location specializes in bringing innovations to market. The Material Handler will:

• Use proper techniques to lift up to 50 pounds.
• Use hands and feet simultaneously and for repetitive movements.
• Follow site protocols, policies, and procedures.
• Perform duties with the highest regard for safety and quality.
• Work in a team environment.
• Shift priorities easily.

Disclaimer:
The above statements are intended to describe the general nature and level of work being performed by employees assigned to this classification. They are not intended to be construed as an exhaustive list of all responsibilities, duties and skills required of employees assigned to this position. Avantor is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

Why Avantor?

Dare to go further in your career. Join our global team of 14,000+ associates whose passion for discovery and determination to overcome challenges relentlessly advances life-changing science.

The work we do changes people's lives for the better. It brings new patient treatments and therapies to market, giving a cancer survivor the chance to walk his daughter down the aisle. It enables medical devices that help a little boy hear his mom's voice for the first time. Outcomes such as these create unlimited opportunities for you to contribute your talents, learn new skills and grow your career at Avantor.

We are committed to helping you on this journey through our diverse, equitable and inclusive culture which includes learning experiences to support your career growth and success. At Avantor, dare to go further and see how the impact of your contributions set science in motion to create a better world. Apply today!

Pay Transparency:

The expected pre-tax pay for this position is

Actual pay may differ depending on relevant factors such as prior experience and geographic location.

EEO Statement:

We are an Equal Employment/Affirmative Action employer and VEVRAA Federal Contractor. We do not discriminate in hiring on the basis of sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, race, color, religious creed, national origin, physical or mental disability, protected Veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state/province, or local law.

If you need a reasonable accommodation for any part of the employment process, please contact us by email at [email protected] and let us know the nature of your request and your contact information. Requests for accommodation will be considered on a case-by-case basis. Please note that only inquiries concerning a request for reasonable accommodation will be responded to from this email address.

3rd Party Non-Solicitation Policy:

By submitting candidates without having been formally assigned on and contracted for a specific job requisition by Avantor, or by failing to comply with the Avantor recruitment process, you forfeit any fee on the submitted candidates, regardless of your usual terms and conditions. Avantor works with a preferred supplier list and will take the initiative to engage with recruitment agencies based on its needs and will not be accepting any form of solicitation.