Our company culture is built upon YKK’s philosophy called the CYCLE OF GOODNESS™. We believe that providing value and being fair to our customers and our employees is what makes us a successful company in return. Guided by our core values and fundamental behaviors, we strive to foster a caring company, committed employees and challenging work that benefits our employees, customers, and communities. We offer competitive compensation packages, training and advancement opportunities. YKK AP America provides employees with a comprehensive benefits package designed to provide the security they need to enjoy life at home and at work. By providing a high level of benefit coverage at a reasonable cost to the employee, we hope to foster a long and productive employment relationship.

Position Summary

The purpose of this position is to assure proper controls in; inventory control, quality, and safety are maintained, and that a positive communication approach, with all employees, is supported. The positions daily objectives will focus on proper utilization of manpower, training, equipment, and to assure materials availability required to process customer orders for on time shipment.

Essential Functions and Key Responsibilities

• Assign work based on shop order control schedules.

• Coordinate all customer pick up orders and UPS/FedEx shipments (in/out).

• Ensure necessary materials, tools and proper equipment is available to perform daily work.

• Train all new hires entering the department.

• Responsible for all cross training within the department.

• Responsible for leading all activities commiserate with Inventory Transactions and Controls.

• Conducts inventory cycle counts.

• Troubleshoot inventory issues.

• Ensures work area and all shift employees follow safety regulations to include but not limited PPE, 5S and general working conditions.

• Conduct monthly safety topic meetings with employee(s).

• Reviews and recommends to Department Leadership any measures to improve the department and areas to include but not limited to production methods, equipment, quality, safety, and service, performance of the equipment and individual’s shift responsibilities.

Qualifications and Skill Requirements

• High school diploma or general education degree (GED) plus 5 years of experience in shipping, receiving or warehousing and at least two years of Shipping experience with YKK AP; or equivalent combination of education and experience.

• Must possess leadership skills and demonstrate the ability to motivate and lead a successful team.

• Have a basic/core understanding of BPCS and ADC systems, preferred.

• Proper lifting techniques required

• Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and ability to adjust focus

• Regularly required to stand; walk; use hands to finger, handle, or feel; reach with hands and arms and talk

• Required to stoop, kneel, climb, crouch, or crawl

• Be vigilant about safety

• Quality - conscious, oriented to excellence

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Recruiter Contact:

ASHLEY LITTLE

ASHLEYLITTLE@YKKAP.COM

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Employment with YKK AP America Inc. is conditioned upon successfully completing a negative drug test for the presence of illegal drugs.