Distribution Associate II

Dentsply Sirona - Milford, DE

Full-time

Milford, DE

Miscellaneous Manufacturing

About the position

The Distribution Associate II at Dentsply Sirona plays a crucial role in the shipping and receiving department, responsible for loading and unloading materials, maintaining inventory, and ensuring compliance with shipping regulations. This position requires attention to detail and the ability to operate various machinery while contributing to a safe and efficient workplace.

Responsibilities

• Loads and unloads materials and goods from incoming and outgoing trucks.
• Unpacks and examines incoming shipments, rejects damaged items, records shortages, and corresponds with shipper to rectify damages and shortages.
• Routes items to departments.
• Maintains inventory of shipping materials and supplies.
• Operates tier lift truck or uses hand truck to move, convey or hoist shipments from shipping and receiving platform to storage or work area.
• Unload, inspect and sort freight by lot numbers.
• Separates quarantine items from remaining stock.
• Fills requisitions.
• Verifies and signs for incoming material receipts.
• Operates company truck for deliveries within a 5-mile radius of the main plant.
• Knowledge of packing materials and requirements, as well as an understanding of shipping documents.
• Transport packaging of orders of various sizes, weights and quantities and segregation for pickup.
• Assists in loading trucks while verifying the shipment is completed in accordance with the Bill of Lading and methods of shipping, including piece count.
• Verifies product received from production/warehouse is consistent with the accompanying paperwork with regards to item number, lot number, quantity, etc.
• Able to run machinery in shipping and the warehouse inclusive of powered industrial trucks, stretch wrap machine, floor scale and dunnage machine.
• Ability to prioritize work schedule based on the daily/hourly requirements.
• Maintains a clean, neat and safe workplace.
• Flexible hours based on department needs.
• Packs products in appropriate containers for safe transit to both domestic and international customers, ensuring packing requirements of consignee are met inclusive of governmental regulations.
• Figures gross, net and tare weights as well as cubic feet.
• Labels containers in compliance with customer requirements and governmental regulations.
• Knowledge of and ability to apply shipping regulations from DOT, IATA, and IOMA concerning packages containing hazardous materials.
• Processes shipments for UPS and Federal Express via the online systems.
• Places orders for or advises Supervisor of the need for shipping materials maintained by the Shipping department.
• Maintains a thorough knowledge of the flow of paperwork and materials per the record retention guidelines as well as interaction with Customer Service, Planning and Production.
• Handles the creation and distribution of shipping documents as required.
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Requirements

• High School Diploma or Graduate Equivalent Diploma (GED).
• At least 1 year warehouse/distribution work experience. Forklift certification preferred.
• Ability to convert between the Metric System and U.S. Customary System.
• Must be able to read and follow typed and handwritten instructions.
• Must be able to use moving equipment such as hand truck, hydraulic jack, power jack, forklift, etc.
• Must have valid driver's license for transporting materials and supplies by truck between West Milford, Shipping and the Warehouses, when needed.
• Attention to detail and ability to accurately count.
• Legible handwriting.
• Ability to read and comprehend simple instructions, short correspondence, safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions, procedure manuals and memos.
• Ability to write simple correspondence and to effectively present information in one-on-one and small group situations to customers, clients, and other employees of the organization.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply and divide in all units of measures, using whole numbers, common fractions, decimals and metric measurements.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Basic computer skills with Microsoft Office products preferred.
• Ability to solve practical problems and deal with a variety of concrete variables in situations where only limited standardization exists.

Nice-to-haves

• Forklift certification
• Basic computer skills with Microsoft Office products

Benefits

• Professional development opportunities
• High-performance culture
• Innovative work environment